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Stacy Tomas
- Instructional Assistant Professor
- Focus Area: Rural Tourism, Hospitality and Customer Service Training
- Office:
- AGLS 460
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- (979) 314-8116
- Resume/CV
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- BS, August 1997, Department of Wildife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Cum Laude Graduate
- Graduate Education
- MS, August 2000, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- PhD, August 2007, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Awards
- Power of Personal Faculty Award, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, 2024
- Outreach Faculty Excellence Award, Oklahoma State University, 2022
- Richard W. Poole Outreach Excellence Award, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, 2022
- National Extension Tourism (NET) Excellence in Tourism Programming Award, for the Agritourism Multi-State Project Team, 2021
- Quality Enhancement Program Award for Excellence in Innovative Instruction (2014-2015), TN Tech University
- Quality Enhancement Program Award for Excellence in Innovative Instruction (2012-2013), TN Tech University
- Special Specialist Award (2010), NC Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists
- Outstanding Extension Service Award (2007), NC State University
- Courses Taught
- HMGT 302—Applications of Tourism Principles
- HMGT 442—International Perspectives in Hospitality, Tourism and Events
Professional Summary
For over 20 years, Stacy Tomas has worked with small businesses, landowners, farmers, communities and other tourism industry professionals to develop and promote sustainable tourism as a tool for community and economic development. She has worked in North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas, and has engaged in several international tourism development projects. She has worked to secure over $3.6 million in grants and contracts providing deliverables directly to communities, businesses and landowners, and has created numerous training programs and curricula.