Dr . kimes earned her doctorate in 1987 from the university of texas at austin . she has published over 30 journal articles . she has also been listed in who s who in america and has been named as the cornell university school of hotel administration graduate teacher of the year three times 她于一九八七年获得德州大学奥斯汀分校的博士学位，曾经发表过超过三十篇期刊论文及登上美国名人录，并曾三度获选为康奈尔大学酒店管理学院研究院课程最佳教授。
