Carson College of Business Faculty Directory

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Mark Beattie

Associate Vice Chancellor

Contact

Phone: (425) 405-1751
Office: GENERAL CAMPUS - WSU EVERETT

Education

  • PhD (Gonzaga University)
  • MBA (Gonzaga University)
  • BA (Washington State University)
  • Other (Yakima Valley College)

Mark Beattie

Dr. Beattie is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and Scholarly Assistant Professor in the School of Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University Everett. Nearly all his courses are designed using hybrid and online course delivery with experience in designing over 20 courses. He has taught and researched internationally in Switzerland, Malawi, Tanzania, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Beattie has over 30 years of experience in the Hospitality Industry with 20 of those years in management positions with restaurants, hotel food and beverage operations, and managed services.

Research Interests

CSR/ethics
English as a second language practice in hospitality settings
community support for tourism development
culinary tourism
farm-to-table implementation in senior living communities
food and wine
food safety/sanitation
hospitality and tourism marketing
hospitality curriculum
hospitality education
unconscious bias
wage policies in restaurants

Teaching Interests

beverage management
food and beverage management
food and beverage strategies
hospitality business management
hospitality innovation management
hospitality operational analysis
human resource management
human resource planning
introduction to hospitality
introduction to management
managerial and cost accounting
operations management
organizational behavior
organizational change & design
tourism economics

Journal Articles

  • Mark Beattie, Angela Senter, Shenrui Deng Large Event Security: A Case Study of Spokane, WA Events and Tourism Review, 2021
  • R Chinta, M Beattie, K Brands, S Wheeler Lessons from the Field: Teaching a Completely Online "Global Business" Course to African Refugees in Northern Kenya and Malawi Jesuit Higher Education, 2012
  • M Beattie A Terezin Afternoon Journal of Scholarship and Opinion, 2004

    Books/Book Chapters

    • Book Chapter Mark Beattie, Sharon Link Wyer Change management and leadership in the fourth industrial revolution.
    • Book Chapter M Beattie, E Brown, P Gibbons Accessible, appropriate, and effective education: The case of NetTel@Africa
    • Book Chapter M Beattie, J Gau, D Rutherford, M O'Fallon Workplace Violence in Hotels

      Presentations

      • Mark A Beattie, Hoi Tsen Chan Beattie Bridging the Gap: Language Prepartion for the Hospitality Industry
      • Mark A Beattie, Vivian Faustino-Pulliam, Linda Lange Reflections on Teaching a Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins: Online Course to African Refugee Camp Students
      • Mark A Beattie Distributive Education in Refugee Settings

        Conference Proceedings

        • Dustin Van Orman, Soobin Seo, Lucrezia Paxson, Jacob Murray, Mark Beattie IEEE EDUNINE World Conference Guatemala: Breaking Down Barriers in Academic and Professional Fields Through Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning and Merged Coursework. The IEEE World Conference on Engineering Education

          Other

          • M Beattie The role of education in economic development: Study of NetTel@Africa in Tanzania
          • M Beattie, F Beattie Akeelah and the Bee. International Journal of Servant-Leadership.