Mana Azizsoltani

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Teaching · Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read

Teaching FAB 333: Culture and Cuisine

One of the professors at UNLV in the Food and Beverage department left the department, which meant that they had to fill four courses for the Spring semester. I already work som...

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Teaching · Apr 29, 2026 · 1 min read

Spain Reunion

This is a draft shell for the FAB 333 Spain reunion post. The post can eventually hold the reunion story, what students remembered from the trip, photos from the gathering, and...

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Teaching · Jul 1, 2025 · 1 min read

Summer School in Spain

This scrollytelling recap is set up as a draft shell with placeholder visuals.

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Analysis · Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read

The Right Offer, the Right Player, the Right Time

One of the parts of my job that most interests me is casino marketing. It has to do with giving the right offer to the right player at the right time. We determine what "right"...

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Analysis · Jun 11, 2025 · 3 min read

Dragon Tails in Baccarat

I was chatting with Todd Fishon from Walker Digital Table Systems , who always seems to have one more casino story tucked away than I am expecting. We were talking about baccara...

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Travel · Jun 25, 2023 · 2 min read

Blog 9 - Bordeaux

Grapes Everywhere I decided to head up to Bordeaux for a few days to hang out with my dad. The thing about Bordeaux is that it is THE city for wine. I mean, as you fly in if you...

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Travel · Jun 22, 2023 · 2 min read

Blog 8 - Barcelona

24 Hours in BCN Barcelona has been good to me over the years. It was my home for many months of my life, and I am always happy to head home :). This time, however, I was just pa...

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Gaming, hospitality, data, and decision-making

Analysis

The Right Offer, the Right Player, the Right Time

One of the parts of my job that most interests me is casino marketing. It has to do with giving the right offer to the right player at the right time. We determine what "right"...

Read post

Analysis

Dragon Tails in Baccarat

I was chatting with Todd Fishon from Walker Digital Table Systems , who always seems to have one more casino story tucked away than I am expecting. We were talking about baccara...

Read post

Papers, projects, methods, and academic life

Research

Published work and conference presentations

A mosaic of journals, working papers, presentation archives, research questions, and the methods connecting them.

Open research

Courses, classrooms, and student-facing materials

Teaching

Teaching FAB 333: Culture and Cuisine

One of the professors at UNLV in the Food and Beverage department left the department, which meant that they had to fill four courses for the Spring semester. I already work som...

Read post

Teaching

Spain Reunion

This is a draft shell for the FAB 333 Spain reunion post. The post can eventually hold the reunion story, what students remembered from the trip, photos from the gathering, and...

Read post

Teaching

Summer School in Spain

This scrollytelling recap is set up as a draft shell with placeholder visuals.

Read post

Tales from far and wide

Travel

Spain Reunion

This is a draft shell for the FAB 333 Spain reunion post. The post can eventually hold the reunion story, what students remembered from the trip, photos from the gathering, and...

Read post

Travel

Summer School in Spain

This scrollytelling recap is set up as a draft shell with placeholder visuals.

Read post

Travel

Blog 9 - Bordeaux

Grapes Everywhere I decided to head up to Bordeaux for a few days to hang out with my dad. The thing about Bordeaux is that it is THE city for wine. I mean, as you fly in if you...

Read post

Travel

Blog 8 - Barcelona

24 Hours in BCN Barcelona has been good to me over the years. It was my home for many months of my life, and I am always happy to head home :). This time, however, I was just pa...

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Travel

Blog 7 - Madrid

Mahoudrizzz Over the past few years, Madrid has really become a second home for me. Home is where the heart is, so they say… and in Madrid I have so many people that make me fee...

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Travel

Blog 6 - Sardinia

Cerdenya, Ens Veurem My trip to Sardinia (in Catalan: Cerdenya) was characterized by the amazing people that helped me out, beautiful scenery, and great experiences. One interes...

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Travel

Blog 5 - Lake Garda

The Garda Family The Meet Hostel. I think that I wouldn’t have enjoyed myself SO much if it weren’t for the amazing hostel that I stayed in. I don’t really stay in hostels all t...

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Travel

Blog 4 - Verona

Verona, Ti Mangio Walking around Verona was very cool for me. Because my father and I had done an Italy trip for wine research in the Valpolicella region 6 years ago, I had a re...

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Travel

Blog 3 - Torino

Totally Torino Our next stop would be Torino, where I found friends in the most unlikely of places. Well, for me the places weren’t unlikely… but surely for the masses. When I w...

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Travel

Blog 2 - Reggio Emilia

Serendipity in Reggio Emilia The first stop on our MBA class trip was Reggio Emilia, which for me would come to symbolize human connection and the beauty of coincidences that mi...

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Travel

Blog 1 - Breda

What a wonderful experience I had in Breda. What initially was going to be a short trip to visit Marlie and her family before heading to Italy for my class, turned into such an...

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Travel

Blog 0 - A Very Long Day of Travel

These past couple of months have had me running in so many different directions all at once. I have been involved in so many projects, events, and extracurriculars that I feel r...

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