Rate My Professor Hak-Seon Kim

Hak-Seon Kim is a Professor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Kyungsung University, where he also serves as Head of the Foodservice Management Major, Chairman of the School of Global Studies, Dean of International Affairs, and Dean of Global College. He earned his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University, along with a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts from Seoul National University. Kim began his academic career at Kyungsung University in 2011, following positions as a Research Professor at Florida State University, Graduate Assistant at Texas Tech University, and staff at Sooyang Foodservice Co., Ltd. in Korea. He previously held the role of Vice Dean of External Affairs from 2018 to 2020 and has been Dean of International Affairs since the fall semester of 2020. As Director of the Wellness and Tourism Big Data Research Institute and the Global Migrant Research Center, Kim has led governmental research projects from 2016 to 2022. His research interests encompass hospitality service management, consumer behavior, service marketing, food tourism, and tourism big data analysis. Kim founded the Wellness and Tourism Big Data Research Institute and established an English track for the hospitality and tourism management program in 2017, contributing significantly to the university's internationalization infrastructure. He teaches courses such as Service Management, Hospitality Big Data Analysis, Service Marketing, and Big Data Analytics.