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Joshua Hayden
Joshua M. Hayden, EdD
Assistant Professor, School of Education and Public Service
Director, First-Year Experience
One Cumberland Square
Lebanon, TN 37087
615.547.1315
Before joining the Cumberland faculty in the summer of 2010, Dr. Hayden worked in various research and teaching capacities at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations. He was an Adjunct Instructor in Human and Organizational Development for three and a half years teaching courses in leadership theory, historical leadership and international organizations. He finished his doctorate at Vanderbilt in 2009 in Higher Education Leadership and Policy. Hayden also earned his master’s degree at Vanderbilt University in Organizational Leadership. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Richmond in Leadership Studies.
Director, First-Year Experience
One Cumberland Square
Lebanon, TN 37087
615.547.1315
Before joining the Cumberland faculty in the summer of 2010, Dr. Hayden worked in various research and teaching capacities at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations. He was an Adjunct Instructor in Human and Organizational Development for three and a half years teaching courses in leadership theory, historical leadership and international organizations. He finished his doctorate at Vanderbilt in 2009 in Higher Education Leadership and Policy. Hayden also earned his master’s degree at Vanderbilt University in Organizational Leadership. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Richmond in Leadership Studies.
Dr. Hayden’s professional experience is in higher education, and non-profit and for-profit consulting. For four years, he served as the Assistant Director of the President’s Leadership Program at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. In 2003, he coordinated a group sponsored by a non-governmental organization in Washington, DC in serving community development efforts in the third world. Hayden has traveled extensively and maintains connections and relationships in India, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Brazil. He has worked briefly in the healthcare industry coordinating a leadership development initiative at Spheris, Inc. During his tenure at Vanderbilt, Hayden worked with a team of consultants and organizational development experts on a grant with the Tennessee Department of Human Services that involved large-scale restructuring, leadership development, transforming customer service and employee satisfaction.
As Director of First-Year Experience, Dr. Hayden is currently leading Cumberland’s Quality Enhancement Plan effort focused on the academic transitions of first-year students. This program, named Scholarship, Learning and Academic Mentoring (SLAM) features a new course for all freshman students, entitled Foundations of Scholarship and Learning, and is taught by several full-time faculty.
Josh Hayden’s research interests are in the areas of ethical leadership, college student growth, and educational organization effectiveness.
Selected publications and conference presentations:
Hayden, J. (2010) “Developing Civility at the Deepest Levels of Difference: An Alternative model for Religious Pluralism on Campus” About Campus, Vol. 15, Issue 4.
Sims, P. & Hayden, J. (2010) “The Vision Implementation Project: Developing Public Leaders within Tennessee' Department of Human Services” Case Study Presentation at the 12th Annual International Leadership Association Conference, Boston, MA: October 27-30, 2010.
Hayden, J.M. & Stumb, P.S. (2011) “Freshman Student Success Factors: An Empirical Study” International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education, May 25-27 2011 Nashville, TN.
Hayden, J.M. & McKee, C.W. (2011) “Small ways to make a big difference: student-faculty informal interaction and first-year student satisfaction” Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Annual Meeting, Track 6: Current Issues in Higher Education, Dec. 3-6, 2011 Orlando, FL
Grants
Sims, P.; Elsdon, R.; Hayden, J.; & Lee, K. (2008) The Vision Implementation Project: A Report to the Tennessee Department of Human Services. Nashville, TN. (Final Report of a $3.9 Million, 3 year grant).
Hayden, J. (2009) Educational Leadership course for Teach Alabama curriculum. Grantor: Madison County Public Schools, State of Alabama.