Robert J. Harrington Washington State University, USA

Dr. Robert J. Harrington is Academic Director for the Carson College of Business in the Tri-Cities and a professor and Associate Director in Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University. 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 Tri-Cities, 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.