Featuring Our Faculty

Sustainability Education for Business and Communities

Community Outreach Interests

I am interested in working with communities, businesses, and educational institutions on projects that strive to balance all areas of sustainability in terms of tourism, including economic, environmental, cultural, and social sustainability. I have had an interest in sustainability tourism and hospitality for many years and have included students in authentic community outreach, service learning projects related to sustainable practices in hospitality and tourism business operations and community activities. As an educator, I work to integrate community outreach efforts related to sustainable tourism with learning experiences for students. For example, recently my students presented a poster session on “green” tourism for the Focus the Nation event. Also, sustainability has been the focus of a community tourism project for the town of Dillsboro, North Carolina. The project involved students helping the town strategize for sustainable tourism in the 21st Century. Dillsboro already has many elements of sustainability to work with, including the Jackson County Green Energy Park, the Monteith Farmstead (an old house that is to become the Appalachian Women’s Museum), and the town itself with its festivals and businesses. Students in my classes were major organizers and volunteers behind the inaugural Appalachian Growers’ Fair held at the Monteith farmstead in the spring of 2008, the event focused on showcasing local growers, native plants, locally grown and produced food, and local entertainment.

Research Interests

My research interests include teaching and learning in hospitality and tourism, tourism and hospitality management practices, and service. I have special interests in the scholarship of teaching and learning and sustainable hospitality and tourism.

Notable Publications

Deale, Cynthia. (In Press) "An Example of Collaboration on an Authentic Learning Project in Heritage Tourism: The Case of the Scots-Irish in North Carolina." Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism.

Deale Cynthia, W. Norma, and L. Jodice. (In Press) "Marketing Locally Harvested Shrimp to South Carolina Coastal Visitors: The Development of a Culinary Tourism Supply Chain." Journal of Culinary Science and Technology.

Deale, Cynthia, and Mary Roseman. 2008. "Hospitality and Tourism Students' Attitudes Toward Sustainable Tourism." Frontiers in Southeast CHRIE Hospitality and Tourism Research, 12(1) 1-6.

Deale, Cynthia. 2008. "Students' Attitudes Towards Sustainable Tourism Before and After Participation in an Authentic Learning Project." Frontiers in Southeast CHRIE Hospitality and Tourism Research, 12(1) 6-10.

Deale, Cynthia and Jane Nichols. 2007. "Sustainability Education in the Hospitality Curriculum." Frontiers in Southeast CHRIE Hospitality and Tourism Research, 11(2).

Deale, Cynthia, W. Norma, and L. Jodice. 2006. "Marketing Locally Harvested Shrimp to South Carolina Coastal Visitors: The Development of a Culinary Tourism Supply Chain." Frontiers in Hospitality and Tourism Research: The Research Proceedings of the Southeast Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education, Fall 2006, 10(2), 18-20.

Deale, Cynthia and Robert. M. O’Halloran. 2006. "The Adirondacks: Human and Nature Partnership."  In O'Halloran, Robert M., Ken Jarvis, and Amy M. Allen-Chabot (eds.), Cases in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. Pp. 95-99.

Deale, Cynthia and Robert M. O’Halloran. 2006. "Developing Jordan Tourism Products and Services."  In O'Halloran, Robert M., Ken Jarvis, and Amy M. Allen-Chabot (eds.), Cases in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. Pp. 99-103

Deale, Cynthia and Robert M. O'Halloran. 2006. "Border Tourism Synergies in the North Country: New York and Quebec." In O'Halloran, Robert M., Ken Jarvis, and Amy M. Allen-Chabot (eds.), Cases in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. Pp. 110-117.

Deale, Cynthia. 2004. "Two for One: Using a Tourism Pilot Study as a Class Project." Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism Education, International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE), 4(3), 51-68.

Deale, Cynthia, R. Rolfs, and Robert M. O'Halloran. 2001. "Using Community Resources to Make Learning More Meaningful: Assessing Rural Educational Settings." Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 13(5), 51-57.

Courses

HMGT 1350 Introduction to Hospitality Management

HMGT 1500 Introduction to Multicultural Hospitality Management

Field Experience in Hospitality Management