The purpose of the Graduate Student Research Colloquium is to provide an interactive forum for graduate students to discuss their research, to obtain constructive feedback from researchers in the fields of their expertise, to support the successful completion of their research, to expose students to peers’ work, and to establish relationships for future inter-institutional collaborations. The event is a half-day pre-conference workshop combining a session of oral presentations followed by an open meeting concept combining short dissertation pitches (3 minutes) and visual presentations.
SCHEDULE:
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Opening
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM - Moderated Panel Presentations (10 minutes each)
Group 1: Moderator: Gyan Nyaupane, Arizona State University
“When Choice Overload Leads to a Choice and When It Does Not: Investigating Choice Overload between Tourists’ Different Consideration Sets.”
Farshid Mirzaalian, University of Alberta; Elizabeth Halpenny, University of Alberta
“A Dual Process Approach to Understand Tourists’ Destination Choice Processes.”
Florian Kock, Copenhagen Business School; Alexander Josiassen, Copenhagen Business School; Albert Assaf, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
“The Relationship between Acculturative Stress and Korean Immigrants’ Travel Experiences.”
Ami Choi, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ingrid Schneider, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
“Exploring Older Adult Educational Tourism Experiences, Satisfaction and Well-being: A Pre-Post Travel Approach.”
Lintje Siehoyono Sie, University of Queensland; Kelly Virginia Phelan, University of Queensland; Shane Pegg, University of Queensland
Group 2: Moderator: Iis Tussyadiah, University of Surrey
"Exploring the Spatial Relationship between Airbnb Rental and Crime.”
Yu-Hua Xu, University of Florida; Jin-won Kim, University of Florida; Lori Pennington-Gray, University of Florida
“Assessing the Social Impacts of Short-Term Vacation Rentals on Urban Neighborhoods.”
Emily Ayscue, University of Georgia; B. Bynum Boley, University of Georgia
“Place Vibrancy and Its Measurement: Construct Development, Scale Development, and Relationship to Tourism.”
John Delconte, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
“Destination Branding of Creative MICE Tourism.”
Eunhye Grace Kim, Arizona State University; Deepak Chhabra, Arizona State University; Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM - Moderated Short Research Pitches (3 minutes each) + Poster Presentation
“Does Culture Matter? A Comparison of Anglo-Canadians’ and Asian-Canadians’ Travel Motivations and Travel Constraints.”
Nanxi Yan, University of Alberta; Elizabeth Halpenny, University of Alberta
“Innovation, authenticité et développement durable. Quel point de rencontre pour les organisations touristiques collaborant dans un réseau?”
Isabelle Falardeau, Université Laval
“Generation Y, Virtual Reality, and Tourism.”
Juleigh Giberson, Ryerson University
“Navigating Uncertainty: The Perception of Risk in Cruise Tourists' Decision-Making.”
Jenni Holland, University of Brighton
“From Hashtags to Shopping Bags: Measuring the Rise of eWOM through Social Media and Its Impact on Travelers’ Shopping Patterns.”
Michael Lever, University of Guelph; Michael Mulvey, University of Ottawa; Statia Elliot, University of Guelph
“Adoption of Smart Glasses in Smart Tourism Destination: A System Thinking Approach.”
Pooyan Sedarati, University of Algarve; Aarash Baktash, Taylor’s University
“Engaging the Customer: The Impacts of Online Travel Community Engagement on Brand Identification and Behavioral Intentions.”
Elizabeth Whalen, University of Houston; John Bowen, University of Houston
“Issues and Challenges of Integrative Medical System to the Growth of Health Tourism Industry in Nepal.”
Bishnu Prasad Khanal, Tokyo Metropolitan University
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM - Closing and Awards
Two awards will be presented at the end of the session:
Best Graduate Colloquium Paper
Sponsored by Tourism Review International
J. Desmond Slattery Graduate Student Research Award
Sponsored by Nielsen
