Qualifications
Journal Editorial Appointments
Professional Associations and Fellowships
Selected Awards
Biography
Dr. Cody Morris Paris is the Deputy Director of Middlesex University Dubai and an Associate Professor in the School of Law and the Business School. He is also a Senior Research Fellow with the University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in Community Resource Development, a MSc in Tourism Studies and a BIS in International Geography and Political Science with minors in Cultural Anthropology and Tourism from Arizona State University, USA.
He has authored/co-authored nearly 100 academic articles, book chapters, and papers in conference proceedings and his research has been recognized with several prestigious awards including the Travel and Tourism Research Association’s (TTRA) Keeling PhD Dissertation Award, TTRA Charles Goeldner Journal of Travel Research Article of Excellence, and the IFITT Article of the year in Information Technology and Tourism. He serves on the Editorial Boards of several leading journals, and currently serves as an elected member of the Executive Board of both the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research and the Travel and Tourism Research Association Asia Pacific Chapter.
Cody is a social scientist with varied research and teaching interests within the areas of Experiential Learning, Community Development, Tourism, Technology, Sustainable Development, Mobilities, International Politics, and Global Security. He has supervised the dissertations of more than 200 postgraduate and undergraduate students to completion across multiple disciplines including International Relations, Sustainability, Education Policy, Human Security, International Politics, International Development, Social Policy, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, and Tourism.
Cody serves on the Board of Directors of Amizade (www.amizade.org), a global-service learning and community development NGO with UN Consultative Status. He has travelled to more than 115 countries, and has developed and/or lead international study abroad, service learning, and other forms of experiential learning programmes to Caribbean, Australia, Fiji, United Arab Emirates, Europe, Singapore, Ghana, and North America.
Learning and Teaching Interests
Dr. Cody teaches on multiple programmes including the International Politics, Tourism, International Relations, Global Governance and Sustainable Development, Marketing Communications, and MBA.
His current teaching responsibilities include Global Security, Research Methods, Marketing Research and Analytics,Tourism, and Dissertation preparation.
Research Outputs and Interests
Selected Publications
Pre-Proof drafts of all publications can be downloaded from https://mdx.academia.edu/CodyParis and/or https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cody_Paris.
* Masters Student Co-Author
** Undergraduate Student Co-Author