Tyler Zarubin

Biography

Dr. Vance Tammen has served in multiple campus instructional and administrative roles since coming to Concordia in 2001. He is currently the Chair of the Kinesiology department in the School of Health and Human Sciences. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. from University of Illinois and Master of Science from Kansas State University. Dr. Tammen teaches motor learning, sport psychology and historical and socio-cultural foundations of sport and physical education. His research specialty is the social psychology of sport and physical activity. His main areas of research include 1) motivation of coaches and athletes and 2) wellness across the life span. He has written 3 book chapters, 6 refereed journal publications, over 30 refereed publications in conference proceeding, over 30 original service publications, has conducted over 65 refereed scholarly presentations, conducted over 40 sport psychology service presentations, and has done thousands of hours of sport psychology service to athletes, coaches, & organizations.

Prior to God’s call to Concordia University, Dr. Tammen was an Assistant Professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and prior to that he was Lecture of Sport Psychology at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He also taught at the University of Illinois-Urbana and at Kansas State University. He did his sport psychology internship at the United States Olympic Training Center at Colorado Springs. Dr. Tammen was influential in the curriculum development of the Concordia University Master’s in Coaching and Athletic Administration program.

Dr. Tammen played football into his early 30s, but he now enjoys all forms of sport and physical activity.

Dr. Tammen resides in San Clemente with his wife Renee, kids Casey and Shelby. He enjoys fine wine, fine food, cooking, travel, and he is an ardent fan of the Fighting Illini and Chicago Cubs.

Degrees Earned

Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

M.S. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

B.S. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL