Dr. K. Mark Hilliard
* VIce Chancellor and President, The Hilliard Institute
* Visiting Fellow, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
* Director-General, The Oxford Centre for the Study of Law and Public Policy
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Dr. Mark Hilliard received his bachelor’s degree from Freed-Hardeman University in Community Health: School Health, Environmental Health, and Public Health Education; his M.S. from Middle Tennessee State University in Community, School, and Public Health and Wellness Education; and his Doctor of Arts Degree from Middle Tennessee State University with major study in Human Performance, Behavioral Science, and Physical Education. His doctoral emphasis was higher education (teaching and learning styles and methodologies and educational administration), and his doctoral specialization was wellness education and administration. He completed his dissertation and has conducted extensive research into the unique learning styles of Native Americans, specifically the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, and he oversees a yearly cultural study course on the Cherokee Reservation, conducts wellness education workshops on the Reservation, and is a minister for a Cherokee Missions Church on the Reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina.
Dr. Hilliard currently serves as Vice Chancellor, President, and Professor of Education for The Hilliard Institute for Educational Wellness and is the Director-General of the Oxford Centre for the Study of Law and Public Policy: both are non-profit corporations specializing in education and philanthropy. In 2013 he retired from O’More College of Design where he served for fourteen years as the President and CEO. He also oversaw all the major development and fundraising activities for the College. Previous to that appointment, he served as the Provost, Executive Vice President, Academic Dean, and as a Full-Professor of behavioral science and education. In 2010 he was appointed a Distinguished Professor. He also was head of the President’s Society of Fellows and Scholars at O’More; director of the Hilliard Institute for Educational Wellness (which he first founded at O'More); the founder of the Townsend Institute for Global Competency; founder of the Passport to the World Global Initiative for Sister Cities International in Franklin, Tennessee; founder of the O’More Cultural Field College and Grand Tour Education through Travel Program; founder of the Conservatoire d’ O’More—which included an image conservatory, a wellness conservatory, an art conservatory, and the spiritual light theatre; founder of the Social Alliance—a variety of university social clubs; Founder of the O’More Research Academy; and founder of O’More Publishing.
He is currently a Visiting Fellow and member of the Summer Research Institute at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford (2007-2014) and a former member of The Oxford Roundtable, Jesus College, University of Oxford (2006). Professor Hilliard is a published author of five books on wellness, spirituality, marriage and family relationships, and sensory education and experience; Hilliard is working on his sixth book, Sacred Places—Sacred Space, which includes extensive travel research in Ireland and in-house research with the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. This book will be published through Hilliard Press, founded by Hilliard and Sexton.
Previous experiences include being an adjunct professor for Middle Tennessee State University and Columbia State College; the Medical Affairs Director for the Tennessee Division of the American Cancer Society, where he oversaw the Medical Education and Patient Services Department for the state of Tennessee as well as a summer camp for children with cancer; a member of the board of directors for the Tennessee Board of Health and the National Cancer Institute; and a professor for the New Staff Academy—National Office of the American Cancer Society. He also served with the United States Department of Interior as a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. He and his wife have served as foster parents for twenty-six children. They currently reside in Franklin, Tennessee. They have two grown children of their own, both educators, and five grandchildren–future educators.
Some of Mark’s Publications
