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Michael Lanford, Ph.D.

Michael Lanford

Associate Professor

Phone678-717-3564

Office locationOakwood Building, 121,

Area(s) of Expertise: Ethnography, Globalization, Higher Education, Institutional Innovation, Life History, Relational Sociology, Research Methods, Social and Cultural Theory, Writing

Overview

Michael Lanford is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the Â鶹´«Ã½. Dr. Lanford’s research explores the social dimensions of education, with a specific focus on educational equity, globalization, institutional innovation, organizational culture, and the workforce of the twenty-first century. His first book, entitled Creating a Culture of Mindful Innovation in Higher Education, was recently published by SUNY Press.

Courses Taught

  • EDD 7001 Dissertation Development I
  • EDD 7002 Dissertation Development II
  • EDD 7003 Dissertation Development III
  • EDD 7100 Research Inquiry
  • EDD 7101 Qualitative Research Methods
  • EDD 7104 Organizational Theory in Higher Education
  • EDD 7108 Globalization and Higher Education
  • EDD 7207 Promoting Inclusive Environments for Students in Higher Education
  • EDD 7208 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
  • EDD 8000/1 Research Development Seminar
  • EDUC 7854 Comparative Perspectives in Education as a Human Right

Education

  • Ph.D., Urban Education Policy, University of Southern California, 2017
  • M.Ed., Higher Education, University of Hong Kong, 2011
  • M.Mus., Music Literature, University of Georgia, 2005
  • B.A., Music, Colgate University, 1999

Publications

Books

Lanford, M., & Tierney, W. G. (2022). Creating a culture of mindful innovation in higher education.
State University of New York Press.

Edited Book and Journal Issues

Adams, K., Lanford, M., & Mayernick, J. (2023). (Eds.). The Â鶹´«Ã½: 150 years of leadership and vision. Â鶹´«Ã½ Press.

Lanford, M. (Ed.). (2021). Critical perspectives on global partnerships in higher education: Strategies for inclusion, social impact, and effectiveness [Special issue]. .

Lanford, M. (Ed.). (2019). The art of life history: Novel approaches, future directions [Special issue]. Qualitative Inquiry, 25(5).

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Danis, G., & Lanford, M. (2023). Choose or be rendered invisible? Reimagining the multiracial student experience through the theory of racialized organizations. In P. A. Sasso, D. Dos, & M. D. Mour (Eds.), Blurring boundaries and binaries: Belonging, gender, and mixed heritages in higher education in the United States. Information Age Publishing.

Lanford, M. (2023). Public scholarship for societal engagement: Envisioning the future of research at regional universities. In K. Adams, M. Lanford, & J. Mayernick (Eds.), The Â鶹´«Ã½: 150 years of leadership and vision (pp. 187-205). Â鶹´«Ã½ Press.

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2022). Globalization in the United States: The case of California. In M. Priyam (Ed.),

Adams, K. A., & Lanford, M. (2021). Reimagining global partnerships in higher education through open systems theory.

Lanford, M. (2021). Critical perspectives on global partnerships in higher education: Strategies for inclusion, social impact, and effectiveness.

Lanford, M. (2021). In pursuit of respect: The adult learner attending community college in the “new economy.”

Lanford, M. (2021). Institutional competition through performance funding: A catalyst or hindrance to teaching and learning?

Lanford, M. (2020). Long term sustainability in global higher education partnerships. In A. Al-Youbi, A. Zahed, & W. G. Tierney (Eds.),

Lanford, M. (2020). What can relational sociology reveal about college writing and remediation? In W. G. Tierney & S. Kolluri (Eds.), Relational sociology and research on schools, colleges, and universities (pp. 157-180). State University of New York Press.

Lanford, M. (2019). John Henry Newman: The idea of a university. In J. Gossling, G. Fenwick, & G. Moore (Eds.), The literary encyclopedia: English writing and culture of the Victorian period, 1837-1901.

Lanford, M. (2019). Making sense of “outsiderness”: How life history informs the college experiences of “non-traditional” students.

Lanford, M., Corwin, Z. B., Maruco, T., & Ochsner, A. (2019). Institutional barriers to innovation: Lessons from a digital intervention to improve college access for low-income students.

Lanford, M., & Maruco, T. (2019). Six conditions for successful career academies.

Lanford, M., Tierney, W. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2019). The art of life history: Novel approaches, future directions.

Lincoln, Y. S., & Lanford, M. (2019). Life history’s second life.  

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2019). Life history methods [Flagship article]. In P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, A. Cernat, J. W. Sakshaug, & R. A. Williams (Eds.), .

Lanford, M., & Maruco, T. (2018). When job training is not enough: The cultivation of social capital in career academies.

Lanford, M., & Tierney, W. G. (2018). Re-envisioning graduate and early career socialization to encourage public scholarship. In A. Kezar, Y. Drivalas, & J. A. Kitchen (Eds.), Envisioning public scholarship for our time: Models for higher education researchers (pp. 163-178). Stylus.

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2018). Institutional culture in higher education. In J. C. Shin & P. N. Teixeira (Eds.), .

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2018). Research in higher education: Cultural perspectives. In J. C. Shin & P. N. Teixeira (Eds.),

Lanford, M. (2017). The political history of the Georgia HOPE scholarship program: A critical analysis.

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2017). Between massification and globalization: Is there a role for global university rankings? In E. Hazelkorn (Ed.), Global rankings and the geopolitics of higher education (pp. 295-308). Routledge.

Lanford, M. (2016). Perceptions of higher education reform in Hong Kong: A glocalization perspective.

Lanford, M., & Tierney, W. G. (2016). The international branch campus: Cloistered community or agent of social change? In D. Neubauer, J. Hawkins, M. Lee, & C. Collins (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of Asia Pacific higher education (pp. 157-172).

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2016). Conceptualizing innovation in higher education. Higher Education:

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2016). Creativity and innovation in the twenty-first century university. In J. M. Case & J. Huisman (Eds.), Researching higher education: International perspectives on theory, policy, and practice (pp. 61-79). Society for Research into Higher Education. Routledge.

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2015). An investigation of the impact of international branch campuses on organizational culture.

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2014). The question of academic freedom: Universal right or relative term?

Lanford, M. (2011). A reevaluation of isorhythm in the “Old Corpus” of the Montpellier Codex.  

Lanford, M. (2011). Ravel and “The Raven”: The realization of an inherited aesthetic in Boléro.