Marshall Mainer

Marshall Mainer serves as a Lecturer in Sport Management Education at Arkansas State University within the College of Education & Behavioral Science and the Department of HPESS.

Education:

• M.S., Florida State University
• B.S., Purdue University

His research centers on geopolitical dimensions of sport, with primary focus on sport policy, governance, and law. Key specialties include sportswashing dynamics, media framing of international sporting events, and the strategic use of sport in soft power diplomacy, particularly examining Gulf states and authoritarian regimes.

Recent scholarly output reveals consistent analysis of Formula 1 geopolitics, Qatar World Cup controversies, and North American high school athletics. His conference presentations at European and North American venues demonstrate methodological diversity spanning sentiment analysis, comparative media studies, and quantitative assessment of competitive balance.

He teaches Sport Law, Sport Governance, and Facility & Event Management courses while maintaining active membership in the North American Society for Sport Management.