Background
Tomas Fitzgerald is on the faculty of the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain and holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Before Porter, Tomas was a brand manager for a consumer-goods company.
Tomas's research focuses on revenue management, with related work in consumer behavior; undergraduates are involved in the lab most terms.
Areas of expertise
- Revenue management
- Consumer behavior
- Undergraduate research and project mentoring
Teaching
Tomas regularly teaches courses in Marketing & Digital Communication, Supply Chain Management, Hospitality & Tourism Management. Specific sections and syllabi are listed in the class schedule each term.
Courses lean on current problems from the field: students read recent work, reproduce a result or method, and then extend it. Tomas builds in low-stakes practice before graded work and gives written feedback on drafts.
Advising and office hours
Tomas advises students in the Marketing & Supply Chain programs and holds weekly office hours during the fall and spring terms, posted on the office door and in the course pages. Prospective students are welcome to email to arrange a visit or a call.
Advising conversations usually cover course sequencing, whether to add a minor or a concentration, and how classroom work connects to internships, research, or graduate study. Students who are undecided are welcome; part of the job is helping them narrow things down.
Recent and representative work
Tomas's recent activity is a mix of peer-reviewed work, conference talks, and student-involved projects in revenue management and consumer behavior. Representative items:
- A peer-reviewed article on revenue management in a disciplinary journal.
- A conference paper on consumer behavior, co-authored with an undergraduate researcher.
- An internally funded project applying revenue management to a regional partner's problem.
Titles and venues here are illustrative. UW–Porter Falls is fictional; Tomas has no real publication record.
Get in touch
The fastest way to reach Tomas is email (tfitzgerald@uwporterfalls.edu); messages during the fall and spring terms are usually answered within two business days. Prospective students and families can ask the Marketing & Supply Chain department office to set up a call, a class visit, or a meeting during an admitted-student day.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Tomas Fitzgerald is not a real person; this profile, the degree, the email address and the background are all invented.