Overview
Mark Vermillion is chair and professor in the Department of Sport Management and director of the Organizational Leadership and Learning degree program at ʹ. He came to ʹ from Oklahoma State University in 2006, and he specializes in teaching performance psychology, ethics in sports, and organizational leadership
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Academic Interests and Expertise
- PhD. Sociology, Oklahoma State University
“Perceptions of Campus Crime” - M.A. Sociology, ʹ
“The Relationship of Sports Participation and Deviant Behavior in Adolescents” - B.S. Social Sciences, Emphasis in History and Sociology, Kansas State University
Research Interest
- Organizational deviance and ethical decision-making
- Perceptions of leadership and organizational behavior
- Organizational history
- Coaching environments and perceptions
- Sports criminology
- Harm, deviance, and violence in sport
- Social psychology, group dynamics in sport
- Sport participation factors and barriers
- Sociology of sport and health
Areas of Teaching Interest
Dr. Vermillion teaches a variety of courses within Sport Management, Workforce Leadership, and across campus. Courses taught include:
- EDUC 421: Organizational Design and Engagement I
- EDUC 422: Organizational Design and Engagement II
- EDUC 485: Critical Organizational Studies
- EDUC 751C: Organizational History as Leadership
- EDUC 751D: Organizational Ethics and Decision-making
- EDUC 751E: Leading a Remote Workforce
- KSS 528: Sport Finance
- SOC 111Q: Introduction to Sociology (ʹ)
- SOC 323/CJ 324: Sports Criminology
- SOC 330Q: Social Inequality and Stratification
- SOC 399: Sports, Deviance, and Violence
- SMGT 465: Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
- SMGT 475: Sport and Physical Activity in American Culture
- SMGT 540: Seminar in Sport Business
- SMGT 585: Critical Sports Studies
- SMGT 750: Sports Consumer Research
- SMGT 750D: Sociology of Coaching
- SMGT 750I: Sociocultural Dimensions of Sport Management
- SMGT 750N: Social and Psychological Foundations of Sport
- SMGT 750Q: Sports, Stories, and Film
- SMGT 799: Mentoring and Networking in Sport
- SMGT 802: Leadership and Ethics in Sport
- SMGT 802: Ethics in Sport
- SMGT 811: Sport in Society
- SMGT 818: Psychology of Sport
Professional Experience
Professional Experience and Responsibilities
- 2020-2021 Interim Associate Dean, College of Applied Studies
- 2020-2021 Chair, Athletics Taskforce (ʹ)
- 2020-Present Director, Higher Education, Leadership, and Mentoring (HELM) Program
- 2020-Present Associate Director, Center for Esports Research, Education, and Leadership (CEREL)
- 2018-2019 Chair-elect, Interdisciplinary Activation Team, ʹ Strategic Planning
- 2018-2020 ʹ strategic planning group
- 2018-Present Director, Workforce Leadership and Applied Learning
- 2018-Present Board of Directors for The Fuse
- 2018 Professor, ʹ
- 2014-Present Chair, Department of Sport Management
- 2013-2014 Interim chair, Department of Sport Management
- 2013-2018 Executive Director: Partnership for the Advancement of Sport Management (PASM)
- 2012-2018 Associate Professor, ʹ
- 2010-2015 Graduate coordinator
- 2006- 2012 Assistant Professor, ʹ
- 2006-2010 Undergraduate coordinator
- 2007-Present Adjunct Instructor, ʹ Sociology Department
Awards and Honors
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- 2020 Inductee, Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Hall of Fame
- “Envelope Stuffer” Award, COSMA
- 2019 President’s Distinguished Service Award
- 2017 Emory Lindquist Endowed Faculty Award
- 2015 College of Education: Service Award Recipient
- 2014-2015 WSU Online Learning Faculty Fellow
- 2013-2014 College of Education nominee and finalist for ʹ young faculty scholar award
- 2006-2012 Nominated for the Academy for Effective Teaching (AET) teaching award
- 2008 College of Education: Research Award Recipient
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