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International Advisory Board Members
Professor

William G. Tierney


Curriculum Vitae
  • Prof. William G. Tierney is University Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California.
  • A past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
  • He was awarded the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from ASHE, and the Distinguished Research Award from Division J of AERA. Tierney is an elected member of the National Academy of Education, a disciplinary society of 200 individuals recognized for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to education, and a Fellow of AERA.
  • He has served as an academic dean at a Native American community college, a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, a scholar-in-residence in Malaysia and a Fulbright Scholar in Central America, Australia and India.
  • He has been a Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Center in Bellagio, Italy, and a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
  • His recent books include: Rethinking Education and Poverty; The Impact of Culture on Organizational Decision-making and Higher Education for Democracy: The Role of the University in Civil Society.
  • He earned a master's from Harvard University and a PhD from Stanford University.

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