Dan McCole

About Dan McCole

My teaching, research, outreach, and consulting focus on the contribution of tourism toward community sustainability. My work combines the foundations and principles of business and management systems with a deep understanding of, and curiosity about, the role of leisure in people’s lives. As a social scientist, I bring together business fields of study (marketing, human resources, organizational development, entrepreneurship, finance, and operations) with other social sciences related to the field of leisure (e.g, psychology, sociology, and economics). Further, I use research methods and analysis to bring a scientific approach to solving problems related to the development and management of tourism organizations. My recent work has been primarily focused on three areas:1) The impact of tourism on destination communities;2) Tourism decision-making;3) Social entrepreneurship; and4) Recreation ecology.

Experience

1. Fulbright Scholar

   IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences

   Feb 2018 — Present · Krems, AT

   As a Fulbright Scholar, I conducted research, taught courses and exchanged ideas with colleagues.

Education

• UMass Boston

  B.A., German

  1993 — 1994

• University of Minnesota

  Ph.D.

  2002 — 2005

• Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

  MBA, Human Resources and Marketing

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Teaching
• Public Speaking
• Program Management
• Organizational Development
• Sustainability
• Research
• Community Outreach
• Program Development
• Management
• Higher Education
• Grant Writing
• Marketing