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2026 ICHRIE Creative Teaching Lab

Thursday, July 16, 2026, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT

Category: Conferences, Events & Competitions

2026 ICHRIE Creative Teaching Lab

Where Innovation and Imagination Transform Instruction

UNLV - ROOMS 380 & 382 | THURSDAY, 16 JULY 12026 | 9:00 - 3:00 PM

Dear Creative Teaching Lab Presenters,

Thank you for sharing your expertise and innovative teaching practices at this year's Creative Teaching Lab! We are excited to showcase your outstanding work and look forward to the engaging ideas and meaningful discussions your presentations will inspire. To help ensure a smooth and successful presentation experience, please review the important information below regarding presentation-day logistics, technology requirements, and the attached Creative Teaching Lab Schedule.

Presentation Day Information

What Should I Bring?

All Presenters should bring a laptop with their presentation pre-loaded and a flash drive as backup. Please do not plan to use wifi to download your presentation. An HDMI cable will be provided; however, Mac users should bring their own adapter.

Presentation Logistics

There will be two concurrent presentation sessions during each time slot, held in Rooms 380 and 382.
Each presentation is 20 minutes, which includes 15 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A.
Please arrive at least 5 minutes before your session begins and have your presentation loaded and ready to open. This will help ensure a smooth transition between presenters.
All presenters will receive a digital Certificate of Participation approximately two weeks after the conference.

Creative Teaching Lab Schedule

For your convenience, I have included the Creative Teaching Lab Schedule, extracted from the general conference schedule for easy reference.

We can't wait to experience your innovative, trailblazing presentations that will inspire, energize, and transform teaching and learning in hospitality and tourism education.

Safe travels, and see you soon!

Time	Room	Session #	Title	Presenter(s)
9:00–9:20 AM	Room 380	#111	The Augmented Hospitality Model: A Curriculum Framework for AI-Integrated Hospitality Education	Laura De La Cruz
9:00–9:20 AM	Room 382	#172	From Cultural Fit to Cultural Contribution	Eladio Vassell
9:25–9:45 AM	Room 380	#137	Teaching While Thinking Differently: Using AI and Supportive Technologies to Sustain Instructor Work and Course Design	Betsy Pudliner
9:25–9:45 AM	Room 382	#176	From Day One to Career Launch: A Longitudinal Approach to Career Readiness	Timothy Bratt & Rachel Marsh
9:50–10:10 AM	Room 380	#152	Appreciative Inquiry (AI): Using AI Principles to Improve Feedback and Students' Performance	George Ojie-Ahamiojie
9:50–10:10 AM	Room 382	#182	Design Challenges as Experiential Learning	Heather Lewis & Kate Price-Howard
10:15–10:35 AM	Room 380	#154	Immersive Service: XR + AI as the New Classroom	Betsy Stringam, Melinda Cuilty & Adam Carmer
10:15–10:35 AM	Room 382	#234	Course-Embedded Experiential Education in Hospitality Education	Jane Boyland & Paul Bagdan
10:40–11:00 AM	Room 380	#239	Teaching Entrepreneurship and Service Ethics with AI Avatars	Eulanda Sanders, Nikol Lopez Llantuy & Li Jiang
10:40–11:00 AM	Room 382	#261	Embedding Belonging Within Experiential Hospitality Education	Annemarie Turpin
11:05–11:25 AM	Room 380	#90	Integrating AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality for Experiential Learning	Shinyong Jung & Susan Gordon
11:05–11:25 AM	Room 382	#250	Young Alumni Insights, Student Success: An Internship Mentoring Framework	Reg Foucar-Szocki & Yiran Liu
11:30–11:50 AM	Room 380	#78	Everyone Gets a TA: Using Generative AI to Enhance Teaching and Learning	Stacey Smith & Angela Walters
11:30–11:50 AM	Room 382	#295	The Pulte Gateway to Hospitality Innovation Challenge	Sara Ghezzi
1:00–1:20 PM	Room 380	#278	The Role of Mixed Reality Simulation for Hospitality Service Management Pedagogy	Arjun Singh & Po-Ju Chen
1:00–1:20 PM	Room 382	#314	Folding Learning into Practice: An Experiential Approach to Teaching Inclusive Training Design	Marisa Ritter
1:25–1:45 PM	Room 380	#337	How the Metaverse Will Change Hospitality & Tourism Education	Damien Duchamp
1:25–1:45 PM	Room 382	#37	From Guest Speakers to Co-Educators	Eric Brey
1:50–2:10 PM	Room 380	#297	From Theory to Ticket Sales: Sports Hospitality Education	Juliana Tkatch
1:50–2:10 PM	Room 382	#43	Designing Inclusive Active Learning Environments	Rachel Marsh
2:15–2:35 PM	Room 380	#224	Development of Inclusion Framework for a Hotel School	Maria Paz Castro & Teddy Manansala
2:15–2:35 PM	Room 382	#96	From Concept to Execution: A Semester-Long Live Event Model	Vernetta Kosalka
2:40–3:00 PM	Room 380	#248	Teaching Experience Management in Hospitality	Suzanne Bagnera & Paul Bagdan
2:40–3:00 PM	Room 382	#345	A Two-Phase Research-to-Reflection E-Portfolio Model in Culinary Education	Souji Gopalakrishna Pillai & Ana Plana