Phone:

765-455-9590

Email:

mengz@iu.edu

Department:

Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Campus:

IU Kokomo

Biography

Education:

Undergraduate: Beijing Technology and Business University, China/University College Cork, Ireland
Master: University College Cork, Ireland
PhD: Purdue University. U.S.A.

Area of Expertise:

Hospitality and Tourism Management

Research Interests:  

• Food and beverage
• Cultural heritage
• Tourism economics
• Tourist motivation
• Tural tourism

Top 10 Selected Publications:

• Meng, Z., Cai, L. A., Day, J., Tang, C. H., Lu, Y., & Zhang, H. (2018). Effects of nostalgic feeling on tourists. The Tourism Observation Magazine, 2(4), 48-50.
• Meng, Z., Cai, L. A., Day, J., Tang, C. H., Lu, Y., & Zhang, H. (2019). Authenticity and nostalgia–subjective well-being of Chinese rural-urban migrants.Journal of Heritage Tourism, 14(5-6), 506-524.
• Jiao, Y., Zhang, Y., & Meng, Z. (2020). Tourism as Development Aid: Policies and Challenges for Tourism Planning in Xinjiang, China.Tourism Planning & Development, 17(3), 335-354.

Academic/Professional Activities:

• Board of Director, International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE)