If you have participated on Airline Ambassadors missions or any international volunteer travel, we would appreciate your help by completing this SURVEY.

George Peppas is an AAI member and completing his doctoral thesis based on our work and the experience of all international volunteers.  Thanks for taking the time to help us!

GEORGE D. PEPPAS, JR.

George Peppas is currently working on his Ph.D. in the field of Global Leadership at Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He has numerous years of teaching experience in higher education in the fields of Criminal Justice, Business, General Education, and Hospitality & Tourism Management.  Prior to entering the teaching field, he gained a wide-range of experience in his thirty plus years of law enforcement.  Before entering the law-enforcement, he worked in the aviation field as a flight instructor and continues to work in this field today.

Education

Indiana Tech University   PhD Candidate 2010 – Present    Global Leadership

Indiana Tech University  MBA  2008  Human Resources

Indiana Tech University  MSM 2008 Management

Purdue University – Ft. Wayne  BS  2004  Hospitality Mtg.

University of Saint Francis  BS 2004 Liberal Studies

Ivy Tech State College – Ft Wayne  2003  A.A.S.   Hospitality Administration

Research Interests

 Mr. Peppas’ research and dissertation is on “A Study of the Sustainability of Future Global Humanitarianism through Voluntourism.” The purpose of conducting “The International Volunteer Tourism Survey” is to anonymously collect data for his dissertation in order to conduct a marketing/motivation profile research analysis for sustainability in voluntourism