Dr Niki Macionis

Senior Lecturer

School of Business

+61 7 334 64412

n.macionis@business.uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr Macionis is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism, and is the Program Leader of the Bachelor of Tourism, Hotel and Event Management Program at UQ Business School. Niki is a Teaching-Focused academic with over twenty-five years experience in tertairy education. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and currently co-chairs the Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group within the Council of Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Educators (CAUTHE). Niki teaches both undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Service Management and Leadership and Principles of the International Tourism System. Her research interests are in student experiences, career paths of teaching focused academics and innovative teaching practices (such as gamification).

Publications

Journal Articles (4)

Conference Papers (4)

Journal Articles

Slaughter, Lee, Sie, Lintje, Breakey, Noreen, Macionis, Niki and Zhang, Jingru (2023). Can we buffer them? Supporting healthy levels of stress and anxiety in first year international students. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 32 100438, 100438. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2023.100438

McKercher, Bob, Jin, Xin (Cathy), Tolkach, Denis, Lee, Andy and Macionis, Niki (2023). Career development of tourism, hospitality and events graduates. International Journal of Tourism Research, 25 (3), 350-358. doi: 10.1002/jtr.2572

McKercher, Bob, Tolkach, Denis, Lee, Andy, Macionis, Niki and Jin, Xin (Cathy) (2023). How successfully do we educate tourism, hospitality, and events graduates?. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, 36 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/10963758.2023.2172421

Macionis, Niki, Walters, Gabby and Kwok, Edric (2018). International tertiary student experience in Australia: a Singaporean perspective. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 25 100174, 100174. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2018.10.002

Conference Papers

Slaughter, Lee , Macionis, Niki , Breakey, Noreen , Zhan, Jingru and Sie, Lintje (2022). Minimising stress and anxiety in the ‘next normal’ learning environment: a case of first semester EAL students studying tourism hospitality and event courses. The Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), Online, 7-9 February 2022.

Hughes, Karen, Macionis, Niki and Ye, Isabella (2021). Thinking outside the [escape] box Using game-based learning to test and reinforce students’ learning. CAUTHE2021, Virtual, 9-12 Feb 2021. Australia: Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education.

Macionis, N. (2020). Learning from the mouse: reflections on running study tours to Disney World. CAUTHE 2020: 20:20 Vision: New perspectives of Hospitality, Tourism and Events, Auckland, New Zealand, 6-10 February 2020. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology.

Breakey, Noreen, Macionis, Niki and Zhang, Jingru (Ruby) (2020). 20:20 Vision – Diversity in hospitality and tourism undergraduate education in Australia. Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-14 February 2020.