Dr. Alana Dillete

Dr. Alana Dillette (she/her) is the Co-Founder of CODE, Co-Director of Tourism RESET and an Associate Professor in the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at San Diego State University. Alana is interested in utilizing her skills and career path to produce and promote social advocacy while amplifying traditionally marginalized underrepresented voices within the hospitality and tourism landscape through practice, research, and education.

As a trained qualitative and quantitative researcher, her research dives into the intersections of diversity, equity and inclusion and the nexus of social equity and critical hospitality and tourism scholarship. She has published numerous journal articles in top-tier tourism and hospitality journals such as Journal of Travel Research, Annals of Tourism and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management as well as industry publications like AFAR Travel Magazine, The Conversation, Essence, and Conde Nast Traveler. She is also one of the researchers behind the largest (to date) BIPOC Travel Consensus dataset co-produced by NOMADNESS and Tourism RESET. As an educator and leader, Dr. Dillette is equity-minded and dedicated to guiding others to critically think and connect with their strengths and passions to solving problems in society. Known to her students as “Dr. D”, she strives to create an inclusive learning environment for all students through awareness and empathic teaching.