Joshua Hayes

Assistant Vice President of Equity Compliance at Towson University

Joshua Hayes is from Towson, Maryland, and serves as the Assistant Vice President of Equity Compliance at Towson University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from Campbellsville University, a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Western Kentucky University, and a Master of Arts in Education from Western Kentucky University. His research interests focus on African American male college and university presidents, African American male students at four-year institutions, and higher education administrators within four-year institutions. Joshua chose the University of Kentucky for its flexible doctoral program that supports full-time professionals and for the opportunity to work with distinguished faculty, including Dr. Wayne Lewis, Jr., who now serves as his Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, and Dr. Beth Rous, a leading expert in qualitative research and also his Co-Chair. In his free time, Joshua enjoys watching his favorite TV shows and movies, playing tennis, sand volleyball, basketball, and spades, and getting in some much-needed rest and relaxation. Fun fact: he is a former national karate champion in both fighting and forms, and he’s an avid roller coaster enthusiast.