School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Professor & Head/William E. Davis Distinguished Chair
405-744-4807
bthapa@okstate.edu

Instructor of Professional Practice/Taylor's Manager
405-744-3817silvio.ceschini@okstate.edu

Associate Professor
405-744-9338    y.chung@okstate.edu

Instructor of Professional Practice/Executive Chef
405-744-2520      mark.cochran@okstate.edu

Instructor of Professional Practice/RNDC/NAIFEH Director of Beverage Ed Center
405-744-8481       tony.collins10@okstate.edu

Assistant Professor
405-744-8484         jyim@okstate.edu

Assistant Professor
405-744-8661cortney.norris@okstate.edu

Regents Professor Emeritus
405-744-6713        h.qu@okstate.edu

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
405-744-7110    rubys@okstate.edu

Professor Emeritus
405-744-6713        b.ryan@okstate.edu

Associate Professor/William S. Spears Fellow in Business
405-744-7643lisa.slevitch@okstate.edu

Associate Professor/Graduate Coordinator/William S. Spears Chair in Business
405-744-5243kevin.so@okstate.edu

Assistant Professor
405-744-6712      willie.tao@okstate.edu

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
405-744-1336      stacy.tomas@okstate.edu

Instructor of Professional Practice
405-744-7689steven.west@okstate.edu

Senior Administrative Support Specialist
405-744-8486
debbie.marlow@okstate.edu 

Manager, Food and Beverage Services, Event Planner
405-744-6711
ashley.peterson@okstate.edu

Chef/Coordinator of Culinary Experiential Learning
405-744-7143
dthiery@okstate.edu

Research areas: Consumer behavior in tourism and hospitality, services marketing, hospitality entrepreneurship and brand management.
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Slevitch

Research areas: Consumer behavior, food waste management and consumer responses to food labels.
Advisor: Dr. Willie Tao

Research areas: Food service and education, environmental sustainability and workplace dynamics.
Advisor: Dr. Willie Tao

Research areas: Destination marketing, social media marketing, customer engagement and service innovation.
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Kam Fung So

Research areas: Consumer behavior in hospitality and tourism; environmental issues and sustainable behavior; micro-entrepreneurship in the sharing economy; guests' trust and behavioral intention.
Advisor: Dr. Yeasun Chung

Research areas: Consumer behaviors, tourism economy, smart tourism, destination marketing.
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Kam Fung So

Research areas: Organizational behavior, human resources management, work stress and employee well-being.
Advisor: Dr. Bill Ryan

Research areas: Consumer behavior, Emerging technologies and marketing strategies.
Advisor: Dr. Jinyoung Im

Research areas: Social media and brand management, sociological antecedents of service encounter dynamics, subconscious marketing and experimental design.
Advisor: Dr. Brij Thapa

Research areas: Hospitality financial management, hospitality strategy management, sustainable tourism and customer behavior.
Advisor: Dr. Yeasun Chung

Research areas: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication, customer-brand engagement behavior, creating shared value and sentiment analysis.
Advisor: Dr. WIllie Tao

Research areas: Consumer behavior in services marketing, technological innovations in hospitality service, security and privacy concerns of IoT devices in hospitality and tourism.
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Slevitch

Research areas: Organizational behavior, diversity, equity and inclusion, female employees in the hospitality industry.
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Slevitch