Stephen B. Shiring, Sr., EdD, MBA, CHIA, is a professor of Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Event Management in the Department of Management, Eberly College of Business, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). His professional work experience includes catering, consulting food broker, and restaurant management. He earned his doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Shiring is a ServSafe Certified Instructor and is a registered ServSafe examination proctor. Integrating unique service-learning experiences into each of the 33 different hospitality management courses he has taught at IUP since 1996, these include catering for special events, hospitality marketing, strategic planning, principles of management, cost management, fundraising for special events, introduction to casino, human resources management, food production systems, food service sanitation, seminar, professional development, purchasing, introduction to hospitality, hospitality history, hotel sales, convention and trade show management, and hospitality business model. Both an academic and internship advisor, he serves as the program’s internship coordinator. Dr. Shiring served 16 years as chairperson for the Department of Hospitality Management, College of Health and Human Services, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Upon the merger with the Department of Management, Eberly College of Business, Fall 2021, he was elected assistant chairperson. Over his tenure at IUP, he has acquired over $300,000 in external funding for the program. He serves on both IUP major and minor internal committees. He serves on advisory committees representing university, community college, and vocational-technical high schools. These include the advisory boards of the IUP Academy of Culinary Arts, IUP Department of Food and Nutrition, and the Milton Hershey School, Culinary Arts Program. He has been a continuous member of the IUP Student Cooperative Association since 2002, serving five terms on its board of directors. He has been a member of the finance subcommittee since 2007. Dr. Shiring’s numerous awards include the IUP Distinguished University Senate Faculty Award for Service (2022), IUP African American Cultural Center’s Award of Recognition (2011 & 2010), IUP College of Health and Human Services Outstanding Advisor Award (2021), Outstanding Senior Service Award (2018), and Outstanding Senior Teacher (2017).
He is a member of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE) since 1989. In addition, he volunteers as a subject specialist for the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA), serving as an on-site evaluator for Hospitality and Tourism Management Programs seeking accreditation since 2006. In 2020, he founded the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Hospitality Alliance, bringing together hospitality management programs from Cheyney, East Stroudsburg, Slippery Rock, and IUP Universities. He has served since 2017 as a Governor on the Pittsburgh Club Manager Foundation (PCMF). His professional memberships include the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association (1989) and Club Managers Association of America (2016). He serves as a judge of the Pennsylvania State DECA Conference and is the lead judge for the National Restaurant Association and Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association ProStart Management State Competition. Dr. Shiring received from the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship Award in 2022