Mary Eddy U currently serves as the deputy regent for the languages team, and has been teaching English at IFTM since 2010. Mary received her MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester. She also supervises undergraduate students in tourism and hospitality related research. Aside from being in the classroom, she enjoys mentoring students and newer academic staff. She has research interests in both tourism (particularly accessibility and senior tourism, authenticity, and tourism education) and English as a Second Language teaching methods and materials development.

• MASTER OF ARTS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND TESOL WITH MERIT IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND TESOL, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
• BACHELOR OF ARTS, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, USA

• Wan Y.K.P., Lo, W.S.S & Eddy-U, M.E. (2022). Perceived constraints and negotiation strategies by elderly tourists when visiting heritage sites, Leisure Studies 41(5), 703-721. DOI:10.1080/02614367.2022.2066710
• Wan, Y.K.P., Gao, H.Y., Eddy U, M.E. ,& Ng, Y. N. (2021). Expectations and Perceptions of the Internship Program: A Case Study of Tourism Retail and Marketing Students in Macao, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, DOI: 10.1080/10963758.2021.1963753
• Eddy U, M., Kong, T. I. W., & Wan, Y. K. P. (2020). Senior Travelers to Integrated Resorts: Preferences, Consuming Behaviors and Barriers. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 21(3), 297-319.
• Abdelfattah, A., & Eddy-U, M. (2019). The Nature of Domestic Demand for Authentic Ethnic Experiences in Egypt: Exploring Egyptian Visitors' Perspectives and Assessments of Bedouin Cultural Attractions. The Qualitative Report, 24(12), 3073-3101.
• Abdel Fattah, A. & Eddy-U, M.E. (2019). How domestic visitors relate to Te Papa Museum: The other roles of modern museums. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 19, 55-74.
• Abdel Fattah, A., & Eddy-U, M.E. (2016) Mosque-Visiting: Motivations and experiences of non-Muslim visitors at the Al-Azhar mosque in Egypt. Turizam 20(3), 105-127. DOI:10.18421/TRZ20.03-01 
• Eddy-U, M. (2015). Motivation for participation or non-participation in group tasks: A dynamic systems model of task-situated Willingness to Communicate. System (50), 43-55. DOI ~~10.1016/j.system.2015.03.005

• Eddy-U, M., Baker-Malungu, L. & Ip, K.I. (2021). English Learning Motivation at University: EMI vs. Mother Tongue Programs. KOTESOL Proceedings 2021. 
• Ho, U. T., & Eddy-U, M. E. (2016). Using pictures and themes to teach collocations. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & H. Brown (Eds.), Focus on the learner. Tokyo: JALT.

• Abdel Fattah, A., & Eddy-U, M.E. (2022). Museums: Tourism oriented vs Local oriented.  Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing (pp. 272-276). Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Eddy U, M. E. (2022). How teaching strategies are mediated by contextualized images in teaching materials. In New Perspectives on Material Mediation in Language Learner Pedagogy (pp. 55-71). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
• Abdel Fattah, A., & Eddy-U, M.E. (2017) Representation of Egyptian Bedouins in English-language tourists brochures. In H. Almuhrzi, H. Alriyami, and N. Scott (Eds.), Tourism in the Arab World: An industry perspective. Bristol: Channel View Publications.