Tiffany K. Harrison, PhD

Strategic Leadership at the Intersection of Higher Education & Artificial Intelligence

Strategic Perspective

Dr. Tiffany K. Harrison works at the intersection of higher education, innovation, AI, and institutional transformation, helping organizations navigate complexity, align strategy with action, and build systems designed for long-term impact.

Her approach blends strategic leadership, systems thinking, research-informed decision making, and public-facing engagement. Dr. Harrison is especially interested in how emerging technologies, organizational change, and human-centered leadership are reshaping the future of learning, work, and institutional strategy.

Six Building Blocks for Integrating AI in Higher Education

A strategic framework for helping institutions move beyond experimentation toward intentional AI integration.

Led development of a higher education framework focused on practical, scalable, and human-centered approaches to AI integration across teaching, leadership, and institutional systems.

Featured Work

Annual Institute on Teaching & Mentoring

Leading one of the nation’s largest convenings focused on doctoral education, leadership development, and future faculty pathways.

Direct strategy, partnerships, programming, and leadership engagement for a national conference bringing together scholars, faculty, institutional leaders, and recruiters from across the country.

Educator Workforce Strategy

Exploring graduate education, leadership development, and faculty pathways as critical components of the future workforce ecosystem.

Developing strategic frameworks and national conversations around doctoral education, mentoring, workforce development, and institutional sustainability.

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Leading conversations that shape the future of institutions.

Leadership • Innovation • Institutional Strategy

Pictured L-R: Dr. Tiffany Harrison; Dr. Tia Dumas, AVP for Strategic Alliances, Clemson University; Dr. Suzanne Ortega, Former President, Council of Graduate Schools, 2024

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Building trust across leadership, education, and innovation.

Leadership • Partnership • Influence

Pictured L-R: South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, Chair - SREB Commission on Artificial Intelligence in Education; Dr. Tiffany Harrison; SC First Lady Peggy McMaster; Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Chair - SREB Commission on Computer Science. 2024

Selected Texts

Publications

Plans to adopt and implement Common Core State Standards in the Southeast Region states

Integrated Data Systems and Predictive Analytics in Higher Education

Making the Connection: Digital Skills and Access for 21st Century Learning

Strategic Resume

Doctoral Dissertation

Essay and White Papers

(coming soon)

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    Strategy

    Turning complexity into aligned vision, systems, and action.

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    Innovation

    Exploring the intersection of AI, leadership, and institutional transformation.

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    Influence

    Building trust, facilitating dialogue, and leading visible conversations that matter.

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Pictured L-R: Dr. Charlie Nelms, Former Chancellor, North Carolina Central University; Dr. Tiffany Harrison; Dr. Stephen Pruitt, Former President, SREB and Current President, SACS-COC; Dr. Faye Jones, Sr. Researcher, Florida State University, 2023

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Pictured L-R: Angela Fultz Nordstrom, VP of Customer Success, e.Republic; Dr. Tiffany Harrison; Dr. Matthew Loverin, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Grace Christian University; Michael Renshaw, Security Strategist, Lumen Technologies; Garrett McAllister, VP and CIO, Westchester Community College - SUNY, 2026

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Pictured L-R: Dr. Ansley Abraham, Founding Director, SREB State Doctoral Scholars Program; Dr. Paulette Granberry Russell, JD, Former President, NADOHE; Dr. Tiffany Harrison; Talia Givens, Senior Director, UNCF; Dr. Curtis Byrd, Executive Director of Pipeline and Outreach Programs, UC-Davis, 2025

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