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Brian D. Avery
Senior Lecturer
Brian D. Avery is a professor and expert in safety management, amusement operations, event execution, and education.
brianavery@ufl.edu
321-277-0981
Sport, Live Entertainment, Recreation, Attraction Operations/Risk Management Educational Development
Events and Venue Crowd Control
Event Design and Execution
Legal Compliance
Attractions Safety Management
Elisabeth Barton
Professor | Associate Dean
Elisabeth Barton is a molecular physiologist with a primary interest in skeletal muscle repair.
erbarton@ufl.edu
352-294-1714
Space
Viral Gene Therapy
Optimization of IGF-I for Muscle Therapeutics
Mechanical Signal Transduction
Skeletal Muscle Repair
Christopher Brown
Clinical Associate Professor
Christopher Brown is primarily interested in areas of connection between athletic training, sports medicine, and sports performance.
cdbrown7@ufl.edu
352-294-1070
Athletic Training Education
Environmental Physiology
Rehabilitation
Sports Healthcare
Athletic Training
Oscar (Hengxuan) Chi
Assistant Professor
Oscar (Hengxuan) Chi studies the impact of technology, especially AI, on the delivery of services in hospitality and tourism.
h.chi@ufl.edu
352-294-1651
Well-being and Sustainability
AI in event services
AI in hospitality
Artificial Intelligence
AI in tourism
Stephen Coombes
Associate Professor
Stephen Coombes researches how humans move and how humans experience pain.
scoombes@ufl.edu
352-294-1768
Virtual Reality Rehabilitation
Pain
Neuroscience and the Brain
Brain Imaging
Brain Rehabilitation
Rachel Fu
Chair | Professor
Rachel Fu can provide expertise on issues and trends related to tourism, from the emergence of space tourism to COVID-19 impacts on travel.
racheljuichifu@ufl.edu
352-294-1694
space tourism
Space
AI in hospitality
Artificial Intelligence
Consumer Behavior
Heather Gibson
Professor
Heather Gibson's work sits at the intersection of tourism, leisure, and sport (sport tourism).
hjgibson@ufl.edu
352-294-1649
Sport-Events
Educational Tourism
Tourism
Solo Travel
Retirement
Molly Harry
Assistant Professor
Molly Harry research focuses on college athletes' rights and wellbeing with a particular recent focus on NIL.
mharry3@ufl.edu
352-294-7556
Sport sociology
Title IX and Gender Equity
College Athlete Rights
Name, Image, and Likeness
NIL
Kyriaki Kaplanidou
Professor
Kyriaki Kaplanidou's research explores the impacts and legacies of sport events on communities.
kkaplanidou@hhp.ufl.edu
352-294-1668
Olympic Games
Sport Consumer Perceptions About Event Experiences
Impacts and Legacies of Sport Events on Community Development
Sport Event Tourism
Jin-Won Kim
Assistant Professor
Jin-Won Kim’s research focuses on the role of recreation, parks and tourism in the creation of active, healthy and sustainable communities.
jinwonkim@ufl.edu
352-294-1625
Water-Based Recreation and Tourism
Public Health and Quality of Life
Environmental Justice
Applications of Geospatial Technologies in Recreation
Park and Tourism
