Brian King, Ph.D., will become the new head of the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University on Jan. 3.
Currently, King is associate dean and professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He previously was a professor at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, where he held various faculty and university-wide roles including head of the School of Hospitality Tourism and Marketing, and pro vice-chancellor.