Juliana R. V. Tkatch (Hospitality) is the leading author of the research article, "I Want to Come Back! The Role of Events in Attraction Image, Revisit Intention, and Loyalty" in Event Management which explored the impact of event participation on visitor perceptions, place attachment, and long-term loyalty within the tourism industry. The…

Associate professor Lina Kim's article, “Tourists’ Carbon-Neutral Intentions and Willingness to Pay a Tourism Carbon Tax: Integrating the Climate Change Risk Perception Model and Attitude Framework,” was recently published in the International Journal of Tourism Research. Kim and her co-authors uncovered findings that highlight the…

Associate Professor Hyelin (Lina) Kim's (Hospitality) article “Adaptive Leadership in Wellness Tourism: Navigating Digital Transformation,” published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, examines how spa and wellness managers address adaptive challenges stemming from rapid technological advancements in the wellness…

Jehun Moon and Mehmet Erdem (both Hospitality) recently published their study titled, 'From pixels to plates: generation Z’s psychological decision-making in blockchain-based digital twins of quick-service restaurants', in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. This study is one of the first to synthetically explore the psychological…

Associate Professor Cass Shum (Hospitality) and her co-authors won the Meritorious Paper Award with their paper, "#RudeCustomers: The effects of social media posts about customer mistreatment on viewers’ moral distress and boycott intentions" [Shum, C., Jiang, W., Granito, K., & Bai, B. (2026, February)]. The paper was presented at…

Coauthors Junghoon Lee (Hospitality), Christopher Cain (Hospitality), and Justin Ehrlich (Syracuse) recently had their article, “The effects of different kinematic sequences of the elite golf swing on clubhead speed,” published in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. Using…

An article by assistant professor Renata Guzzo (Hospitality) and co-authors, published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, explores the factors influencing employee participation in the circular economy (CE). In "Unlocking hotel circularity: The role of employees' primary appraisals, job crafting, participation and…

Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute), Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality), Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute; Hospitality), and Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently published a paper, "A Methodological Scoping Review for Video Analysis in Hospitality Research," in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. This study reviewed 37…

Jungsun (Sunny) Kim (Hospitality) and her doctoral student, Boran Kim, recently published an article titled “Can ESG Practices Improve Perceived External Prestige and Organizational Citizenship Behavior? A Comparative Study of U.S. and Korean Employees” in the International Journal of Tourism Research. This cross-cultural study investigates the…

Hospitality Ph.D. alumnus Dongwon Yun '25 was awarded the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (JHTM) Best Paper Award for his paper with UNLV Hospitality College faculty coauthors, Renata Guzzo and Cass Shum. Their paper on hiring managers’ evaluations of gender-nonconforming applicants found that gender-nonconforming…

Barbara Lewis, Chris Cochran, Neeraj Bhandari, Soumya Upadhyay, Erika Marquez (all Public Health) and Stowe Shoemaker's (Hospitality) article titled, "Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Quantitative Study on How Councils are Used and Predictors of Effective Councils," was published in the Journal of Patient Experience. 

Cass Shum (Hospitality) recently co-published a paper, "Why leader empathy backfires: relative LMX and leader work meaningfulness in predicting unethical pro-organizational behaviors," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Drawing on social exchange theory, this research examines how leadership empathy can…