Rate My Professor Liz Fredline

Liz Fredline is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management within Griffith Business School at Griffith University. She completed her Bachelor of Hotel Management with First Class Honours at Griffith University from 1993 to 1996 and earned her PhD in event impacts from the same institution. Her primary research interest centers on event evaluation, encompassing the social impacts of events on host communities, volunteer motivations and selection processes in major sport events, and sustainable tourism development. Fredline's work has advanced methodologies for assessing event outcomes, including the development of scales to measure social impacts and triple bottom line evaluations that integrate economic, social, and environmental dimensions.

Throughout her academic career at Griffith University, Fredline has produced a substantial body of peer-reviewed publications that have garnered over 2,300 citations. Key contributions include 'Host community reactions: A cluster analysis' (Annals of Tourism Research, 2000, with B. Faulkner), which examines resident responses to major sporting events through cluster analysis; 'Heterogeneity of sport event volunteer motivations' (Journal of Sport & Tourism, 2018, with E. Kim and G. Cuskelly); 'Volunteer selection at a major sport event: A strategic human resource management approach' (Sport Management Review, 2020, with G. Cuskelly, E. Kim, S. Barry, and P. Kappelides); 'The development of a generic scale to measure the social impacts of events' (Event Management, 2003, with L. Jago and M. Deery); and 'Rethinking social impacts of tourism research: A new research agenda' (Tourism Management, 2012, with M. Deery and L. Jago). Previously serving as a Senior Research Fellow with the Sustainable Tourism CRC, she has contributed to funded projects on tourism impacts and volunteer management. In teaching, Fredline convenes courses such as Event Evaluation (3204THS) and has led the Masters in International Tourism and Hotel Management program. Her research informs event planning and community engagement strategies in tourism and sport management.