DrTracy Harkison

Associate Professor

Hospitality & Tourism

BIO

Tracy is an Associate Professor at the School of Hospitality and Tourism in Auckland University of Technology - Te Wananga Aronui o Tamaki Makaurau. Her research focuses on the luxury accommodation experience, co-creation, hospitality for good, and hospitality education. Tracy’s PhD presented original findings into how luxury accommodation experiences are co-created, providing industry managers with practical insights into how they could create luxury accommodation experiences in their own organisations. Recently, Tracy has been involved in international collaboration with UK academics and the Clink charity, researching ‘using hospitality for good’. Tracy worked for 14 years as a human resource manager, a food and beverage manager, and housekeeping in luxury hotels and luxury lodges.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer, School of Hospitality and Tourism
    Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand2006 - 2021
  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of International Hospitality Management
    Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2023
  • Associate Professor - School of Hospitality and Tourism
    Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand20 Oct 2021

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand1 Jan 2016
  • Masters of Education
    Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand2006
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Hospitality Management
    Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom1996
  • Higher National Diploma in Hotel Catering and Institution Management
    Duncan of Jordanstone, Scotland1991
  • National Diploma in Adult Training and Education
    Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand2005
  • Advance Certificate in Tertiary Teaching
    Massey University, New Zealand2000

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Culture and Society

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

FIELDS OF RESEARCH