Thaddeus Herman, Ph.D.

Dr. Thaddeus Herman holds a PhD of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership with a dual concentration of Philosophy of Education and Global Studies in Education and a minor in Global Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has lived extensively abroad in India helping to implement new curriculum in various institutions of higher education throughout the western Indian state of Maharashtra. He is fluent in Persian and his research broadly focuses on historical and modern educational connections between Iran and India. His recent research focuses on how a Bahá’í inspired school in Maharashtra began by Iranian Bahá’í refugees functioned during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Thaddeus is a two-time FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellow in Persian and utilizes the language in his research.

Dr. Herman is interested in collaborating with other scholars of globalization and those who incorporate a global lens within their research. He is also interested in collaborating with scholars from a variety of disciplines to invite them as guest lecturers into the classes he will teach. Collaborating with the Human Rights Commission of Morgantown, the Greater Morgantown Interfaith Association, and any units on the WVU campus which focus on global issues is of great interest to him.

Education:

• PhD of Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership with a dual concentration in Philosophy of Education and Global Studies in Education and a graduate minor in Global Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.