LORI PENNINGTON-GRAY, PH.D.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. in park, recreation and tourism resources, Michigan State University (1999)
M.S. in leisure studies, Pennsylvania State University (1994)
B.A. in recreation and leisure studies, University of Waterloo (1993)
Curriculum Vitae

Office:		FLG 325
Address:		P.O. Box 118209 Gainesville, FL 32611
Contact:		(352) 294-1657 penngray@hhp.ufl.edu

Biography:

Lori Pennington-Gray, Ph.D., has been an associate professor at the University of Florida since 2005. She is also the director of the Center for Tourism Research and Development at UF. Previously, she was an assistant professor at the university.

Pennington-Gray also supervises undergraduate and graduate student research at the College. She is part of the graduate committee and was a faculty advisor for the Division of Recreational Sports Water Polo Team.

She is currently a member of the Travel Industry of America and the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Short Biography

Research Interests:

• • The “systems approach” to understand both demand-side and supply-side issues related to tourism
• • Consumer travel behavior on the demand side
• • The decision-making process of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) on the supply-side

Classes:
LEI 3140 History and Philosophy
LEI 4574 Marketing in Recreation, Parks and Tourism
LEI 6108 Contemporary Theories
LEI 6573 Tourism Marketing
LEI 6931 Tourism Planning & Development
LEI 6931 Hospitality marketing (Warrington College of Business)
LEI 6931 Hospitality Planning and Development (Warrington College of Business)