{"id":58132,"date":"2015-09-18T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/experts\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=58132"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:29:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:29:18","slug":"arun-upneja","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/profile\/arun-upneja\/","title":{"rendered":"Arun Upneja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Dr. Upneja, known for his forward-thinking and collaborative leadership, assumed the role of Dean at Boston University School of Hospitality Administration (BU SHA) in 2013. Under his stewardship, SHA has undergone a transformative journey. He has intensified the rigor of academic programs while injecting a heavy dose of industry-relevant research into the school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Upneja launched a visionary approach to redefine and advance hospitality with Experience Innovation\u2122. This principle differentiates Boston University\u2019s School of Hospitality from other hospitality and business programs by integrating a composite of disciplines that includes business, psychology, communications, operations, and experiential design to optimize human interaction to achieve concrete organizational and societal objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His leadership has expanded SHA&#8217;s scholarly output, notably through the Boston Hospitality Review. He also introduced a podcast, &#8220;Distinguished,&#8221; and established the annual BU School of Hospitality Leadership Summit, drawing global industry leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to SHA, Dr. Upneja served as Professor of Hospitality Financial Management for 14 years and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the university-wide Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An accomplished scholar, Dr. Upneja has received numerous awards, including the prestigious John Wiley &amp; Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award (2007) and multiple best paper awards. He remains an active contributor to industry dialogues, having delivered hundreds of talks and workshops.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11144,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/58132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/58132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72588,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/58132\/revisions\/72588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}