Presidential Fellows

HONGBO “DAISY” LIU-2014 Scholarmajor & degree: Hospitality Management, Ph.D.hometown: Yixian, Chinacontact: daisy-liuhongbo@hotmail.comI received my bachelor’s degree in tourism management fromFudan University in Shanghai, China, and my master’s degree ininternational hospitality and tourism management from University ofSouth Carolina. I will continue with my Ph.D. degree in hospitality andtourism management at USC. My research interests lie in destinationmarketing and consumer behavior; I did my master’s thesis on theinfluence of culture on tourist behavior. In addition, and in light of the Internet era, I am interested inthe ways people are being influenced by new information technology, and the extent to which theyare giving away their actual or latent behaviors and minds through big data. Studying tourist behaviorthrough big data is something I hope to pursue during my Ph.D. studies. I like cooking and doingsports in my spare time.ADAM LUTZ-2015 Scholarmajor & degree: Exercise Science, Ph.D.hometown: Baton Rouge, LAcontact: adam.d.lutz@gmail.comI participated in a variety of sports and extracurricular activities in mychildhood and adolescent years, including baseball, football, track,cross country, and piano. After taking a year off to get married, mywife and I moved to Jacksonville, FL, so I could attend Physical Therapyschool at UNF. Upon completion, we stayed in Jacksonville, andI was awarded a contract physical therapy position with the Navy atNaval Stations Mayport and Kings Bay. Military medicine provides a unique opportunity in physicaltherapy as it espouses a PT first protocol for musculoskeletal complaints requiring me to becomeskilled and confident in my diagnoses. During my time as a contractor, I was afforded the opportunityto participate in a wide range of continuing education courses to become an expert in the fieldof outpatient orthopedic and sports physical therapy. Upon deciding to enroll at USC, my family andI moved to South Carolina, and I began working in the home health setting. With that experience,my confidence in treating patients’ functional impairments with consideration of complex medicalcomorbidities has improved. In my time as a clinician, my wife of 8 years and I have had 3 children.Our girls are nearing 4 and 5, and we have a baby boy that was born May 1st. We absolutely cherishour family time—especially since the new addition—and love all things outdoors with our 8-year-oldgolden retriever.25