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Matthew W. Lonam, Ph.D.

Teaching Experience:
Associate Professor of Executive & Strategic Leadership, University of Charleston
Adjunct Professor of Tourism Studies, George Washington University
Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, Valencia Community College
Adjunct Professor of Healthcare Leadership, National Louis University
Visiting Professor of Business (MBA program), United States International University
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Visiting Professor of Strategic Planning (Tourism), l'Associazione per l'Istituzione della
Libera Università Nuorese (AILUN, Sardinia, Italy)

Born in Washington, D.C., raised in Germany and Italy as well as the United States,
Dr. Lonam received his undergraduate degree in History & Political Science from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland
(1977); his M.A. in Tourism Development from The George Washington University (1983); and a Ph.D. from the
University of Missouri in Higher and Adult Education (1999).

Dr. Lonam is a lifelong professional in the hospitality and tourism industry with hospitality experiences ranging from
front desk agent and night auditor to director of sales, food and beverage and hotel general manager. One of his
specialties is in the area of hotel information systems; at one time he was the chief installer of a pioneering hotel front
office and accounting system when local area networking was a new phenomenon.

Dr. Lonam’s teaching career began with adjunct assignments at the Community College of Baltimore, Montgomery Junior
College and Nova Community College while working as sales, food and beverage director for hotels in the Washington,
D.C. area. He began his full-time teaching career as professor of hotel information systems at Johnson & Wales College
in Rhode Island, participated in the founding of the hotel school at Northern Arizona University and received his doctorate
while teaching hotel and restaurant management at the University of Missouri.

Since receiving his doctorate, Matt Lonam has served as vice-president (Latin America, based in Mexico City) for the
Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, Associate Director of GW’s online master of tourism
program and currently serves as Associate Professor in the School of Business and Leadership at the University of
Charleston teaching graduate leadership studies courses in UC’s master of strategic leadership and doctor of executive
leadership programs.

A resident of Orlando, Florida, Matt lives with his wife, a dog and a cat. His outside interests include a wide variety of
reading material, frequent travel and working with graduate doctoral & thesis students as the founder of
DissertationRx.com.

You can reach Dr. Matt Lonam at m.lonam@gmail.com or call 407-925-3632.
DissertationRx’s home is www.dissertationrx.com