I firmly believe a teacher's role is to guide students and to motivate them to achieve greater levels of success.
My goals are to demonstrate a need for learning by explaining the importance of the concepts being taught to students in every course and how they will be beneficial to their future; be an approachable person both in an out of the classroom environment; keep students engaged in their learning; inspire students to be a better rounded person upon leaving my courses; use multiple learning methods; use the opportunity given to me to mold, shape, and even transform students' behavior, knowledge, and skills; use multiple methods of formative and summative assessment to gauge students' learning progression; and share my experience as an industry professional as it is relative to what I am teaching students.
My research interests include restaurant management, casino management, human resource management, lodging management, food and beverage management, food safety, organizational behavior/dynamics, labor relations, interpersonal communication dynamics, pedagogy in hospitality education, freshman studies/retention, assessment, and accreditation in higher education.
International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE), Northeast National Federation (NENA), American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
Two School of Business Administration alumni hosted an Industry Night for current students, providing an evening of networking and learning about the day-to-day in their field.
For the second year in a row, Widener and the Philadelphia Union hosted area high school students for a series of field trips to learn the ins and outs of working in the professional sports world.
Widener and the Philadelphia Union hosted a series of area high school students for field trips to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to work in sports and the academic paths to get them there.
Widener's hospitality and tourism program partnered with the Chester Upland School District and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to host a fundraising dinner.
Jeff Lolli, professor of sport & event management and interim dean for undergraduate SBA programs, offers insight into travel credit card benefits and how consumers can choose the best one for their needs.
Jeff Lolli, professor of sport & event management and interim dean for undergraduate SBA programs, is featured in this Q&A on rewards systems associated with airline credit cards.
In this episode, hosts Mariah Schug, associate professor and chair of gender women's, and sexuality studies, and Carla Barqueiro, assistant professor of political science and international relations, speak with Professor Jeff Lolli about how the Trump Administration's appointment of accused sexual harassers could impact workplaces. The trio also discuss options for those experiencing harassment or hostile workplaces.
Jeff Lolli, interim associate dean for undergraduate business programs and professor of sport and event management, offers insight for consumers on purchasing rental car insurance.
Jeff Lolli, professor of sport & event management, shares his expertise in this article examining changes to check-in and check-out times at hotels. Lolli shares that the hotel industry is struggling with staffing, which can lead to the need for increased time between guests.
Jeff Lolli, professor in the School of Business Administration, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Faculty Collegiality Award from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE).
This award is presented to one faculty ICHRIE member who has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to fostering collegiality among their peers through a high level of team building and collaborative and constructive support of peers in their teaching, scholarship, and service both on and off campus.
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The Board of Directors for the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) recently recognized Professor Jeff Lolli’s work with the Northeast/North America (NENA) Federation chapter of ICHRIE with the McCool Breakthrough Award. The McCool Breakthrough Award honors the spirit of astronaut Willie McCool and is given to an individual, group, program, school, college, association, or corporation that has made a significant breakthrough or introduced a unique approach in the spirit of ICHRIE’s mission.
The award recognized the Eta Sigma Delta (ESD) Honor Society Board of Governors and Lolli as co-chair for creating a first ever virtual conference for ESD honor society students. The first-of-its-kind conference theme was ‘Hospitality Strong: Resetting the Industry’ and focused on professional development for students, as well as education on how the decimated hospitality and tourism industry is resilient and how the industry pivoted during the pandemic.
Professor Jeffrey Lolli recently co-authored an article, entitled 'Evaluating the Use of Sense of Place as a Business Strategy in the Marketing and Promotion of Craft Beverage Tourism,' in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases. The article highlighted the use sense of place as a business strategy in the marketing and promotion of craft beverage tourism for one New Jersey brewery through the lens of the Multidisciplinary Framework for Place-Conscious Education. The case will help educate students/future craft beverage entrepreneurs/educators on the challenges of an increasingly competitive craft beverage business environment.
Associate Professor Jeff Lolli has been named to the founding editorial board of the International Journal of Gaming, Hospitality, and Tourism, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for members of the gaming, hospitality, tourism, and events management community.
In addition, Lolli had two papers published in January: ‘Online hotel reviews: Factors influencing how customers perceive their credibility and the likelihood of customer adoption,’ which was published in the Journal of Applied Marketing Analytics, and ‘The Influence of Background Sounds, Physical Sounds, and Managers’ Proactive Customer Service Regarding Situational Sounds on Customer Satisfaction in the Restaurant Industry,’ which was co-authored by Department Head of Management Brian Larson and published in the Journal of Small Business Strategy.