Michael S. Harris

Assistant Professor, Higher Education
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
328B Graves Hall
(205)-348-1731
mharris@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2004

Recent Courses Taught:

AHE 250: The American University
AHE 540: Organization and Governance of Higher Education
AHE 570: Higher Education?Policy and Finance
AHE 660: Case Studies in Higher Education
BEF 653: History of American Higher Education

Areas of Research:

Policy and organizational influences of the market on higher education

Academic Degrees:

Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2004. Higher Education Administration.

M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania. Higher Education Administration.

B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. History.

Professional Experiences:

Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, 2004 – Present.

Selected Publications:

Harris, M.S. (2009). Message in a bottle: University advertising during bowl games, Innovative Higher Education, 33(5), 285-296.

Harris, M.S. (2008). Constructing the interdisciplinary ivory tower: The planning of interdisciplinary spaces on university campuses. Planning for Higher Education, 36(3), 34-43.

Harris, M.S., & Roth, J.H. (2008, Summer). The use of data in affirmative action. In Luna, A. (Ed.). Legal applications of data for institutional research. New Directions for Institutional Research, (138), San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. pp. 19-30.

Harris, M.S. (2007). From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 15(16), 1-18.

Bray, N.J., Harris, M.S., & Major, C.H. (2007). New verse or the same old chorus? Lessons from distance education. Research in Higher Education, 48(7), 889-908.

Harris, M.S. (2006). Out out, damned spot: General education in a market driven institution. Journal of General Education, 55(3-4), 186-200.

Shaw, K.A., & Harris, M.S. (2006, July/August). Before all *@#%! breaks loose. Trusteeship, 14(4), 29-32.

Selected Presentations:

Harris, M.S., & Bourke, B. (2008). Public U. for private gain: The selling of exclusion in university advertising. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New York, NY.

Harris, M.S. (2007). University advertising during bowl games: A study of brand personality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY, November 8 – 10, 2007.

Harris, M.S., & Holley, K.A. (2007). Interdisciplinary culture and strategy in higher education: A case study of elite research universities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY, November 8 – 10, 2007.

Harris, M.S. (2007). Public U. for private gain: The selling of exclusion in university advertising. Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Visual Sociology Association, New York, NY, August 9 – 11, 2007.

Zheng, P., & Harris, M.S. (2006). The second academic revolution: Interpretation of academic entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Anaheim, CA, November 2 – 4, 2006.

Harris, M.S., & Hartley, M. (2005). Witch-hunting in the academy: The power and peril of competing ideologies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA, November 16 – 18, 2005.