Renata Endres has a Joint appointment with the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism and Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics.

What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research?

Agritourism / inclusive access to outdoor recreation.

What classes do you teach? What are some of the topics of those classes?

Finance in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (RST), Experiencing Agritourism, RST in Croatia (including study abroad experiential learning component), Intermediate Applied Microeconomics, Natural Resource Economics.

Do you have any recent awards, honors, or publications that you would like to highlight?

Publication: Endres, A.B., Endres, R., & Krstini# Niži#, M. (2020). Restaurant Disclosure of Food Allergens: Analysis and Economic Implications. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 12, 1-14. Conference Presentation: Endres, R., Endres, A.B., Guarino, J., Swanson, T. & Zou, A., Agritourism Liability: Why Definition Matters from a Legal and Risk Management Perspective, Travel and Tourism Research Association Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2023. Grants and Awards: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Inclusive Pedagogy Certificate Program; University of Illinois (2024) Teach Access Faculty Grant, Incorporating Principles of Accessible Design into ACE 310: Natural Resource Economics; Teach Access.org, $2,500 (2023) Earl M. and Mildred S. Hughes Undergraduate Teaching Enhancement Award; Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics; University of Illinois, $3,500 (2023) Provost Faculty Retreat Grant, University of Illinois, Diversity and Inclusion in Experiential Learning Opportunities, $4,000 (2023) European Union Center project funding for evaluation and identifying best practices for faculty-led study abroad programs; University of Illinois, $3,000 (2023) Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center funding to support course development of a recreation and tourism economics study tour to Croatia; University of Illinois, $3,000 (2023) (with Lauren Karplus) Arlys Conrad International Teaching Grant for the “Recreation and Tourism Economics” faculty-led study abroad program; College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, $7,000 (2022) Levenick Teaching Sustainability Fellow (2021-2022); Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE), University of Illinois

What is a book (academic or non-academic, in or outside your field) that you think should be more widely read?

John Komlos, Foundations of Real-World Economics: What Every Economics Student Needs to Know

Is there any additional information or advice you'd like to share?

Expand your world through travel and experiential learning.