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

• The End of Affirmative Action  

• Understanding Black UCLA Students' Response to Proposition  209

• Black Borrower Debt

• Student Trustees & Regents 

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Writings

•  #Dancingtothephd (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)

• The Role of Creative Consultants in Higher Education Reform (Higher Education Digest)

• 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

• Herd, T. (2025). Relate: Choosing Your Role Models Wisely. In June, Mathis, &Parker (Eds.), Man To Man: African American Voices on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance (2nd ed., pp. 141-151). Our Daily Bread Publishing (Order Here)

• Warren, C. A., Wellborn-Watts, C. P., & Herd, T. (2025). Teacher beliefs about race, conceptions of empathy, and Black boys: S-TEAAM 2.0. AERA Open, 11(1), 1-27. (Read Here)

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

Professional Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association (AERA) (Member)

• Council of Urban Professionals 

• Grosse Pointe Black Alumni Association (President/Founder)

• National Black MBA Association (Member) 

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