Dr. Will Tyson is a Professor of Sociology in the in the Department of Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida (USF). His sociology of education research uncovers the connections between educational experiences, career pathways, and key life course transitions among students from various backgrounds. For over 20 years, Dr. Tyson has led various National Science Foundation (NSF) projects that challenge our understanding of interpersonal and structural influences on STEM education and career pathways out of high schools, community colleges, and four-year universities.
His sole-authored book, Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education: Industry, Educator, and Student Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) is based on research from his first of three NSF Advanced Technological Education grants as a Principal Investigator, PathTech Tampa Bay (2011-15, DUE #1104214). Dr. Tyson is currently a Co-PI on two S-STEM grants: TURNPIKE (DUE #2030861) – A Track 3 grant led by USF and Polk State College to help low-income rural and nontraditional community college students transfer to USF Engineering and the Community College S-STEM Network (CCSN) (DUE #2224623) – An S-STEM Research Hub led by Rutgers to study decision-making processes among talented low-income undergraduate and graduate STEM students.
