Skip to main page content

Stefanie Benjamin

she/her

Associate Professor & Co-Director of Tourism RESET
University of Tennessee
Participates in 4 items

Sessions in which Stefanie Benjamin participates

domingo 20 junio, 2021

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 30 minutos

Crafty women: Exploring emotional labor within the craft beer industrybySarah FrankelStefanie BenjaminandCarrie StephensI think a lot of male brewers already know that we as female brewers are already trying to prove ourselves because we already kind of feel as though we weren't really supposed to be at the party … so I'm going to show you why I'm supposed to be here. – ‘Jack’The origins of beer brewing are steeped in thousands of y...

lunes 21 junio, 2021

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 2 hours 30 minutos

Tourism RESET will be leading a special track: BI-POC issues in tourism, travel, and mobility. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BI-POC) have endured racial inequalities, segregation and systemic racism for centuries. Globally, travel and tourism has been overpoweringly White-washed, leaving limited room to highlight the experiences and voices of traditionally marginalized groups, the result lending itself ...

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutos

Living in a Black and White world: The value of reflexivity in social equity researchby Alana Dillette and Stefanie BenjaminThough more than fifty years post segregation, the current political landscape in the U.S. suggests that many Americans are still living in a ‘Black and White’ world. Therefore, when two tourism scholars decided to take on the historically White washed tourism industry – it was not smooth sailing. This work uses the meth...

2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour

We are offering time for reflection, processing, and a moment for clarity within a decompression session workshop. These sessions will help folxs make meaning of what they observed and heard in a non-judgmental space. As Probyn (2003) posited, “space informs, limits, and produces subjectivity” and with decompression sessions, conference participants can delineate for themselves the dialogue around race relations and the historical complexities of colonized and White centered narratives. Co...