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Dr. Fred DeMicco is ARAMARK Chair and Professor for the department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management at the University of Delaware. Formerly, he was Associate Director in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Recreation Management at Penn State University, where he was Professor-in-Charge of the HRIM undergraduate program. Dr. DeMicco teaches courses in international management, food service management and leadership, with research in the areas of cost control, total quality management, gerontology and managed services. His research spans the human life cycle from children to older employees and mature customers in the hospitality industry. In 1986, he completed his Ph.D. in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional management at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1996, he completed a sabbatical in Hotel Management at Walt Disney World, Florida. He is on the Editorial Board of the Hospitality Research Journal, as well as author and co-author of more than 75 publications in the area of hospitality. Dr. DeMicco is ranked 12th among the 119 most cited international hospitality faculty. Dr. DeMicco has taught and conducted research in Europe, Scandinavia, and the Caribbean (including cruise ships). He has co-authored, with James Keiser and Robert N. Grimes, a textbook published by Prentice-Hall entitled Contemporary Management Theory: Controlling and Analyzing Costs in Foodservice Operations (4th edition). The book is used at approximately 100 CHRIE-affiliated universities and has been translated into Japanese. |
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Phone: (302) 831-6077 E-mail: fdemicco@udel.edu |
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