Fevzi Okumus

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT FEVZI OKUMUS

Professor Fevzi Okumus is the Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association (CFHLA) Preeminent Chair Professor within the Hospitality Services Department at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. He was the Founding Chair of the Hospitality Services Department at UCF Rosen College. His main teaching and research areas include strategic management, leadership, hospitality management, services marketing, training and lodging. He has over 330 academic publications (over 210 refereed journal articles, seven books, 12 book chapters, and 90 conference presentations and reports). As of December 10 2024, his publications have received 29,421 citations, and he has an h-index of 78. He has chaired/co-chaired and served on numerous PhD dissertation and master\'s thesis committees. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM)(Impact Factor: 9.1) and the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights (JHTI)(Impact Factor: 4.8). He is a frequent speaker at international conferences. He has received numerous prestigious research awards and recognitions including “The Michael D. Olsen Research Award” in 2016; “The University of Central Florida Scroll & Quill Society Award” in 2017, the “CFHLA Preeminent Professor” again in 2017, and the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award from ICHRIE in 2018. Finally, Prof. Okumus was recognized as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2021; 2022; 2023 and 2024 by Clarivate, based on data from the Web of Science. Highly Cited Researchers™ are 1 in of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists.