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Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch, Ph.D. Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Coca-Cola Endowed Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, FIU
Dr. Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch is an Associate Professor in the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Florida International University, where she teaches graduate level Hospitality Management courses. She received her doctoral degree in May of 2010 in Hospitality Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch holds a Master's degree in Human Resources and a Bachelor's degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette.
Prior to beginning a career in academia, Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch worked for 11 years in the lodging and food & beverage industries in Louisiana, Michigan, and Las Vegas. What began on a whim as an entry-level front-of-house position quickly developed into operational management, sales, and human resources management roles, and a lifelong passion for Hospitality Management.
During her industry career, Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch encountered a number of employee issues that led her to seek answers in academic research. Each scholarly investigative venture fueled the desire to begin another, resulting in her decision to pursue a terminal degree and a future in academia. Her first educational venture was as an instructor as St. Landry Accelerated Transition School, where she designed a Hospitality and Tourism curriculum and skills certification program for the vocational educational program.
During her university level academic career, Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch has taught both traditional and online Hospitality Management classes at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, James Madison University, and now Florida International University, where she teaches Master's degree classes in Hospitality Industry Organizational Behavior, and Case Studies in Hospitality Management.
Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch's research focuses primarily on Food and Beverage, Human Resources, and Organizational Behavior issues. She has published on topics of foodservice industry employee selection and screening, employee behavior and perceptions, training needs of hospitality employees, food-safety education, and hospitality student learning styles. Much of her work centers on employee substance abuse and employment drug-testing in the hospitality industry.
Please visit http://www.fiu.edu for more information.
Dr. Kitterlin-Lynch, Ph.D. can be contacted at +1 305-919-4424 or miranda.kitterlin@fiu.edu
