David Sherwyn has been appointed academic director of the Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.

Sherwyn, an associate professor of Law, has taught at the School since 1997.

The Center for Hospitality Research was founded in 1992 to conduct research that shapes knowledge and influences practice in the global hospitality industry. Since then the Center has forged partnerships with more than 40 industry leaders and produced a stream of research focused on the industry’s strategic, managerial and operating practices. The Center also publishes a journal, the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly.

"The Center for Hospitality Research is playing a vital role in creating and sharing research that helps to define the industry’s knowledge base and its best practices,â€? said Hotel School Dean Michael Johnson. “David Sherwyn has an outstanding record and he respects the crucial role research plays at the Hotel School. I am confident that under his stewardship, the Center will continue to be a leading voice for research that defines the future of our industry.â€?

Sherwyn teaches Business and Hospitality Law and Employment Discrimination Law and Union-Management Relations. His research interests include sexual harassment, arbitration of discrimination lawsuits, and union organizing.

In 2002, Sherwyn organized and hosted the Center’s first Hospitality Industry Roundtable, on labor and employment law.