School of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management Contributing Faculty

♦ Daren Bloomquist | College Assistant Professor
Expertise:
Facilities management, Sustainability in hospitality operations
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Sustainable water systems

♦ Priscilla Bloomquist | Professor
Expertise:
Tourism, Agricultural Tourism, Hospitality Training
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism

♦ Julie Correa | College Assistant Professor
Expertise:
I teach a national certification course for safety and sanitation for retail food service operations.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety

♦ John Hartley | College Assistant Professor
Expertise:
Culinary arts, food production & service, business management
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets

♦ Jean Hertzman, PhD, CCE, CSW | Director
Expertise:
Food safety for retail establishments, Purchasing, procurement, and supply chain management, Culinary and food service management
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets

♦ Keith H. Mandabach | Professor
Expertise:
Developing and Sustaining Independently owned New Mexican Restaurants, Gastronomic Festivals and Events-Food Tourism, Innovative use New Mexico Specialty Food Products: from the Gate to the Plate
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets

♦ Pete Mitchell | College Assistant Professor
Expertise:
Leadership, Food & Beverage Management, Sanitation & Kitchen Safety, Facilities Management, Hospitality Marketing, Hospitality Accounting
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Sustainable Water Systems

♦ Betsy Stringam | Professor
Expertise:
Hotels, Resorts, Impact of events on hotel demand (community economics), Technology and workforce, Technology and Service, Increasing role of AI, IoT, and robotics in hotels. AI, IoT and robotics and workforce (jobs, skill sets). How AI, IoT and robotics are redefining service.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture