Research Interests  

• Tim's research aims to contribute new knowledge of governance models, organizational culture, and higher education policy in important and race-conscious ways.

Research Projects

• Black UCLA Students Response to Prop 209 

• Black in Suburbia

• Black Borrower Debt

• Student Trustees & Regents 

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Writings

• Navigating Graduate School: Unwritten Rules for Success (Higher Education Digest) 

• How past opposition to Proposition 209 informs today's affirmative action fight (Daily Bruin)

• Growing up as a Black Male Student in White Suburbia: What I learned (The Brookings Institute)

Publications

• Warren, C.A., & Herd, T. (2022). Perspectives on Teacher Empathy with Diverse Learners. Routledge.

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Professional Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association (AERA) (Member)

• Grosse Pointe Black Alumni Association (President/Founder)

• Michigan State University Black Alumni Association (Board of Directors) 

• National Black MBA Association (Member) 

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