Adiyukh Berbekova Ph.D.

Dr. Adiyukh Berbekova is an Assistant Professor at Dedman College of Hospitality. Prior to joining Florida State University, Dr. Berbekova worked as an Assistant Professor at the Travel Industry Management School, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Dr. Berbekova earned her doctorate in hospitality and tourism management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2022. Her research interests include issues relating to quality of life in tourism and hospitality. Specifically, she focuses on connecting quality of life indicators and destination performance measures, as well as exploring ways to implement quality of life in tourism policy formulation and evaluation.

Fields of study/Research

• Tourism management
• Destination development and management
• Quality of life and well-being in tourism and hospitality 

Education

• Ph.D., Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Massachusetts, (Amherst)
• M.A., International Tourism Management, West Coast University of Applied Sciences (Heide, Germany)
• B.S., Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Nalchik, Russia)
• B.S., Law, Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Nalchik, Russia)

Publications

Full scholarly account available at Google Scholar