
Austin Bogina
Instructor
Dockery 103-C
bogina@ucmo.edu
(660) 543-4513
Austin is a Doctoral Candidate in Sport Management at the University of Kansas (expected graduation: May 2022). Passionate about teaching, research, entrepreneurship, sports, traveling, life experiences, running, and the outdoors.
Current research interests include recreational and professional running, participation
sport, relationship marketing, sponsorship, fundraising, consumer behavior, and organizational
behavior.
Qualified for and competed in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon. Represented
Team USA at the 2019 Road 50k World Championships in Brasov, Romania.

Dae Yeon Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dockery 103-A
dkim@ucmo.edu
(660) 543-4172
Dr. Dae Yeon Kim is an Associate Professor of Sport Management in the School of Business
Administration at the University of Central Missouri. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Sport
Management from Indiana University and began his career at UCM in 2015. He was a lecturer
of Sport Management program at Indiana University before joining to UCM.
His specializations include sport marketing, branding, sport consumer behavior, and
fanship developmental process. He is an active member of the North American Society
for Sport Management, Sport Marketing Association, European Association for Sport
Management and has presented & published for each organization. He is a fan of the
Mules and Jennies, KC Royals, Sporting KC, Indiana Pacers, and Indiana Hoosiers Basketball!

Woo-young Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
Dockery 108-B
wylee@ucmo.edu
(660) 543-8847
Dr. Woo-young Lee, Professor of Sport Management, earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University
Bloomington. His research focuses on sport communication and sponsorship, published
numerous articles to SSCI journals, including the International Journal of Sport Marketing
& Sponsorship, Social Behavior and Personality, and Journal of Gambling Studies.
Lee is a member of the ICA (International Communication Association), KACA (Korean
American Communication Association), and IEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication). He teaches undergraduate Sport Communication and Sponsorship
& Retention, and graduate Sport Public Relations and Advanced Sport Marketing.

Ryan Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator
Dockery 110
kykim@ucmo.edu
(660) 543-4781
Dr. Ryan Kim is an assistant professor of Sport Management at the UCM School of Business Administration. He completed his Ph.D. in Kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his time in academia, he worked at a national sport foundation in South Korea, managed sport-related projects for young athletes.
Ryan currently serves as the coordinator of sport management program at UCM. He has expertise in sport analytics, working with sports management and sport science professionals.

Mr. Derrick Gill
Internship Coordinator
WDE 1602
dgill@ucmo.edu
(660) 543-8432
Derrick Gill is the Internship and Professional Development Coordinator for the Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from UCM, majoring in Public Relations with a minor in Marketing. He is currently enrolled in UCM’s College Student Personnel Administration, MS program. Before returning to UCM, Derrick started his career in radio and advertising with Townsquare Media in Sedalia, MO. He started as board op putting sports and other live events on-air before moving into sales. He has sold commercials and sponsorship packages for Townsquare’s broadcast of State Fair Community College Basketball, Smith-Cotton High School Football, St. Louis Cardinals Baseball, and Kansas City Chiefs Football games.
Derrick is a lifelong fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Lakers, Kansas City Royals, and of course our Mules and Jennies.