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435M
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859-257-4920
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holly.hapke@uky.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2026
  • M.B.A., Tarleton State University, 2019
  • B.S., Howard Payne University, 1997

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Holly Hapke is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics, where she has taught since 2007. She creates student-centered learning experiences across large-enrollment, online, and HyFlex courses. Hapke earned a Ph.D. in Education Sciences from UK and an M.B.A. from Tarleton State University. Her research examines how course design, instructional modality, motivation, and self-regulation influence student learning and performance. Her scholarship appears in the Journal of Marketing Education, Marketing Education Review, Online Learning Journal, and Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. Her funded research focuses on helping students from underrepresented backgrounds succeed in online learning. She has served as co-principal investigator on two projects totaling $64,200. She has also led international marketing courses in Brazil, Germany, and Australia and designed flexible learning experiences serving more than 20,000 students.


Teaching Expertise:

  • Student learning in flexible, technology-supported college courses, with a focus on how choice, motivation, and participation shape academic success.

Research Expertise:

  • Student learning in flexible, technology-supported college courses, with a focus on how choice, motivation, and participation shape academic success.

Selected Publications

  • Gardiner, P., Hapke, H., & Mannan, N. (2026). There’s an app for that: The influence of instructor-promoted mobile apps on undergraduate marketing student performance. (https://doi.org/10.63963/001c.157563). Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education, 34(1), 27–38.
  • Hapke, H., Lee-Post, A., Dean, T., & Huang, K. (2025). An examination of COVID-19’s impact on student learning: A self-determination theory perspective. (https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-03-2024-0124). Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 17(5), 1807–1820.
  • Hapke, H., & Huang, K. (2025). HyFlex students’ participation patterns and their relationships with academic performance and basic psychological need satisfaction. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • Hapke, H., Lee-Post, A., & Dean, T. (2021). 3-in-1 hybrid learning environment (https://doi.org/10.1080/10528008.2020.1855989). Marketing Education Review, 31(2), 154–161.
  • Dean, T., Lee-Post, A., & Hapke, H. (2017). Universal design for learning in teaching large lecture classes. (https://doi.org/10.1177/0273475316662104). Journal of Marketing Education, 39(1), 5–16.