Dr. Wei Wang
Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Wang's research focuses on destination branding, service innovation, and food tourism. She strongly focuses on quantitative research and scale development methods. Her research has been published in over 50 conference proceedings and over 20 top-tier tourism and marketing journals (10 first or single-authored), including 7 CBED elite publications, over 10 on A or A+ on the ABDC list, including Tourism Management (ABDC: A+) and Journal of Travel Research (ABDC: A+).
Dr. Wang has received several prestigious research and teaching awards, including Best Paper in Track at the 2022 Society for Marketing Advances, Best Paper in Track at the 2024 and 2017 Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, and Best Poster Award at the 2011 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators. Dr. Wang is also the recipient of the 2023 Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award, 2023 SGII Award, 2019, 2020, and 2023 BAC research awards, and 2022 Joseph A. Greene Excellence in Teaching Award.
- PHD - Indiana University-Bloomington (2014)
- MS - Indiana University-Bloomington (2009)
HTM100: Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism.
HTM300: Principles of Hospitality and Tourism Management.
HTM340: Global Tourism.
HTM345: Customer Services Management.
HTM368: Hotel Operations.
HTM385: Introduction to the Convention Industry.
HTM398: Event Operations.
HTM442: Hospitality and Tourism Marketing.
HTM467: Professional Meeting and Event Coordination.
HTM472: Casino and Resort Marketing.
HTM479: Internships in Hospitality and Tourism.
HTM492: Special Problems in Hospitality and Tourism.
HON300: Honors Thesis I
HON301: Honors Thesis II
- The Influence of Value Perceptions on Tourist Souvenir Purchase Decisions, International Journal of Tourism Research ,
- Necessity is the Mother of Innovations: A Qualitative Study of Event Innovations during “Shock” Events, Journal of Convention and Event Management, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/15470148.2023.2228468
- Climate resilience model on Arctic tourism: Perspectives from tourism professionals, Tourism Recreation Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2122341
- A Tale of Two Cultural Values in Airbnb: Long-Term Orientation and Indulgence, Tourism Planning & Development, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/21568316.2022.2083221
- Development and validation of a casino service quality scale: A holistic approach, Tourism Management, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2021.104419
- Perceived Impacts of Tourism in the Arctic, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2020.1735403
- The influence of perceived technological congruence on consumers’ attitudes toward price change and adoption of smartphone application in air travel, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTT-01-2018-0004
- The influence of accessibility and motivation on leisure travel participation of people with disabilities, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/10548408.2018.1496218
- Market analysis of value-minded tourists: Nature-based Tourism in the Arctic, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2016.12.004
- Tourist innovation in air travel, Journal of Travel Research, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287516686724
- Society for Marketing Advances (SMA)
- International Council on Hotel, restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE)
- American Marketing Theory and Practice Association (AMTP)
- Chinese (Native or Bilingual)