Preparing students for real-world success
My goal is to go beyond course content by helping students develop the judgment, communication skills, confidence, and professional habits they need to become successful professionals.
Teaching
Teaching students to think with data
I teach hospitality, culture, cuisine, statistics, analytics, and applied data science with a focus on whole-person formation, student agency, and real-world usefulness.
Teaching philosophy and style
Energy makes learning contagious
The best teachers in my life transmitted their own passions. I try to bring that same energy to food, culture, statistics, hospitality, and data.
Students should learn how to take the wheel
I want students to see themselves as active learners who can use modern tools, including AI, responsibly and effectively rather than fall behind people who do.
Student reviews
What students notice
Professor Mana is incredibly lively and not once did I experience a dull lesson. He is attentive to all students, and makes sure to include everyone. Though he is much younger than most other professors I've had before, he is no less knowledgeable. Mana is great, and I would take another course with him again!
Courses
I have taught both graduate and undergraduate courses.
HOA 730UNLV
Statistical Analysis for Hospitality
A graduate hospitality statistics course that builds practical confidence with R, statistical inference, regression, and evidence-based decision-making.
HOA 732UNLV
Advanced Statistics in R
An eight-week graduate course using R to connect statistical learning, machine learning, model evaluation, and applied hospitality and business decisions.
FAB 333UNLV
Culture and Cuisine
An interactive course on global food cultures, cuisine, migration, religion, sustainability, etiquette, and the ways food helps people understand one another.
FAB 333UNLV
Summer Studies in Spain
A culture, cuisine, and study-abroad course focused on Spanish foodways, cultural context, travel learning, and open-minded engagement with another place.