JAMES C. HEARN

James C. Hearn

Professor of Higher Education
Adjunct Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Stanford University


contact info:	(706) 542-8729 jhearn@uga.edu
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Professor Hearn holds a Ph.D. in the sociology of education and an M.A. in sociology from Stanford University. He also holds an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and an A.B. from Duke University. Prior to initiating his academic career, he worked as a financial analyst at a major bank, as an administrator at a small private college, as a program research director at the American College Testing program, and as a policy analyst and project director at a Washington, D.C.-area consulting firm. In his subsequent academic career, he has served as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota and Vanderbilt University in addition to the University of Georgia.

At present, Professor Hearn serves as associate editor of Research in Higher Education and serves on the editorial board of the Teachers College Record. In the past, he has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education, and Sociology of Education and as a section editor for the annual volume Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research.

Professor Hearn focuses his research on organization, policy, and finance in postsecondary education. His research has appeared in education, sociology, and economics journals as well as in several edited books. His teaching concentrates on organization, policy, and finance. Among the classes he teaches is Organization and Governance in Higher Education (EDHI 9050).

Professor Hearn is a past recipient of the Distinguished Research Award of Division J of the American Educational Research Association. In 2005, he was named a TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow.