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Faculty

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Brij Thapa

Professor & Head/Carl & Marilynn Thoma 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

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

Jinyoung Im

Assistant Professor/William S. Spears Fellow 
405-744-8484         jyim@okstate.edu

Cortney Norris

Assistant Professor/Naifeh/RNDC Director for Hirst Center for Beverage Education
405-744-8661cortney.norris@okstate.edu

Hailin Qu

William E. Davis Distinguished Chair Emeritus/Regents Professor Emeritus
405-744-6713        h.qu@okstate.edu

Steve Ruby

Associate Professor of Professional Practice/Internship Coordinator
405-744-7110    rubys@okstate.edu

Bill Ryan

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

Lisa Slevitch

Associate Professor/Charles W. Lanphere Chair
405-744-7643lisa.slevitch@okstate.edu

Willie Tao

Associate Professor/William S. Spears Fellow/MS Program Coordinator
405-744-6712      willie.tao@okstate.edu

Stacy Tomas

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

Steven West

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

Staff

Susan Anderson, CMP

Event Strategist & Facilitator of Experiential Learning
405-744-5115
susan.anderson@okstate.edu

Ashley Peterson

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

Erin Potts

Administrative Support Specialist II
405-744-8486
erin.potts@okstate.edu

Donald Thiery

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

Ph.D. students

Aida Aminifar

Research areas: Hospitality and tourism entrepreneurship, diversity, equity and inclusion in the hospitality and tourism industry and event management.
Advisor:
Dr. Jinyoung Im

MD Zaker Hossin

Research areas: Hospitality sustainability, food waste management, tourist behavior, sharing economy.
Advisor: Dr. Yeasun Chung

Philomena Maleto

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

Laxman Pokhrel

Reseach areas: Healthcare hospitality management, consumer-employee behaviors in hospitality, sustainability in hospitality and tourism industry.
Advisor: Dr. Brij Thapa

Dazhi (Daisy) Qin

Research areas: Crisis management, strategic management, sustainable tourism, customer behavior.
Advisor: Dr. Yeasun Chung

Abraham Terrah

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

Jiyoun (Jay) West

Research areas: Organizational behavior, diversity and inclusion, stress coping, women in hospitality.
Advisor: Dr. Yeasun Chung

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