Dogan Gursoy, PhD from Virginia Tech, is Teco-Bell Distinguished Professor at the Carson College of Business, Washington State University, and Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, a top SSCI journal. His main research interests include tourism marketing, sustainable tourism, and trade in services under the Belt and Road Initiative. He has published over 200 academic papers, including 75 in top-tier journals, making him one of the most prolific scholars worldwide in tourism, leisure and hospitality. His Google Scholar citations exceed 40,000, with an h-index of 93.