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Professor Elisa Zentveld

Professor, Social Justice

Campus

Mt Helen Campus

Biography

Elisa Zentveld, PhD is a Professor of Social Justice at Federation University. She is a multi-disciplinary expert with a focus on tourism and family violence. Elisa is a TEQSA panel expert and has also been an Australian Research Council ERA reviewer and an Australian Awards for University Teaching winner and reviewer.

Her tourism research contributions have resulted in her being inducted into the International Urban Tourism Research Hall of Fame for her exceptional contributions to the field of urban tourism research. She has also received 14 awards to recognise her outstanding contribution to tourism research and education and is on the editorial board for 11 journals. Her main research interests are Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel, family tourism, and family violence.

PHD SUPERVISION

Elisa is a multi-disciplinary expert with a focus on tourism and family violence. Her HDR supervision experience includes the following areas:-

  • Family violence
  • Work-life balance
  • Tourism motivation
  • Film production (exegesis)
  • Social media
  • Partial industrialisation in tourism
  • Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Travel
  • Destination Marketing Organisation (DMO) promotions

Available for

HDR Supervision

Professional Comment

HDR Examiner

  • Publications

Academic freedom: You can discuss any flavour you like, as long as it is vanilla

Tourism and Other Disciplines: Shall We Dance?