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Dr. Michael Wray has over 25 years of hospitality education experience. He has held key food and beverage leadership positions with Chain and Private Resort hotels and clubs. His scholarly work is focused upon Teaching and Learning in Hospitality Education, public/private partnerships, and LGBTQ Hospitality Tourism. In addition to his higher education work, Dr. Wray is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the CO Army National Guard, working as the Joint Chief of Staff Division Chief for Logistics. His service to the community is oriented upon service learning within hospitality and his work in bringing the www.foodforthoughtdenver.org food insecurity organization to campus. During his time at Metro State, Dr. Wray has been instrumental in providing the vision, design and curriculum development for over 100 million in capital improvements to university facilities, including the university the Hotel, Hospitality Learning Center, and Tivoli Brewery partnerships.Degree
PhD in Education Leadership and Innovation
University of Colorado Denver
MBA
Purdue School of Business, Salisbury University
BS in Human Nutrition and Foods/Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Other in Science
Valley Forge Military College
Published Works
- Wray, L. M., Wilson, B. (2024). Megan Martin: Culinary Arts. Routeledge, https://www.amazon.com/ID-CaseBook-Studies-Instructional-Design-ebook/dp/B0CYXVV6RK/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3DIOY35I6QIV6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Vhcl3mAQTWqUhZ6a1mamDYTJBP0MPQfd0bq-oDEnm5R0THFGe1A0qxPAPiqVeZsvuNebBeaZQKM9hM-h2UXWOCtSfvmZZW6oeshblJNk44cYmnPFxpsKjoW5bji8vC4hJlm3_DQjih4vo3Dze1dfckYK3jNxzmD1LRK-1yjJbqiqvrTPsxPKRU5wMPNjDePLNzA6cx7mLxo4WBAyPcUbgl34HSA6Mmh3Bug8Ksd6DHs.HGIr9KhwX_2MnSCowZeYb_GXEphQeDsd3bit3FHA2lA&dib_tag=se&keywords=id+case+book+textbook+instructional+design&qid=1712781125&sprefix=id+case+book+textbook+instructional+design%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-6
- Wray, L. M. . High Value Restaurant Analytics: What are Successful Managers Doing?. .
- Wray, L. M. . Hospitality Management Competencies: Scale Validation for Education Research. .
- Wray, L. M., Gruhl, M. C., Padron, C. T. (2019, March). The Gay Campground Experience. Southeast Federation CHRIE Annual Conference.
- Gruhl, M. C., Wray, L. M., Padron, C. T. (2019, February). Investigating Glamping: The LGBT Camping Experience. West Federation CHRIE.
- LaLopa, J., Elsayed, M. Y., Wray, L. M. (2018). The State of Active Learning in the Hospitality Classroom. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2018.1436971 .
- LaLopa, J., Wray, L. M., Nicely, A. (2017). Effects of Cooperative Learning on Chinese Students Performing a Formal Table Setting for American Style Service. Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 21(3), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/15378020.2017.1399777.
- Stone, J. M., Padron, C. T., Wray, L. M., LaLopa, J., Olson, D. E. (2017). Career Desires and Expectations of Event Management Students. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 325-53. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14476770/32?sdc=1 .
- Wray, L. M. (2017). Do as Thumper Said, "Say Something Nice". CHRIE Communique,
- Wray, L. M. (2017). Minimizing Assignment Anxiety: Five Best Practices for Better Learning. ,
- Wray, L. M. (2017). What Makes a Hospitality School Great? - Part II. CHRIE Communique,
- Wray, L. M. (2017). What Makes a Hospitality School Great?. CHRIE Communique,
- Wray, L. M. (2016). Take a SIP on this: Assigned Class Notes. ,
- Wray, L. M. (2016). A Taxonomy on Student Engagement in Hospitality Education. CHRIE Communique,
- Wray, L. M. (2016). West Federation: A Community of Learners. CHRIE Communique,
- LaLopa, J., Wray, L. M. (2015). Debunking the Matching Hypothesis of Learning Style Theorists in Hospitality Education. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, 27(3), 120-128. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10963758.2015.1064317.
- Sorensen, H., Wray, L. M., Parsa, G. H. (2015). Eco-Innovations in a Viking Village: An Ethnographic Investigation From Denmark. (pp page numbers 47-69). Apple Academic Press.
- Wray, L. M., Brent, G. W. (2014). "Beth Owens: Culinary Arts" . An Instructional Design Casebook, 4ed, Prentice Hall , https://www.amazon.com/ID-CaseBook-Studies-Instructional-Design/dp/0133258254/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/144-8900079-0900941?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0133258254&pd_rd_r=0a353148-4379-4ef2-a1e9-f556a97484f1&pd_rd_w=27hv9&pd_rd_wg=yIOBP&pf_rd_p=bdd201df-734f-454e-883c-73b0d8ccd4c3&pf_rd_r=0WBN8TRA94PGTPT6TP4K&psc=1&refRID=0WBN8TRA94PGTPT6TP4K
- LaLopa, M. J., Wray, L. M. (2014). Student Reflections on Good & Bad Teaching Among Undergraduate Hospitality & Tourism Management Students. Journal of Tourism Research & Hospitality, S(1). http://scitechnol.com/student-reflections-on-good-bad-teaching-undergraduate-hospitality-tourism-management-9loH.php?article_id=1483.
- Lowenthal, R. P., Wray, L. M., Bates, B., Switzer, T., Stevens, E. (2013). Examining Faculty Motivation to Participate in Faculty Development. International Journal of Teaching and Faculty Development, 3(3), 149-164. http://www.novapublishers.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=41808.
- Wray, L. M., Lowenthal , P., Bates , B., Stevens , E. (2008). Investigating Perceptions of Teaching Online & f2f. Academic Exchange Quarterly , 12(4). .
Research Interests
Hospitality Competencies, Learning Environments, Learning Communities, public private partnerships, LGBTQ Tourism in Hospitality.
Teaching Interests
Hospitality Accounting, Food and Beverage Management, Labor and Product Controls, Wine, Beer, and Spirits Appreciation, Beer Brewing, Mixology.
Office Hours
Wednesday - [11:00 to 02:00]
Thursday - [12:00 to 02:00]