Hiuko Adams
Assistant Professor - Economics Business Administration- Education
Mercer University: Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: College Choice: An Investigation of First-Year Students’ Decisions’ Conformity to the Principles of Human Capital Theory.
Graduation Date: 2013University of Malawi: Master of Arts, Economics
Thesis: Tax reforms and revenue productivity in Kenya.
Graduation Date: 2000.University of Nairobi: Bachelor of Arts Economics
First Class Honors
Graduation Date: 1997
- Specializations
Macroeconomics, higher education financing and policy, economics of education, human capital theory, student retention
Committees/Organizations
American Educational Research Association – member of Division D, Measurement and Research Methodology
American Economic Association
Atlanta Area Evaluation Association
Scholarship Review Committee - DeVry University
Student Retention Committee - Beulah Heights University
Academic Advising Committee - Bauder College
- Biography
- Recognitions and Awards
2008 President's Volunteer Service Award conferred by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. This is a national honor offered in recognition of outstanding volunteer service.
Certificate of Special Recognition: Awarded at Tighter Grip Awards dinner for commitment and support to Tighter Grip: African American Male Initiative, Georgia State University. April 27, 2005.
Certificate of Merit: African Development and Economic Consultants Prize: awarded for being the best final year student in the department of Economics, University of Nairobi in 1996/97. September 13, 1999.
- Publications
Dissertation: College Choice: An Investigation of First-Year Students’ Decisions’ Conformity to the Principles of Human Capital Theory.
The Effectiveness of a Program for Urban High School Students: A paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference in San Diego, April 2009.
The effectiveness of a summer program to attract minority high school students into science and mathematics teaching and their subsequent course taking and selected college majors: A paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New York, March 2008.
Kenya Economic Outlook. A chapter written for the World Economic Outlook published by African Development Bank, 2002 and 2003.