Department of
Hospitality, Hotel Management
and Tourism
6 Degree Options
Our unique programs focus on engaging students in integrated teaching, research, and outreach programs to create skillful leaders in the field. Graduates are prepared for careers in this leading and quickly evolving industry.
Expanding Internship Areas
This department prioritizes the human experience in novel and transformative spaces, connecting people to places, and enhancing understandings of humans and the places they visit. Our internships include locations in Texas and around the world.
300+ Enrolled Students
We embrace a modern experience within the life sciences and agriculture, exploring new places and experiences – bringing together expertise from across the College and spanning social science, management and life sciences.
New department name, same foundation.
Building upon our proud 57-year history as the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, we will continue to prioritize the study of how people connect with the places and spaces around them. We are ideally placed to expand our scientifically-based approach to creating enhanced hospitality experiences.
We have a strong foundation to expand our educational mission into hospitality, with experiential learning at the heart of our approach.
Brian King, Ph.D.
Department Head
New Name, Same Foundations
Building upon our proud 57-year history as the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, we will continue to prioritize the study of how people connect with the places and spaces around them. We are ideally placed to expand our scientifically-based approach to creating enhanced hospitality experiences.
We have a strong foundation to expand our educational mission into hospitality, with experiential learning at the heart of our approach.
Brian King, Ph.D.
Department Head
Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism Welcome Video
Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism News
Kim brings expertise in consumer behavior and methodology to tourism studies
Jungkeun Kim, Ph.D., brings a strong focus on consumer behavior and expertise in experimental methodology to his new position as an associate professor in the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism. His primary research interests focus on consumer decision-making and behavior, with applications in areas such as COVID-19, new technology adoption, moral and ethical consumption and behavioral pricing across tourism/hospitality and marketing.
Research papers note challenges, opportunities for tourism industry
With seventeen research papers featured in a prestigious graduate conference’s recent proceedings, the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism continues to solidify its reputation as a national leader in the field. The department’s faculty and students boasted two research papers selected as finalists for the best paper award among 340 submissions at the 30th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism.
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