Manisha Agarwal

Dr. Manisha Agarwal is working with the Singapore campus of James Cook University (JCU) as a Lecturer in Business and Psychology programs. With a background in Psychology and PhD in Tourism, she takes on a multidisciplinary approach to deliver engaging and meaningful learning experiences for her undergraduate and post graduate students.  Dr Manisha has been leading the AACSB accreditation project at JCUS and has played a key role in successful AACSB accreditation in 2021. She is an active member of AACSB community and has participated and presented in several conferences as well.  

Dr Manisha has demonstrated exceptional research output, with 6 peer reviewed publications in reputable journals, including Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Recreation Research and Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. She is currently writing a book with Springer publication and editing a special issue of a scopus Q1 ABDC- B ranked journal. As a mentor, Dr Manisha has supervised many graduate students from both business and psychology programs fostering their development and demonstrating commitment to nurturing future researchers. She is currently supervising one PhD candidate and open to collaborate with scholars, practitioners and PhD candidates in tourism. 

Her research interests include tourist behaviour and understanding of underlying psychological processes in tourists. She is also interested in exploring different methodology to learn more about tourist behaviour and tourism phenomenon such as destination management and loyalty as well as responsible tourism.