Lynda Dias’s Profile

Faculty
Active 1 months, 3 weeks ago
Lynda Dias
Display Name
Lynda Dias
Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Hospitality Management
Office Location
Namm 225B
Work Phone
718 260-5644
Email address

My Courses

HMGT Generative AI project

HMGT Gen­er­a­tive AI pro­ject

Re­sources for un­der­stand­ing gen­er­a­tive AI in Hos­pi­tal­ity Man­age­ment class­rooms at City Tech.

HMGT1101 Dias Section D405

HMGT1101 Dias Sec­tion D405

An overview of the his­tory, likely di­rec­tions and or­ga­ni­za­tional struc­ture of the hos­pi­tal­ity in­dus­try and its role in local, na­tional and global economies. Stu­dents are in­tro­duced to the na­ture and scope of the hos­pi­tal­ity in­dus­try, basic ter­mi­nol­ogy, man­age­ment con­cepts, ca­reer path ex­plo­rations and the de­part­ment’s mis­sion and cul­ture.

Professional Alliances

Pro­fes­sional Al­liances

An OER for Pro­fes­sional Al­liances: Focus on in­ter­view­ing tech­niques, prepa­ra­tion of re­sume and cover let­ter, and the es­sen­tials busi­ness eti­quette. The crit­i­cal role of net­work­ing in the hos­pi­tal­ity in­dus­try and its re­la­tion to in­di­vid­ual pro­fes­sional de­vel­op­ment and ca­reer goals are ex­plored.

The Art of Vegetarian Cuisine

The Art of Veg­e­tar­ian Cui­sine

Veg­e­tar­ian cui­sine fo­cus­ing on culi­nary and dessert prepa­ra­tions uti­liz­ing grains, beans, plant pro­teins, veg­eta­bles, and dairy. Through clas­si­cal and con­tem­po­rary cook­ing tech­niques and styles, meal prepa­ra­tions will con­cen­trate on bal­anced menus using plant-based in­gre­di­ents that fit into three clas­si­fi­ca­tions: vegan, lacto and lacto-ovo veg­e­tar­ian diets

HMGT 2308  Professional Alliances

HMGT 2308 Pro­fes­sional Al­liances

HMGT 2308 Pro­fes­sional Al­liances 2 cl hrs, 2 cr The crit­i­cal role of net­work­ing in the hos­pi­tal­ity in­dus­try and its re­la­tion to in­di­vid­ual pro­fes­sional de­vel­op­ment and ca­reer goals are ex­plored. Focus on in­ter­view­ing tech­niques, prepa­ra­tion of re­sume and cover let­ter, de­vel­op­ment of e-port­fo­lio, and the es­sen­tials of busi­ness eti­quette Pre­req­ui­sites: HMGT 1105, HMGT 1202

My Projects

Office of the Provost

Of­fice of the Provost

City Tech’s Source for Aca­d­e­mic Af­fairs In­for­ma­tion

Thomas Ahrens International Work/Study Programs—-Paris

Thomas Ahrens In­ter­na­tional Work/Study Pro­grams—-Paris

Se­lected Hos­pi­tal­ity Man­age­ment stu­dents take part in an ex­change pro­gram with stu­dents from Uni­ver­site d’Evry dur­ing the month of June. This pro­ject pre­sents first hand, the busi­ness of tourism, hotel man­age­ment, cui­sine and cul­ture to our hos­pi­tal­ity stu­dents at City Tech. Dur­ing these 3 weeks our stu­dents are based in Paris and have had vis­its and con­fer­ences that in­cluded the Hotel de Ville, Rungis Mar­ket, Hotel George V, Patis­serie Lenotre, Moet et Chan­don in Cham­pagne, Restau­rant Le Grand Col­bert, La Coupole and Le Ve­four. Cul­ture is in­ves­ti­gated through the every­day ex­pe­ri­ences of liv­ing in Paris. Cui­sine is for­merly prac­ticed in sev­eral culi­nary schools and in­for­mally ex­pe­ri­enced through day to day mar­ket shop­ping, tast­ings and restau­rant din­ing. Each year stu­dents work on var­i­ous walk­ing tour as­sign­ments and have pre­sented his­toric and cul­tural tours of var­i­ous sites in Paris.

HMGT Academic Advising

HMGT Aca­d­e­mic Ad­vis­ing

Ad­vice, tips and re­sources from fac­ulty, staff and stu­dents to en­sure all Hos­pi­tal­ity Man­age­ment stu­dents can de­sign their own path to grad­u­a­tion.

Living Lab Fellows

Liv­ing Lab Fel­lows

This pro­ject archive com­piles the ex­pe­ri­ences of the Liv­ing Lab Gen­eral Ed­u­ca­tion Sem­i­nar Fel­lows over the 5 year pe­riod of the grant. It in­cludes the re­flec­tions of par­tic­i­pants and com­pi­la­tions of course port­fo­lios with links to Open­Lab course sites.

Project Wayfinding

Pro­ject Wayfind­ing

Pro­ject Wayfind­ing is a col­lege-wide ef­fort to an­swer the ques­tion “How can Fac­ulty, staff, and stu­dents ef­fec­tively pro­vide/use ac­cu­rate in­for­ma­tion for aca­d­e­mic ca­reer plan­ning from Day 1 through Grad­u­a­tion?”

My Clubs

Spoons Across America Club

Spoons Across Amer­ica Club

Spoons Across Amer­ica Club is ded­i­cated to help­ing spread culi­nary knowl­edge. Spread­ing that knowl­edge to our friends, fam­i­lies, stu­dents and chil­dren. We want to con­tinue Spoons Across Amer­i­cas mis­sion of in­flu­enc­ing healthy eat­ing habits for chil­dren. Cel­e­brat­ing the con­nec­tion to local farm­ers and the im­por­tant tra­di­tion of shar­ing meals around the fam­ily table. Help­ing spread that mis­sion we focus on fundrais­ing and pro­vid­ing Vol­un­teers for the Non-Profit or­ga­ni­za­tion to sup­port our mis­sion.