Meet the Faculty

James Groves, Ph.D.

Chair and Associate Professor

Hospitality Service Management
- Employee service orientation.
- Characteristics of service employees.
- Organizational commitment for part-time employees.
Hospitality Education
- Extra credit in the hospitality classroom.
- Hospitality curriculum development.
- Advising issues for hospitality students.
Student Learning Styles
- Techniques for investigating hospitality student learning styles.
- Relationship between learning styles and instructional method.
- Web-based delivery systems and learning styles.
Educational Technologies
- Web-assisted techniques for hospitality classrooms.
- Students learning needs and educational technology.