Hospitality Faculty & Staff

Lynn Minnaert - Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Hospitality

Office Location: HLC 209B
Office Hours: By Appointment

Eric D. Olson - Ph.D.

Chair of the Rita & Navin Dimond Department of Hotel Management & Full Professor

Bernardo Alatorre

Lecturer - Brewery Operations

Office Location: HLC 209H
Office Hours: Tues/Fri: 2-4pm

Wendie Bass

Affiliate

Anders Benson

Affiliate

Shannon Donnelly

Affiliate

Rachel Ego - MBA, SHRM-SCP

Affiliate

David Jacques Farahi - MBA

Affiliate

Jangwoo Jo - Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Beverage Management

Office Location: HLC 209J
Office Hours: Mon/Wed: 9am-12pm

Godwin-Charles Ogbeide - Ph.D.

Faculty Coordinator of the Day Leadership Academy & Full Professor

Office Location: HLC 209F
Office Hours: Tues/Wed: 9am-11am, 2-3pm; or by appointment

Kiyan Shafieizadeh - Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Hotel Management

Office Location: HLC 209P
Office Hours: Wed: 10am-12pm
Thur: 9am-11am, 2:30pm-3:30pm; or by appointment

Xiaolong Shao - Ph.D., CHIA

Assistant Professor - Event and Meeting Management

Smita Singh - Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Event and Meeting Management

Office Location: HLC 209D
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs: 8am-11am
Wed: 1pm-2pm

Katie Strain

Lab Manager/Lecturer - Brewery Operations

Office Location: Tivoli 145
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs: 10am-12pm

Helene Ver Eecke - Ph.D.

Full Professor and Microbiologist - Biology Department

Office Location: SI 2060

Jennifer Watson - Ph.D., RDN

Assistant Professor in Food & Beverage

Office Location: HLC 209K
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs: 9am-11am, 2pm-3pm
Thurs: 9am-11am

Michael Wray - Ph.D.

Full Professor

Office Location: HLC 209G
Office Hours: Tues: 12pm-2pm
Thurs: 11am-2pm

Herb Creswell - Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus - Hotel Management, Former Chair 1985-1991

John Dienhart - Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus - Former Chair 1998-2015

Jackson Lamb

Professor Emeritus - Restaurant Management

Corinne Anaya

Financial Analysis & Data Manager

Office Location: HLC 209

Stephen Barela

Office Manager

Office Location: HLC 200

Steve Juliff

Communications Specialist

Office Location: HLC 203

Shellie Kark

Program Manager - Meeting and Event Incentive Program

Office Location: HLC 209N

Ruth Mayercak

Event Coordinator

Office Location: HLC 203

Jason Rice, MBA

Event Chef & Food Services Coordinator

Office Location: HLC 203

Andrew Seidenstat

Beverage and Lab Coordinator

Office Location: Tivoli 145

Jimi Webb

Director of Student Services and Operations

Office Location: HLC 203

Maddie Wright

Academic Advisor

Office Location: HLC 203
Office Hours: Tues: 2pm-4pm
Wed: 9am-11am
Thur: 3pm-5pm (Virtual)

Val Colin

Camille Rawinski

Xitlalic Rodriguez