The 41st Pullias Lecture with William G. Tierney | March 26, 2019
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You are invited to attend the 41st Pullias Lecture featuring William G. Tierney, the founding director and current co-director of the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education!
The lecture, titled “Higher Education for Democracy,” will take place on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at USC Town & Gown. Doors will open at 11 am. A complimentary buffet luncheon will follow the lecture.
The event will also commemorate Tierney’s last year at USC, before his retirement on Dec. 31, 2019.
RSVP here or contact Diane Flores at dianeflo@usc.edu or 213-740-7218 by March 8, 2019.
Location: USC Town and Gown (TGF), 665 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089
Preliminary schedule:
11:00 am Check-in
11:30 am Welcome Address by Dean Karen Gallagher | Introduction by Provost Michael Quick and Estela Bensimon
11:45 am Lecture by William G. Tierney | “Higher Education for Democracy”
12:30 pm Closing remarks by Adrianna Kezar
12:40 pm Buffet luncheon
About William G. Tierney
William G. Tierney is University Professor and Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. A past president of both the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), for which he has also served as vice president and is currently a fellow, Tierney is widely recognized as an influential figure in higher education research. He recently was awarded the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from ASHE, and the Distinguished Research Award from Division J of AERA. Tierney is also an elected member of the National Academy of Education, a disciplinary society of 200 individuals recognized for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to education.
Tierney has written and edited more than 80 books and monographs on a wide range of topics concerning higher education. His recent books include Rethinking Education and Poverty, The Problem of College Readiness, The Impact of Culture on Organizational Decision Making, Trust and the Public Good: Examining the Cultural Conditions of Academic Work and New Players, Different Game: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities. His opinion pieces have been published in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Sacramento Bee and The Huffington Post, among other major newspapers and magazines. He has held Fulbright Scholarships to Central America, Australia and India, and has been Scholar-in-Residence in Universiti Sains Malaysia, and an interdisciplinary research fellow at the University of Hong Kong.
Tierney joined USC in 1994, and was appointed University Professor in 2006. At USC, Tierney has served as the president of the USC Academic Senate, chair of the PhD program for the USC Rossier School of Education, and chair of the University Committee on Academic Review. Prior to USC, Tierney was a professor and a senior scientist at the Pennsylvania State University, an academic dean at a Native American community college, and a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. He earned a master’s from Harvard University and a PhD from Stanford University.
Tierney is committed to informing policies and practices related to educational equity. He has been involved in projects to expand college access and persistence for low-income youth through digital tools, as well as mentoring and writing programs. He is also working on projects pertaining to the problems of remediation to ensure that high school students are college-ready, and investigating how to improve strategic decision-making in higher education. He is currently at work on a book about innovation, and a second book about higher education for democracy.
About the Pullias Lecture
Dedicated to the memory of Earl V. Pullias, the Pullias Lecture brings to campus a nationally recognized scholar to enrich the ongoing academic dialogue on significant topics in higher and postsecondary education. Learn more about the lecture series and past speakers on the Pullias Lectures page.