Faculty / Staff Notes
- Jung-Hwan Kim, as a single author, had her article, “Imperative challenge for luxury brands: Generation Y consumers’ perception of luxury fashion brands’ e-commerce sites,” accepted for publication in the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management.
- Mark Rosenbaum joined the Editorial Advisory Board for the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management.
- Kevin So co-authored an article titled, "The impact of employee conspicuous consumption cue and physical attractiveness on consumers’ behavioral responses to service failures," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
- Simon Hudson, Kevin So, Ph.D. candidate Jing Li, Fang Meng, and David Cardenas published an article titled, "Persuading tourists to stay — forever! A destination marketing perspective," in the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management.
Alumni Notes
- Jerry Gepner (media arts, 1979) has been promoted to chief operating officer at CP Communications.
- Molly Nelson-Sundermann (hotel, restaurant and tourism management, 2005) was promoted to the director of sales and marketing of Holston House Nashville.
- Maddie McCue (hospitality management, 2015) started a new position as assistant front office manager at Lodge at Spruce Peak.
- Liz McCaslin (master’s in sport and entertainment management, 2007) started a new position as member services director at The Golf Club of Tennessee.
- Ayo Akinsete (retailing, 2007) started a new position as area managing director for London & Treehouse London at SH Hotels & Resorts.
- Mark Reardon (sport and entertainment management, 2005) started a new position as procurement, inventory, and logistics Manager at Colite Technologies.
- Madaline Renzi (retailing, 2017) started a new position as merchandise analyst at Lily AI. Danielle Judd (retailing, 2015) was promoted to omni channel associate customer manager at McCormick & Company.
- Savannah Hardy (hospitality management, 2018) was promoted to assistant manager at Studio 77 Gifts and Accessories.
- Allison Hamrock (retailing, 2018) started a new position as assistant retail buyer for the Washington Nationals.
- Ava Jones (sport and entertainment management, 2014) was promoted to senior event manager at CSC- Contemporary Services Corporation. Thomas Glasgow (sport and entertainment management, 2013) started a new position as marketing manager at Tin Roof.
- Stacey Setzer (master’s in international hospitality and tourism management, 2009) started a new position as associate director of health and nutrition at SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence.
- Jaden Cross (hospitality management, 2017) started a new position as assistant club manager at Florence Country Club.
- Christopher Dewberry (ITT, 2002) was promoted to materials and logistics Manager at Gestamp North America. Katie Freedman (retailing, 2002) started a new position as global social media manager at Kaseya.
- Beshada McGregor (ITT, 2014) started a new position as staff analyst at Boeing.
- Clara Marzolf (retailing, 2018) started a new position as Free People specialist at Belk.
- Rosie Alterman (retailing, 2015) started a new position as assistant designer at Stagin Style.
- Ashley Castor (retailing, 2013) started a new position as associate buyer at G.H. Bass & Co.
- Michael Stehl (sport and entertainment management, 2017) started a new position as assistant project manager at Berman Enterprises.
- Cal Nugent (hospitality management, 2018) was promoted to director of nonprofit and community relations at Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C. Attorneys at Law.
- Emma Crutchfield (hospitality management, 2017) started a new position as event manager at Embassy Suites by Hilton Washington D.C. Convention Center.
- Alicia Horn (hospitality and tourism management, 2013) started a new position as patient service manager at Sodexo.
- Christopher Searcy (sport and entertainment management, 2018) started a new position as BMT Program at L&W Supply.
- Brittany Jones (hospitality management, 2017) started a new position as member services assistant at Diamond Creek Golf Club.