Dr Catherine Gorman

WORK EXPERIENCE Lecturer |School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, College of Arts and Tourism,Dublin Institute of Technology, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1 October 1995 – Present Present lecture modules include: Culture, Heritage and Tourism , Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Policy and Planning, Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Marketing Strategy, Destination and Product Marketing Planning Other Roles Supervision of one completed PhD ( 2012) Supervsision of one Masters by Research ( 1999) 2017- Perception of Active Leisure and Aging in Rural Communities Angie Hartnett 2016- The Potential of Outdoor Adventure Activities to Increase Participation of Older adults 2015 - due to be completed this year - Community-Based Ecotourism (CBET) in Hainan, China A number of dissertations annually supervised at Masters degree level. Current topic areas include sustainable tourism, cultural heritage tourism, 2009- present: Facilitator of 2 Students Learning with Communities projects. Community based project which involves liaison with the community in relation cultural and heritage tourism provision 2014-present: Programme Co-ordinator and Chair of DT411 BA in Lesiure Management 2005 –2014t: Year Tutor B.Sc in Tourism Marketing Year 2 1999-2005: Programme Chair, Masters in Tourism Management 1996-1998 Programme Coordinator Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Tourism. This involved substantial site visits in Europe to destinations exploring 1995-2001 Evaluator for the National Tourism Board (Failte Ireland) for EU Operational Programme Funded projects (ERDF) 1990-2005 Regional Tidy Towns Judge ( The largest environmental competition in Ireland www.tidytowns.ie ) WORK EXPERIENCE Tourism Officer |Midlands East Tourism (Failte Ireland –East Coast and Midlands/Dublin Doorstep) February 1990 – October 1995 Roles included facilitating product development, all aspects of marketing including brochure development, organizing familiarizations, attendance at trade fairs and liaison with the industry. I was also involved in inspection of accommodation and was a Tidy Towns Judge. As part of the organist ion I helped to develop and implement tourism strategy focusing both on development within the industry and all aspects of marketing. WORK EXPERIENCE Botanical Research Assistant National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. August 1983-February 1990 I principally worked for Dr. Charles Nelson, Taxonomist. My work consisted of undertaking research work for him including work on the McNab Herbarium, Augustine Henry, a book on drift seeds and the Index Seminum, which was distributed to several hundred botanic gardens around the world. Secretary of the Irish Garden Plant Society EU FUNDED WORK INTERREG FUNDED Gorman, C. (2005-2006) Lead Researcher, with Dr. Louise Emmanuel, and Nia Siggins, Trinity College, University of Wales, Carmarthen, Wales ParNetourism the Exploration of Partnerships and Networks in South East Ireland and South West Wales. This primarily focused on rural and community providers. INDUSTRY WORK Gorman, C. (2007) with Tourism Research Centre, DIT (Jane Stacey, Dr. Kevin Griffin) Monastic Trails. A Product Development Proposal. Funded by Fáilte Ireland . Gorman, (2007) with Tourism Research Centre : The Feasibility of Tourism Networks in the East Coast and Dublin tourism area (confidential) Gorman, C. (2002) Rural Tourism in Ireland with ETUP - CD ROM (European Tourism Universities Partnership) European on Rural Tourism. Gorman C., & Quinn, D. (2000) Irish Country Holidays - Facilitated a programme of qualitative research with co-operative groups, board members and support agencies with the objective of providing strategic marketing direction to the organisation - Evaluation of Project Management. Under the auspices of the DIT Tourism Research Centre. MEMBERSHIP OF RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS Member Geographical Society of Ireland Company Secretary and Director of ICOMOS Ireland (International Council of Monuments and Sites - UNESCO ) www.icomos.ie

Geography, Culture and Heritage, Sustainability, Tourism Marketing, Co-operative strategies