March 13, 2020
COVID-19 experts for general assignment writers
- Sustainable tourism expert on coronavirus impact on tourism and industry responses
- Work-life expert on how coronavirus is changing paid-time-off, telework policies
- Supply chain expert on how manufacturers can survive coronavirus shock
Sustainable tourism expert on coronavirus impact on tourism and industry responses
Jonathon Day, professor of hospitality and tourism management, is chair of the Travel Care Code and author of the book, “An Introduction to Sustainable Tourism and Responsible Travel.” He can discuss how natural disasters such as the coronavirus affect tourism communities and businesses, and how the industry can sustainably respond.
A photograph of the professor is available to journalists via Google Drive.
Contact: 765-496-2084, gjday@purdue.edu (also available for Skype interviews)
Media contact: Joseph Paul, 765-494-9541, paul102@purdue.edu
Work-life expert on how coronavirus is changing paid-time-off, telework policies
Ellen Ernst Kossek, the Basil S. Turner Professor of Management, has spent the last three decades studying work-life issues – including work-life balance, workplace flexibility, paid time off and telework – in the public and private sectors. She can discuss how low-income, retail, food service and health care workers often don’t have access to these benefits and might feel pressure to come to work, even if they are sick.
A sick-day stock image and photograph of the professor is available to journalists via Google Drive.
Contact: 765-494-6852, ekossek@purdue.edu (also available for Skype interviews)
Media contact: Joseph Paul, 765-494-9541, paul102@purdue.edu
Supply chain expert on how manufacturers can survive coronavirus shock
Ananth Iyer, professor of supply chain management and senior associate dean, Krannert School of Management, is director of the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative and focuses on risk and resilience within supply chains. Amid the coronavirus shock, he can discuss how manufacturers that rely on Chinese components must be flexible and consider new options for suppliers, designs, transportation and production.
A supply chain stock image and photograph of the professor is available to journalists via Google Drive.
Contact: 765-494-4514, aiyer@purdue.edu (also available for Skype interviews)
Media contact: Joseph Paul, 765-494-9541, paul102@purdue.edu
Lists of COVID-19 experts for science assignment reporters and health reporters are available online. Links will be embedded.
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