Dissertation Proposal Competition Winners Present at Las Vegas Conference
Dissertation Proposal Competition Winners Present at Las Vegas Conference
The 2026 winners of the ICHRIE Dissertation Proposal Competition presented their winning proposals at the 2026 ICHRIE Global Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Hosted by the ICHRIE Research Committee, and sponsored by the ICHRIE FutureFund™, four students made presentations and received feedback from conference attendees.
The winning students making presentations were:
Track A – Dissertation Work in Progress
Egor Cherenkov (University of Houston) – Bridging digital transformation and ethical governance: Developing and validating a corporate digital responsibility scale in the lodging industry.
Lingyan (Lia) Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) – Strategic sustainability: Communication in tourism and hospitality: A co-benefiting perspective.
Soo Yeon Kwak (Purdue University) – Self-disclosure as a relationship marketing strategy in brand-customer relationships.
Track B – Completed Dissertation
Aili Wu (University of Central Florida) – Game-changing justice: Leveraging gamified storytelling to combat human trafficking in hospitality.
Thanks to Minwoo Lee, Eric Olson, and Araceli Hernandez for their work in managing this year's Dissertation Proposal Competition.
