Faculty & Staff

TANYA MACLAURIN

Professor
School of Hospitality & Tourism Management

Education

Ph.D., Hotel, Restaurant, Institution Management & Dietetics
M.Sc., Foods and Nutrition
B.Sc., Foods and Nutrition
All degrees from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas U.S.

Current Position

Professor and member of Graduate Faculty within the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Department of Food Science, and Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph

Graduate Faculty at the University of Waterloo

Brief biography/comments

Dr. MacLaurin was born on a farm/ranch in Kansas and received her primary and secondary education in Kansas and Colorado. Before joining the faculty of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management in 1991, Dr. MacLaurin focused on a successful practitioner career in the dietetic, sensory evaluation and foodservice industries.

Courses taught

Undergraduate courses: Cultural Aspects of Foods and Economics of Food Usage
Graduate course: Safety, Security and Risk Assessment at the University of Guelph.

Throughout her academic career, Dr. MacLaurin has delivered 17 different courses in four countries (US, Canada, Singapore and Australia) in the areas of food, food service management, food safety in the hospitality industry, quantity food production and management, international business, nutrition applications for foodservice, sensory evaluation of food, new food product development, and principles of food science. Dr. MacLaurin delivers workshops on sensory evaluation of food, and food safety certification training for the food and food service industries.

Research areas of interest

Research interests focus on food safety, safety and security in tourism, culinary tourism, new hospitality and tourism product development utilizing sensory evaluation, and foodservice management.

Selected publications

Book Chapters

MacLaurin, T.L. (2007). Buyer Behaviour. In Hashimoto, K. (2007). Casino Management: A Strategic Approach. NJ: Prentice Hall. Available November 1, 2007.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2003). The importance of food safety in travel planning and destination selection. In: Hall, C.M., Timothy, D.J. and Duval, D.T. (2003). Safety and Security in Tourism: Relationships, Management and Marketing. New York: The Haworth Hospitality Press, 233-257.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2000). Knowledge, technology and transformation: The pillars of economic change in Canada. In: Williams, J.J. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2000). Business Opportunities in Western Canada. Singapore: Prentice-Hall.

Papers in Refereed Journals

Pan, B., MacLaurin, T.L., and Crotts, J.C. (2007). Travel blogs and their implications for destination marketing. Journal of Travel Research, 46:1, 35-45.

Litvin, S. and MacLaurin, T. (2004). Looking for the right stuff: Selecting student intake for an oversubscribed HTM program. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 4(4), 37-45.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2003). The importance of food safety in travel planning and destination selection. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 15(4), 233-257.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2003). Casino gaming and tourism in Canada. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 15(6), 328-332.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2002). Singaporepublic health officers' opinions of the relationship between food safety and food quality. Journal of the Society of Environmental Health, 16(2), 23-27.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2001). Making the grade: Comparing university foodservice operations in Singapore and to global peer institutions. SPGG Journal, Singapore, 139-155.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2001). Singaporeans' attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of safe food preparation practices. Journal of the Society of Environmental Health, 15(4), 25-36.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2001). Convention planning essentials: The critical role of food safety. Journal of Convention and Exhibition Management, 2(4), 3-22.

Mandell, I.B., MacLaurin, T.L. and Buttenham, S. (2001). Effects of carcass weight class and post-mortem aging on carcass characteristics and sensory attributes in grain-fed veal. Journal of Food Science, 66, 762-769.

MacLaurin, T.L. and Loi, S.L. (2000). Factors that influence Singaporeans’ choice of gourmet coffee cafes. SPGG Journal, Singapore, 98-102.

MacLaurin, T.L., MacLaurin, D.J. and Loi, S.L. (2000). Impact of food-borne illness on food safety concerns of international air travelers. Tourism Economics, 6(2), 169-185.

MacLaurin, D.J. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2000). Customer perceptions of theme restaurants in Singapore. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 41(3), 75-85.

Lesson, S., Caston, L. and MacLaurin, T.L. (1998). Organoleptic evaluation of eggs produced by laying hens fed diets containing graded levels of flaxseed and Vitamin E. Poultry Science 77, 1436-1440.

MacLaurin, T.L., Setser, C.S., Spears, M.C. and Chambers, E. (1993). Listening to the consumer: quantitative and qualitative research methodology to determine acceptability of healthful muffins by university residence hall dining service customers. National Association of College and University Food Service Journal, 16(1), 43-60.

MacLaurin, T.L., Setser, C.S. and Zabik, M.E. (1992). Development of low fat, cholesterol-free, high fiber muffins for school food service: Part 2. Sensory characteristics with selected fiber sources. School Food Service Research Review, 17(1), 21-29.

Harbers, C.A.Z., Stone, M. and Sabatka (MacLaurin), T.L. (1985). Quality of arepas made from commercial flours or homemade masa. Journal of Food Quality, 7(3),191-200.

