He recently completed his Ph.D. in Marketing from Old Dominion University. There, he taught such courses as Marketing of Services, Principles of Marketing, Sales Management, Marketing Research and Multi-National Marketing. His dissertation was entitled “Three Essays on Opportunistic Claiming Behavior in a Services Setting; Customers and Front Line Employees Perspectives.” Professor Khantimirov’s primary research interests include marketing of services and international marketing strategy. He currently serves on the Editorial Review Board for Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (CQ), as well as an ad-hoc reviewer for other academic journals.