Franklin Dzormeku DaCosta
Profile
Franklin D Dacosta is a Lecturer in the Department of Tourism Management, at Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU). He is currently the Senior Hall Tutor at the University Hall. He was formerly the Director, of the Institute of Open and Distance Education (IODL), the Departmental Liaison Officer for the Department of Tourism Management. Franklin has been an academic staff of the CCTU, formerly Cape Coast Polytechnic, since 1st April 2003, some 20 years till date. During this period, Franklin has contributed greatly to the growth of the University in the areas of teaching, research and grants or project proposal writing, and has also been active in the invigilation of end-of-semester examinations for the past 20 years as part of his community service.In the area of teaching, he has participated in the training of over one thousand and two hundred graduates of the Department from 2003 to 2020.
He has also supervised ninety-two (92) project works over the period. He has participated in the development of curricula for the Tourism Department, including the curricula for the B.Tech. Tourism Management programme, both the top-up and the Four-Year programmes, which are at various stages of accreditation by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC); the re-accreditation of the HND Tourism programme; and the CTVET-accredited Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management programme and a team member of CTVET Tourism Curriculum Development for Technical Universities in Ghana; organized by GTEC and CTVET. Also, a team member of CTVET Tour Guiding Skills Area Curriculum Development, organized by CTVET
In the area of research, Franklin has published a number of articles published in both local and international journals. Essentially, Franklin’s research into forts and castles in Ghana in line with slavery earned him a contract with the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Taubman College of Architecture. Also a visit to the childhood home of human rights activist W.E.B Dubois in Massachusetts-USA and other conferences in Worcester and Harvard. He was also the Country Director for the Maymester program for the University of Austin – Texas-USA. Franklin was also an intern with Conservation International (CI) and Smithsonian USA.
Academic Qualification
| # | Qualifications |
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| 1 | MA(Tourism-2013,UCC), B.Sc(Tourism-2000,UCC) |
Publications
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| Owusu-Mintah, S. B., & Dacosta, F.D. (2017). A study of events organized by hospitality industries in Accra, Ghana, African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (AJHTL), ISSN: 2223-814X, 6(4), 1-13. |
| Anaman, A., & Dacosta F. D. (2017). Community Participation in Tourism: Examining the Nexus of Collaboration between the Community of Mesomagor and the Management of Kakum National Park in Ghana-Published in the Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 4(11). |
| Anaman, A., & Dacosta F. D. (2017). Assessing Job Satisfaction levels among Employees of Coconut Groove Hotel in Elmina, Ghana: Published in the International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, 4(2). |
| Anaman, A., & Dacosta F. D. (2017). The Relevance of the Study of Tourism and Hospitality Courses in Educational Institutions in Ghana: A Case Study of Department of Tourism, Cape Coast Polytechnic. Published in Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 5(4). |
| Anaman, A., & Dacosta F. D. (2017). Conceptual Review of the Examination of the Role of Hotels in Tourism Development in Ghana: Published in African Journal of Applied Research (AJAR), 3(1). |
| Anaman, A., Dacosta F. D., & Opoku-Sarpong, M. (2017). The Impact of Marketing Communication in Promoting Tourist Attractions: A Case Study of La Pleasure Beach in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Accepted for publication by the British Journal of Marketing. |
| Anaman, A., Dacosta F. D., & Opoku-Sarpong, M. (2017). Guests Relationship Management in the Hospitality Industry: A Case of Tema International Hotel. Accepted for publication by the International Journal of Innovative and Advance Studies. |