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

Choi, H.S., MacLaurin, T.L. & Hahm, S.P. (2008). Food hygiene standards satisfaction of Singaporean diners. Asia Pacific Tourism Association Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.

MacLaurin, T.L. and Choi, H.S. (2007). Understanding Singaporean diners based on food hygiene. The 5th Asian Pacific CHRIE and 13th APTA Joint Conference, Beijing, China.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D. (2004). From candy floss to casinos: The tourism rebirth of Niagara Falls. Las Vegas International Hospitality and Convention Summit.

MacLaurin T.L. (2003). Market profiling of U.S. gaming visitors to Canada. International CHRIE Conference, Palm Springs, California.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2003). Identifying and segmenting the Canadian casino gambling market. International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, Vancouver, British Columbia.

MacLaurin, T.L. and Groschl, S. (2003). Problem gaming among casino employees. International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, Vancouver, British Columbia.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2002). Consumer’s receptivity to e-commerce in the tourism industry. International CHRIE Conference, Orlando, Florida.

MacLaurin, D.J. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2002). Hotelservice expectations: Does customer culture make a difference? Council of Australia and University Tourism and Hospitality Educators (CAUTHE) Conference, Freemantle, Australia.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2001). The role of food safety in travel destination selection. Travel and Tourism Research Association Canadian Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

MacLaurin, T.L. (2001). Electronic commerce in the Singapore tourism industry. International CHRIE Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

MacLaurin, D.J. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2001). Buying behavior of Japanese visitors in Singapore: An application of the theory of planned behavior. International CHRIE Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

MacLaurin, T.L., Loi, S.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2000). Air travellers’ attitudes on food safety. National Sanitation Foundation and Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Conference on Food Safety in Travel and Tourism Conference,Barcelona, Spain.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2000). Convention planning essentials: The critical role of food safety. Convention / Expo Summit VII,Las Vegas, Nevada.

MacLaurin, T.L., MacLaurin, D.J. and Loi, S.L. (1999). Importance of food hygiene / safety to international air travellers. Improving Safety and Security at Tourism Destinations Conference, Kalmar, Sweden.

Milliken, G.A. and MacLaurin, T.L. (1990). Using response surface methodology with a multivariate response to improve the quality of a food product. Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture, 46-54.

Abstracts in Refereed Conference Proceedings

Chapman, B., MacLaurin, T.L. and Powell, D.A. (2008). An evaluation of food safety information transfer to food handlers: One-page narrative infosheets. Dietitians of Canada National Conference, Winnipeg, MB.

Lacroix, B.J. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2008). Risk reduction messages, the media and health authorities in a waterborne emergency. Dietitians of Canada Conference, Winnipeg, MB.

Chapman, B. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2007). An exploratory study of food handling practices at church dinners in Canada. International Association of Food Protection Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Lacroix, B.J. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2007). In-home compliance with a boil water advisory during a waterborne emergency with high morbidity and morality. Dietitians of Canada Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2007). Impacts of perceived food safety on travel destination selection. Joint 2007 Conference of Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), Victoria, British Columbia.

MacLaurin, T.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2007). Changing consumer trends in Canada: It’s all in the demographics. Joint 2007 Conference of Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), Victoria, British Columbia.

Surgeoner, B. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2006). Evaluation of a safe food handling label for restaurant take-out food: Effective food safety intervention or good public relations? Dietitians of Canada Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Yun, D. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2006). Development and validation of an attitudinal travel safety scale. Canada Chapter TTRA Conference, Montebello, QC.

Martin, D. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2005). What is culinary tourism in Ontario? TTRA Canada Conference, Kelowna, British Columbia.

MacLaurin, T.L. and Surgeoner, B. (2005). Employees’ commitment to food safe food handling label. Accepted not presented at American Dietetic Association Conference. St. Louis, Missouri.

Surgeoner, B., MacLaurin, T.L. and Powell, D. (2005). Take out food safety label development. Dietitians of Canada Conference. Toronto, Ontario.

MacLaurin, T.L., Loi, S.L. and MacLaurin, D.J. (2000). Effects of food safety knowledge and concerns on travellers’ behaviours. Council of AustralianUniversity Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference,Mt. Buller, Victoria, Australia.

MacLaurin, D.J. and MacLaurin, T.L. (2000). Singapore inbound travel trends to Australia: Projections for the new millennium. Council of AustralianUniversity Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference, Mt. Buller, Victoria, Australia.

MacLaurin, T.L., MacLaurin, D.J., Tay, K.A., Ang, C.H. and Lim, H.L. (2000). E-Commerce: Defining the impact on Singapore’s tourism industry. Council of AustralianUniversity Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference,Mt. Buller, Victoria, Australia.