Faculty/Staff Profile

Lamont A. Flowers

Distinguished Professor and Executive Director

Office: G-01D Tillman Hall
Phone: (864) 656-0313
Email: lflower@clemson.edu
Personal Website: http://www.clemson.edu/~lflower

Educational Background

Ph.D., Higher Education
University of Iowa, 2000

M.A., Social Studies Education
University of Iowa, 1998

B.S., Accounting
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1996

Profile

Dr. Flowers received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received a Master of Arts degree in Social Studies Education and a Doctorate in Higher Education from the University of Iowa. While at the University of Iowa, he served as the Manager of the Afro-American Cultural Center. After receiving his doctorate, Flowers served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University in conjunction with the Faculty Fellowship Program. In this role, he conducted psychometric property studies on the National Survey of Student Engagement. Then, Flowers taught courses in the areas of student affairs administration, higher education administration, and educational leadership at the University of Florida in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy.

Dr. Flowers has served as a principal or co-principal investigator on research and program grants totaling more than $1.1 million dollars. For example, he has received grants to conduct research from the American Educational Research Association, Spencer Foundation, Association for Institutional Research, and the National Science Foundation. Additionally, Flowers has received several honors including the W.E.B Dubois Higher Education Award from the National Alliance of Black School Educators, Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award from the American Educational Research Association, and the William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund.

Courses Taught

EDL 965: Higher Education Finance
EDL 989: Advanced Doctoral Seminar I
PAS 471: Directed Studies on the Black Experience in Education

Research Interests

Dr. Flowers has authored or co-authored 80 scholarly publications pertaining to the educational experiences and outcomes of African Americans from pre-kindergarten through college, diversity issues in education, as well as organizational and leadership issues in education. More specifically, he edited 1 book, co-authored 1 book, and authored or co-authored 43 peer reviewed publications, 5 book chapters, 12 editor reviewed publications, 9 non peer reviewed publications, 3 book reviews, and 6 research reports.

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