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Fred J. DeMicco

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Title ARAMARK Chaired Professor Emeritus of Hospitality Business Management
Email fdemicco@nospam67a300454164a.udel.edu
Biography

Biography

Frederick J. DeMicco, Ph.D., RDN was the executive director (20219-2023) and is now full professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University. Formerly, he was professor and the Aramark Endowed Chair of the Hospitality Business Management at University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business & Economics. Dr. DeMicco was associate director in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Recreation Management (HRRM) at Penn State University, where he was professor-in-charge of the Hotel & Restaurant Management undergraduate program and also was the professor-in-charge of the master of science and Ph.D. graduate program for five years. He presently is a Conti Distinguished Professor at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. DeMicco is the honorary president of international academics and the dean of business executive leadership and professional programs at the Learning Campus in Tuscany (SIAF) Campus in Volterra, Tuscany, the home of innovation.

Dr. DeMicco was also a Darden Eminent Scholar Chair Visiting Professor to the University of Central Florida, Rosen College, the USF Sarasota- Manatee and Colorado State University and is currently an adjunct professor in the School of Public Policy & Administration, at the University of Delaware. Dr. Fred DeMicco has worked in healthcare at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and at Walt Disney World in hotel management where he also obtained a Doctorate Degree from Disney University, Orlando. Dr. DeMicco was the president of international CHRIE–NENA (Northeast North American Federation).

He was presented the International CHRIE/Cornell Howard B. Meek Award of Excellence for 2017. Dr. DeMicco presently helps to lead and manage the Leadership and Ethics: Lessons from Disney certificate program at NAU with 3 former Disney executives. Dr. DeMicco’s teaching and scholarship is in strategic management, innovation and healthcare services management. He is presently the David Michael Meeks Visiting Scholar to the University of Memphis, Kemmons Wilson School.

Education

  • Ph.D. in hotel, restaurant and institutional management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Select Publications

  • Cavusoglu, M., Cobanoglu, C., Collins, G., and DeMicco, F.J. (In Press). Robot Acceptance and Service Quality in Food Delivery: An Expanded TAM-Based Study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
  • Demirciftci , T., Mathwich, B., and DeMicco, F.J. (2024). Research, Planning, and Development of a University-Based Retirement Community (UBRC): A Strategic Lodging Opportunity. CHRIE Research Reports Volume 9 Issue 1, February 2024.
  • Poorani, A.; Kline, S., DeMicco, F.J. ; and Sullivan, W. (2023). Hospitality to Healthcare: Patient Experience Academy, A Successful Alliance Between the Christiana Care Health System and the University of Delaware. The International Journal of Hospitality Management.
  • Frederick J. DeMicco and Jackie Guzman (2023). Hotels Bridging Healthcare (H2H) for New Career Opportunities. THE CONSORTIUM JOURNAL of Hospitality & Tourism 25: p. 5. ISSN: 1535-0568 (print) – ISSN: 2329-9479 (online). A publication of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium
  • DeMicco, Frederick J., and John La Forgia (2020). Hospitality Bridging Healthcare: Career Opportunities for The Future Hotel School Graduate. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1072–1079, doi:10.1177/1096348020940783.
  • Acar, A., DeMicco, F., & Cavusoglu, M. (2022, August 3-6). Integration of Bloomberg Terminal as an Experiential Learning Tool into Tourism and Hospitality Education. 75th ICHRIE Summer Conference, Washington, DC, USA.
  • DeMicco, F.J. (2014). Cracker Barrel: A Case Study (2015). The Journal of Foodservice Business Research. Volume 18 (3).
  • DeMicco, F.J., Seferis, Y.B., & Scholz, M.E. (2014). The Eco-Restaurant of The Future: A Case Study. Journal of Foodservice Business Research. 17 (3):363-68.
  • Song, K., Agbemabiese, C., Wang, Y., Owens, E. & DeMicco, F.J. (2014). Disney and Comcast Theme Park Strategy: Competing in a Complex Environment. Submitted to the ICHRIE Case Study Competition.
  • DeMicco, F.J., & Poorani, A. (2013). The Green Team-Case Study. The Hospitality Financial Management Review. Spring. Vol. 24. No. 1
  • Cetron, M.J., DeMicco, F.J., Fang, R., Woo, L., & Davies, O. (2012). Strategic Tourism Tools Following the Disaster in Japan- Could it happen here in the U.S.? Journal of Global Business and Trade. 8 (2), 29-38.

Awards & Honors

  • ICHRIE Cornell Meek Award, 2016
  • Lamp of Knowledge Award for Outstanding United States Educator, American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, 2008
  • The Lodging Industry’s Top Education Innovator, Lodging Magazine, 2006