Professor of Hospitality Management
Pennsylvania State University
Amit Sharma (PhD) is professor and associate director of the School of Hospitality Management, and director of the Food Decisions Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University. He also holds positions as senior research associate for the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and visiting professor at Institut Paul Bocuse in France. He has been a past visiting professor at National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism in Taiwan and the KyungHee University in South Korea.
Sharma teaches finance and economics, and his interdisciplinary research focuses on cost-benefit Analysis, small business financing and the economics of the food service system. He has published his research in top-tier hospitality and tourism journals and received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture and World Bank Group. He's past president (2017-18) of the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE), founding editor of ICHRIE Research Reports, president of the International Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators (2020-present), and creator and host of the allinfoodz podcast, featured on iTunes.