Dr. Will Tyson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and AAREA Post-Doctoral Scholar. Dr. Tyson came to AAREA in the summer of 2004 as a Post-Doctoral Scholar on a grant from the National Science Foundation Research on Learning Education program (NSF ROLE) entitled, "Understanding Factors that Sustain Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Career Pathways."

After graduating high school from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, NC, he attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Tyson graduated from Wake Forest in 1998 with a BA in Sociology and Psychology. He attended Duke University and obtained his PhD in Sociology with his dissertation, Roommate and Residence Hall Racial Composition Effects on Interracial Friendships among First-Year College Students. He also obtained a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from Duke.

Dr. Tyson is presently working as an editor on a manuscript, From Seed to STEM: Growing a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce," a presentation of early research findings from the NSF ROLE project. Dr. Tyson's curriculum vitae is available as a PDF file, here

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