The Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies (DPI) and the Office of Research & Commercialization (ORC) recently organized a ‘Collaboration Luncheon to Share Research Ideas.’ This gathering of the minds was held Friday, Sept. 16, at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
UCF researchers in the areas of hospitality management, economics, sociology and civil/environmental engineering connected and were encouraged to collaborate on new research initiatives.
The luncheon promoted faculty scholarship while ideas of mutual interest that could lead to the development of competitive research proposals were discussed.
Rosen College faculty in attendance included: Dr. Po-Ju Chen; Dr. Robertico Croes; Dr. Duncan Dickson; Mr. Ron Logan; Dr. Kevin Murphy; Dr. Kal Nusair; Dr. Fevzi Okumus; Dr. H.G. Parsa; Dr. Manuel Rivera; Dr. Cheyenne Ro; Dr. Paul Rompf; Dr. Dipendra Singh and Mr. Scott Smith.
In addition to Rosen College faculty, other researchers included: Dr. Sarah Barber, Anthropology Department; Dr. James Wright, Sociology Department; Dr. Dingbao Wang, Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Department; Dr. David M. Nickerson, Statistics Department; Dr. Jose Maunez-Cuadra, Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies; Dr. Tom O’Neal, ORC; Dr. Amit Joshi, Marketing Department; Dr. Patrick Bohlen, Biology Department.
The purpose of the ORC is to foster new research activities among UCF faculty. For more, please visit their website. The DPI is dedicated to increasing the benefits of tourism through research, public awareness and education. For more information, please visit the DPI website or e-mail dpi@ucf.edu.