Dr. Michelle McLeod is Senior Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. Her tourism industry experience spans over 30 years. Her research interests include knowledge networks, destination and policy networks, and service productivity. Dr. McLeod's three co-edited books are 'Knowledge Networks and Tourism', 'Tourism Management in Warm-water Island Destinations' and 'Island Tourism Sustainability and Resiliency'.
Dr. McLeod received the Principal’s Award for the Research Project with Greatest Economic Impact for the Faculty of Social Sciences for the project entitled “Open Data and Interactive Community Mapping: Empowering Local Community Tourism” in 2018, the Principal’s Award for Research Project Attracting the Most Research Funds in the Faculty of Social Sciences for the project entitled “Harnessing Open Data to Achieve Development Results in Latin America and the Caribbean” in 2016, Best Researcher in the Mona School of Business and Management in 2016, the Institute of Travel and Tourism, PhD Research Student of the Year in 2010, and the UKAIS (United Kingdom Academy of Information Systems) PhD Consortium, Winner of PhD Consortium Best Presentation Prize in April 2008.
Some Research Highlights:
Books
- McLeod, M., Dodds, R. and Butler, R. (2022). Island Tourism Sustainability and Resiliency. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
- McLeod, M. and Croes, R. (2018). Tourism Management in Warm-water Island Destinations (Eds.), UK: CABI.
- McLeod, M. and Vaughan, R. (2015). Knowledge networks and tourism (Eds.), Oxon: Routledge.
Journal Articles
- McLeod, M. (2020). “Understanding knowledge flows within a tourism destination network.” Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Insights. DOI: 10.1108/JHTI-02-2020-0017.
- Nair, V. and McLeod, M. (2020). “Lessons learnt from the experience of countries in the Caribbean in aligning tourism investment, business and operations with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes. 12 (2) https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1755-4217.
- McLeod, M., Lewis, E. and Spencer, A. (2017). “Re-inventing, revolutionizing and transforming Caribbean Tourism: multi-country tourism institutions and a research agenda.” Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. Vol. 6 (2017).
- Whyte, S., McNaughton, M., Chevers, D. & McLeod, M. (2016). “Measuring software quality in open source communities through the lens of social capital”. Cuban Journal of Computer Science (Revista Cubana de Ciencias Informaticas), 10, 287-302.
- McLeod, M. and McNaughton, M. (2016). “Mapping an emergent Open Data eco-system” The Journal of Community Informatics. Vol. 12(2), 26-46.
- McLeod, M., Vaughan, D.R. and Edwards, J. (2010). “Knowledge networks in the tourism sector of the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch conurbation: a preliminary analysis.” The Service Industries Journal, Special Issue, Advances in service network analysis. Vol. 30(10), 1651-1667.
- McLeod, M. and Airey, D. (2007). “The politics of tourism development: a case of dual governance in Tobago.” International Journal of Tourism Policy. Vol. 1(3), 217-231.
Undergraduate Courses
- TOUR3000: Tourism Management
- TOUR3004: Tourism Destination Marketing
- TOUR3010: Caribbean Tourism
- 2018, Research Project with the greatest Economic Impact for the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
- 2016, Best Researcher in the Mona School of Business and Management, Jamaica.
- 2016, Research Project attracting the most Research Funds for the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
- 2010, Institute of Travel and Tourism, PhD Research Student of the Year, UK.
- 2008, UKAIS (United Kingdom Academy of Information Systems) PhD Consortium, Winner of PhD Consortium Best Presentation Prize, UK.
- 2003, Institute of Business, University of the West Indies, Distinction Award, Trinidad and Tobago.