Robert James Harrington, Ph.D.

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CARSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, WSU TRI-CITIES

Dr. Robert J. Harrington is Ivar B. Haglund Chair in Hospitality Business Management and Director for the School of Hospitality Business Management in the Carson College of Business. He received his PhD in Strategic Management and MBA from Washington State University and Bachelor of Business Administration from Boise State University, USA.

Prior to joining WSU, he was the 21st Century Endowed Chair in Hospitality at the University of Arkansas, faculty member at the University of Guelph, Canada and Dean of the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University.

Harrington’s current teaching interests include food and beverage management, hospitality innovation management and food & beverage strategies. Current research interests include food and drink pairing, hospitality innovation management, and wine business strategies. He is author of Food and Wine Pairing: A Sensory Experience and recognized for his hospitality business research productivity as well as studies in food, wine and innovation management.

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