Dr. Alana Dillette,Ph.D.Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

Dr. Alana Dillette,Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

ALANA DILLETTE

Co-director & rESEARCH fellow

Alana Dillette, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at San Diego State University. Originally from the islands of The Bahamas, she is always trying to maintain her connection to home through research on sustainable tourism initiatives for small island states. Her other research interests include issues around diversity and inclusion, more specifically looking at the intersection between tourism, race, gender & ethnicity. Currently, she is working on research to gain a better understanding of the African-American travel experience.

Expertise: Racism & Inequity, Sustainability, Enslavement & Heritage Tourism, , Black Travel; Critical Race Theory

Contact: adillette@sdsu.edu

Selected Publications

Dillette, A., & Benjamin, S. (2021). The Black Travel Movement: A Catalyst for Social Change. Journal of Travel Research, 0047287521993549.

Dillette, A. (2020). Roots tourism: a second wave of Double Consciousness for African Americans. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-16.

Dillette, A. K., Benjamin, S., & Carpenter, C. (2019). Tweeting the black travel experience: Social media counter-narrative stories as innovative insight on# TravelingWhileBlack. Journal of Travel Research, 58(8), 1357-1372.

Benjamin, S., Dillette, A., & Alderman, D. H. (2020). “We can’t return to normal”: committing to tourism equity in the post-pandemic age. Tourism Geographies, 1-8.