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Mark Collins

Director, MS in Marketing, and Distinguished Lecturer

Location Room - 326, Stokely Management Center

Department:

Marketing

Program:

MS in Marketing, Professional MBA

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Biography

Mark Collins is Distinguished Lecturer of Marketing at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business. Prior to joining UT in 1999, he worked for almost 20 years in hotel management and development for chains such as Sheraton, Hilton, Holiday Inn, and Cooper Hotel Groups’ Garden Plaza Hotels.  Collins also opened the original Rocky Top Books in 1998 and served as managing partner until its sale in 2000.

Dr. Collins has taught across much of the undergraduate business programs curriculum, including marketing management, consumer behavior, marketing research and analytics, channel management, sales force management, personal selling, brand management, global marketing strategy, and strategic management and business policy, and advanced financial management for hotels and restaurants.

He has been recognized for excellence in teaching at the department, college, and university levels.  He began teaching while still in the hotel business in 1993 at Middle Tennessee State University.

Expertise:

Brand & Category Management, Marketing Strategy, Strategic Management

Education:

2014 University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Ph.D., Organizations and Strategy

1992 Middle Tennessee State University, M.B.A., Finance and Marketing

1981 University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.A., Economics

Research Focus

Marketing Management

Awards/Honors
  • Bank of America Faculty Leadership Award (HCB), Recipient - 2021
  • Staff Award for Innovation & Creativity (HCB), Co-Recipient - 2021
  • Herring Family Award for Excellence in Marketing Teaching (HCB), Recipient - 2020
  • F. Perry and Elaine Ozburn Award for Excellence in Teaching (HCB), Recipient - 2015
  • Kappa Alpha University of Tennessee Teacher of the Year Award, Recipient - 2013
  • Allen H. Keally Excellence in Teaching Award (HCB), Recipient - 2012
  • F. Perry and Elaine Ozburn Award for Excellence in Teaching (HCB), Recipient - 2011
  • CBA Neally Outstanding Teacher Award, Finalist - 2010
  • UT National Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award, Nominee - 2007
  • University of Tennessee Distinguished Lecturer Recipient - 2006
  • CBA Allen H. Keally Outstanding Commitment to Students Award, Recipient - 2005
  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award, Recipient - 2005
  • UT American Marketing Association Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching & Service, Recipient - 2004
  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award, Recipient - 2004/5
  • Allen H. Keally Outstanding Commitment to Students Award (HCB), Recipient - 2004