October 2021 faculty, staff and alumni notes

Posted on: October 1, 2021; Updated on: September 8, 2021
By Allen Wallace, awallace@sc.edu

School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management Professor Kawon (Kathy) Kim won the EuroCHRIE 2021 Research Award for her paper, “The detrimental mindset of the customer is always right: Impacts of customer incivility and firm support on employee mental health and vulnerability,” authored with Professor Melissa Baker of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
"Travel, transformation, and enlightenment in film: a critical review," by School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism professors Rich Harrill and David Cardenas, was published in the journal Current Issues in Tourism.
"An Examination of Partitioned Pricing and the Influence of Culture and Familiarity on Sport Consumer Behavior," by alumna Misun Won (Ph.D. Sport and Entertainment Management, ‘21) and Department of Sport and Entertainment Management Professor Stephen Shapiro, was published in Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Professor Armen Shaomian of the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management will give the keynote address at this year’s MIRAC (Music Focused Interdisciplinary Research & Analysis Center) Conference at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden.

Lindsey Culley (Tourism Management, ′13), Ashlie DeCarlo (Sport and Entertainment Management, ′16), Bethany Ferguson (Sport and Entertainment Management, ′08), Kaitie Fowler (Retailing, ′11) and Samantha Vasknetz (Master’s in Sport and Entertainment Management, ′13) were named to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2021 Best and Brightest Under 35 list.

Payton Orlando (Sport and Entertainment Management) accepted a new position as an agent for EastCoast Entertainment in Charlotte, N.C.
Hayden Taylor (Sport and Entertainment Management) accepted a new position as ticket sales and services associate for the Carolina Panthers.
Owen Heckman (Hospitality Management) accepted a new position with Delaware North as suites coordinator at TD Garden in Boston.
Lauren Copeland (Retailing - Fashion Merchandising and Digital Innovations) was promoted to assistant buyer — YC and contemporary national brands with Belk.
Lauren Haisfield (Sport and Entertainment Management) was promoted to manager in development at Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta.

Teegan Vangellow (Sport and Entertainment Management) accepted a new position as tournament services and marketing manager at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, a premier tournament on the PGA TOUR Champions.
Ethan Seu (Sport and Entertainment Management) accepted a new position with AEG Presents as a contract administrator for the Mid-Atlantic region.
Alley Brokaw (Sport and Entertainment Management) was promoted to football recruiting assistant at UofSC.
Mikey Schnepfe (Sport and Entertainment Management) accepted a new position as account executive with UofSC Athletics.

Gabriela Beavers (Sport and Entertainment Management) was promoted to senior coordinator, audience development for the NFL.
Julia Jaffee (Sport and Entertainment Management) accepted the position of director of community relations and group sales with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

Katie Landmesser (Retailing - Fashion Merchandising and Digital Innovations) was promoted to senior account executive at AZIONE creative communications agency in New York, N.Y.

Emily Bonvissuto (Retailing - Retail Management) was promoted to general manager at Island Girl.

Brittany Martin (Hospitality Management) accepted a new position as event manager with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.

Ashley Owens (Hospitality Management) received HPN’s 2021 Supplier Partner Award.

Marquis Bias (Retailing - Fashion Merchandising) accepted a new position as principal dresser for NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Lance Brown (Sport and Entertainment Management) donated a generous supply of disposable facemasks to the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs.

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