Muzzo Uysal

Education

PhD (Philosophy of Doctorate), Texas A&M University MBA, University of New Haven, CT BS (Business Administration and Accounting), Ankara - Gazi University, Turkey

Academic Appointments

Professor and Chair, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/2016-Present Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, 8/2008-8/2016 Research & Graduate Programs, College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management The University of South Carolina, 7/2007-2/2008 Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1994-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1992-1993

Research Interests

• Tourism Development
• Formulation and implementation of effective tourist demand estimation models and demand-supply interaction models
• Economic impacts of tourism and feasibility studies (hotels)
• Quality-of-life (QOL) Research in hospitality and tourism

Teaching Interests

• Tourism policy and planning
• Research methods in hospitality and tourism
• International hospitality and tourism
• Tourism impacts

Professional Background

Professional Experience

2013-2016, Research Associate with Institute for Service Research 2001-2003, Partner in commercial restaurant venture in Blacksburg, VA

Recent Honors & Awards

John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award (Dallas, TX), July 20-22, 2016 2016 Leslie Reid Alumni Award, Texas A&M University’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences (RPTS), April 2016 W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Best Research Paper of the Year Award (with Xiang, Z., Schwartz, Z., and Gerdes), 2015 Founders Award - the Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, January 7-10, 2015 Received PCOB Award for Excellence in Research, November, 2014

Selected Publications

Uysal, M., Sirgy, J., Woo, E., & Kim, L. (2017). The Impact of Tourist Activities on Tourists’ Subjective Well-Being. In The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Routledge, U.K., pp. 65-78.

Modica, P., & Uysal, M. (Eds.) (2017). Sustainable Island Tourism: Competitiveness and Quality of Life. CABI, London.

Prebensen, N., Chen, J. and Uysal, M. (Eds) (2017). Co-Creation in Tourist Experiences. Routledge, London, UK.

Uysal, M., Schwartz, Z., & Sirakaya-Turk, E. (Eds) (2016). Management Science in Hospitality and Tourism: Theory, Practice and Applications. Taylor & Francis - Apple Academic Press.

Uysal, M., Sirgy, J., Woo, E., & Kim, L. (2015). Quality of Life (QOL) and Well-Being Research in Tourism. Tourism Management, DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.07.013