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Faculty

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Brij Thapa

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

Silvio Ceschini

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

Mark Cochran

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

Tony Collins

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

Jinyoung Im

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

Hailin Qu

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

Steve Ruby

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

Bill Ryan

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

Lisa Slevitch

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

Kevin Kam Fung So

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

Stacy Tomas

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

Steven West

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

Staff

Debbie Marlow

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

Ashley Peterson

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

Donald Thiery

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

Ph.D. students

Bardia Batala

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

Yan Cao

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

Nohema Garcia Castaneda

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

Yueying (Carrie) He

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

MD Zaker Hossin

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

Hongyan Hu

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

Choonghyoung (Alexis) Lee

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

Philomena Maleto

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

Can Olgun

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

Dazhi (Daisy) Qin

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

Kyong Sik Sung

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

Abraham Terrah

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

Jiyoun (Jay) West

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

 

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