Hello -
Welcome to my site. I have been on the faculty at UNLV since January 1988. I chaired the Tourism and Convention Administration Department for 18 years. I teach Catering, Intro to Conventions and Social Media for Hospitality. Most of my teaching is online.
Prior to UNLV, I was on the faculty at Georgia State University for over 10 years, 9 of which I was the chair of the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration Department.
It was while in Atltanta that I learned about the convention industry. I started putting convention classes into the curriculum at GSU in 1978. I used part-time professionals to teach, and I sat in on the classes. I did a tradeshow internship with GES, sponsored by NAEM (now IAEE).