Rate My Professor Aishath Shakeela

Dr. Aishath Shakeela is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Marketing at Griffith Business School, Griffith University. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Queensland in 2010, Master of Arts from the University of Birmingham in 2003, and Bachelor of Philosophy. Her doctoral research focused on tourism education and local employment in small island developing states. Earlier in her career, she served as a research assistant at Griffith University's Area of Strategic Investment in Sustainable Tourism and as a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland School of Tourism.

Shakeela's research expertise encompasses sustainable tourism, tourism management, small islands, climate change impacts on tourism, and tourism education. She holds Senior Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). With over 1,460 citations on Google Scholar, her influential publications include “Managed evils” of hedonistic tourism in the Maldives: Islamic social representations and their resistance (Annals of Tourism Research, 2018), Understanding tourism leaders' perceptions of risks from climate change: An exploratory study from the Maldives (Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015), Resident reactions to a tourism incident (Annals of Tourism Research, 2012), The Exploratory Social-Mediatized Gaze (Journal of Travel Research, 2016), and Adventure tourism and local livelihoods (Journal of Ecotourism, 2012). She has contributed chapters to Managing Asian Destinations (2018) and other works on tourism governance and parallel paths of conventional and alternative tourism (2017). Shakeela convenes courses including Foundations of Tourism and Hospitality (7258THS) and Tourism and Hospitality Operations Management (7201THS). Her research informs sustainable practices in vulnerable destinations like the Maldives, addressing resident perceptions, leader risk assessments, and social dynamics in tourism.