Biography
Tadayuki Hara CV
Expertise: Economic Impact Studies, Tourism Satellite Accounts, Culture Satellite Accounts, Aviation Satellite Accounts, Hospitality Finance, Casino Impact Studies, Indian Gaming, Tourism Taxation, DMO Funding, Cultural/Heritage Tourism and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
Dr. Tadayuki Hara, an associate professor & senior research fellow at the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies, joined the UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management in 2005 from School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. From 2008-2010, he served as interim associate dean, and in 2010 was named associate dean of finance and administration. Before his career in academia, he spent 19 years working in global wholesale investment banking and foreign services. He offered MOOC on tourism statistics and tourism satellite accounts to global participants three times since 2013, making it as the first MOOC in tourism and hospitality management field. He teaches fully-streaming video courses.
Education
| Ph.D. |
Hotel Administration |
Cornell University |
| M.P.S. |
Hotel Administration |
Cornell University |
| M.S. |
Regional Science /Peace Science |
Cornell University |
| M.B.A |
Management |
University of South Wales |
| B.S. |
Law |
Sophia University |
Research
| 45 Peer-reviewed publications, 51 peer-reviewed academic presentations, 119 invited publications, 81 National and International presentations (keynote speaker & panelist) by Invitations, 43 organizing roles of academic research activities |
| One solo-authored technical textbook (Quantitative Tourism Industry Analysis: Introduction to Input-Output, Social Accounting Matrix Modeling and Tourism Satellite Accounts. Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier Inc., Burlington, MA) and two textbook chapters contributed |
| Since 2005 at UCF, 15 grants were submitted for total of $505,272 and total of $131,070 over 7 grants has been successfully funded (consulting excluded) |
| Editorial Board member for Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, International Journal of Tourism Sciences. Associate Editor for Journal of Tourism Economics, Policy and Hospitality Management |
Awards & Recognition
| 2010 |
University of Central Florida |
Research Incentive Award (RIA) |
| 2003 |
Graduate Education & Graduate Students Research Conference in Hospitality & Tourism |
Sage Publication Best Conference Paper Award |
Professional Career (Before UCF Rosen College)
| Visiting Assistant Professor/ Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Hotel Administration/ Center for Hospitality Research, Cornell University |
| Assistant Director, & Team leader – the Middle East Peace Process, Near Eastern Bureau, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Tokyo, Japan |
| Senior Manager, International Business Dept. Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) Head Office, Tokyo, Japan |
| Representative, Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) Middle East Representative Office, Bahrain |
| Executive Trainee, under personal mentorship of Mr. John Sharpe, COO, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto, Canada |
| Administrative attaché, Embassy of Japan in Egypt |
Community & Professional Services
| Vice President, Association to Preserve Eatonville Community (2009~) hosting one of the largest African-American festival, Zora! Festival in Town of Eatonville, Orange County, FL |
| Technical Advisory Member for Aviation Satellite Account, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (2015~) |
| Advisory Committee Member for International Trend Research on Tourism Statistics, Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) (2008~) |
| Technical Advisory Board, Tourism Statistics & Tourism Satellite Accounts, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Madrid, Spain, representing Japan (2010 ~) |
| Consultant for Culture Satellite Account, UNESCO Institute for Statistics(2015) |
| Consultant, Tourism Statistics & Tourism Satellite Accounts, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Madrid, Spain (2013~) |
| Associate Partner, International Network on Regional Economics, Mobility and Tourism (INRouTe) for United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Madrid, Spain (2010~) |
| Florida Delegation, Southeast U.S./Japan Association, Inc., Board Member (2015~) |
| Advisory Board Member, NC Growth, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2016~) |
Academic Membership
| The Applied Regional Science Conference, Japan (ARSC) |
| International Council on Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (CHRIE) |
| Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS) |
| Regional Science Association International (RSAI)-life time member |
| Society of Destination Management Research, Japan (by JTB-F) |
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Courses Taught
| HMG7715RV |
Strategies and Tactics in Travel and Tourism |
| HMG6738V |
Tourism Industry Analysis |
| HMG6477V |
Financial Statement Analysis for Hospitality and Tourism |
| HMG6585V |
Data Analysis for Hospitality and Tourism |
| HMG6476 |
Feasibility Studies for Hospitality and Tourism Enterprises |
| HFT4732V |
Tourism Impact Analysis |
| HFT4464M, W&V |
Hospitality Finance |
| HFT 3700 |
Tourism Management |
| HFT 2750 |
Event Industry |
