Tammie Kaufman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone #: (407) 903-8033
Email Address: tjkaufma@mail.ucf.edu

Tammie Kaufman has over 25 years of experience in the hotel, restaurant, and travel industry. She has worked in all facets of the industry from management to line employee positions in the following companies: Wall Street Deli, Comfort Inn, and Rocky Mountain Tours and Travel.

Tammie teaches Principles of Resort Time Sharing, Vacation Ownership Resort Sales Tactics and Strategies, Managing Hospitality and Guest Services Organizations (Graduate) and Introduction to Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management. She hopes to bring a unique perspective to teaching based upon her varied background.

Tammie’s research interest is motivationally based in the areas of heritage tourism and time share management. She is hoping that by better understanding the needs and wants of the customer agencies will be better able to market to and plan for a growing population of consumers.

Tammie has eight years of university teaching experience and has publications is the following journals and textbook: Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Developments, Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, Tourism Analysis, and Tourism Review International.

Educational Background:

(1999). Ph.D. Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Tech
(1994). M.S. Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management, Virginia Tech
(1991). B.S. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University

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