Diego Bufquin teaches hospitality and management courses and also serves as faculty director of the undergraduate hospitality certificate program. His research focuses on understanding the impacts of leaders and coworkers on employees’ attitudes and behaviors as well as on hospitality employees’ mental health. His academic articles have appeared in premier hospitality journals including International Journal of Hospitality Management and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Bufquin joined the Freeman School in 2024 from the University of Central Florida, where he served as an associate professor of hospitality management and director of international development. He holds an AS of international hospitality management from EHL Hospitality Business School, a BA in hospitality and finance from the Glion Institute of Higher Education, an MS in International Business from Skema Business School and a PhD in hospitality management from the University of South Carolina.