Professional Summary
Dr. Terence Hicks has served as an academic Dean for the Clemmer College of Education at East Tennessee State University and the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University, Texas, a member of the Texas A&M University System. Additionally, he has served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and as a Research Fellow for the National Institutes of Health, National Center of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Currently, he is serving as a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University.
Dr. Hicks is a 2024 Legacy Award recipient, an award-winning author, an award-winning
academic Dean, and an award-winning Social Scientist. As a Social Scientist, he is
a cited authority in the area of the first-generation college student population and
has presented academic papers both nationally/internationally. To date, he has published
eleven (11) books in the field of higher education/college student population and
over 100 combined research publications and/or presentations. He holds a bachelor
and master degree from Virginia State University, a doctorate in Education degree
from Wilmington University, Delaware and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.