Xiaodan Mao-Clark
Contact Information:
Xiaodan Mao-Clark
- Assistant Professor of Travel Industry Management
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
United States of America
Courses Taught
Dr. Xiaodan Mao-Clark has more than 15 years of investment banking experience, including serving as a partner at a Houston-based investment bank before transitioning to academia. Xiao was a Best Paper Award nominee at the 26th Annual Graduate Education & Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality & Tourism. She also serves as an executive board member for the Conrad N. Hilton College Alumni Association, and an advisory board member of Pima Medical Institute. In her spare time, Xiao is an avid scuba diver and enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter. Xiao received her Ph.D. from the University of Houston.
Research Interests
Dr. Mao-Clark's research addresses sustainability issues and the impact of sustainability on social, cultural, and economic capital. She is particularly driven by the factors of change with implications for social and economic policies. Her work contributes by informing the arrangement of social, economic, environmental, and political equity so that they are to the greatest benefits of the least advantaged.
- Strategic management with an emphasis on sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) issues in the hospitality and tourism context.
- Hospitality and tourism finance.
- Hospitality and tourism economic development.
Selected Publications
(*Denotes my current or former graduate student author.)
Mao-Clark, X., Koh, Y., DeFranco, A., & Back, KJ. (2025). African American restaurateurs’ financing behaviors: A grounded theory approach. International Journal of Hospitality Management. (Accepted).
Mao-Clark, X., Koh, Y., & DeFranco, A., & Back, K.J. (2024). The impact of economic policies on creating restaurant startups. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 10963480241292025. https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241292025
Mao-Clark, X., Koh, Y., DeFranco, A., & *Nakajima, R. (2024). African American style project pitches in business fundraising: Strategies for African American entrepreneurs. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 120, 103783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2024.103783
Koh, Y., Mao-Clark, X., & DeFranco, A. (2023). The impact of relative prosperity and race on crowdfunding success. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 35(11), 4031-4050. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-11-2022-1420
Koh, Y., Mao-Clark, X., & DeFranco, A. (2023). The Black Lives Matter movement and African American entrepreneurs' crowdfunding performance. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 111, 103472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103472
Awards & Honors
2024 - Professor of the Semester - MS in Travel Industry Management
2024 - Excellence in Teaching Award nominee - University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa