Sheryl Kimes
Sheryl Kimes
Services Operations Management
348 Statler Hall
Phone: 607.255.8396
Email: sek6@cornell.edu
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Research Keywords
Revenue Management, Forecasting
Professional Biography
Sheryl E. Kimes is a professor of operations management at the School of Hotel Administration. From 2005–2006, she served as interim dean of the School and from 2001-2005, she served as the school’s director of graduate studies. Kimes teaches restaurant revenue management, yield management and food and beverage management. She has been named the school’s graduate teacher of the year three times. Her research interests include revenue management and forecasting in the restaurant, hotel and golf industries. She has published over 50 articles in leading journals such as Interfaces, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Service Research, Decision Sciences, and the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. She has served as a consultant to many hospitality enterprises around the world, including Chevy’s FreshMex Restaurants, Walt Disney World Resorts, Ruby’s Diners, Starwood Asia-Pacific and Troon Golf. Kimes earned her doctorate in Operations Management in 1987 from the University of Texas at Austin.
Courses Taught
- Fall 13: HADM 3010 - Service Operations Management
- Fall 13: HADM 4970 - Latin Honors Course I
- Fall 13: HADM 4971 - Latin Honors Course II
- Fall 13: HADM 6060 - Restaurant Revenue Management
- Spring 13: HADM 4970 - Latin Honors Course
- Spring 13: HADM 6000 - Advanced Revenue Management
Academic Degrees
- Ph D, University of Texas at Austin
- MBA, New Mexico State University
- MA, University of Virginia
- AB, University of Missouri