Visiting Lecturer in Business

  • Office: Thaw Hall
  • Department: Social Sciences
  • Email: nathan.higdon@maryvillecollege.edu
  • Education: B.A., Maryville College, M.B.A., Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

J. Nathan Higdon, Ph.D. is a Senior Strategists with L’Espace, Inc. He is an expert in Community Engagement and Change Management fields. Higdon is a Visiting Lecturer at Maryville College where he teaches Organizational Development and Management classes. 

 

Higdon holds a BA in Spanish and French from Maryville College ’03, and his Senior Thesis is in the MC Library, MBA from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in Business Administration. His dissertation was Code-Switching for Work Life Self-Preservation.

 

He is a seventh generation East Tennessean who believes in the power of grassroots organizing. He enjoys spending time with his senior dog, Jed, who rules his schedule.