About
Interim Director
Dr. Will Tyson
Office:
Faculty Office Building
201 USF Willow Drive
Tampa, FL 33620
Email: wtyson@usf.edu
M.A. (2001) and Ph.D. (2004) Sociology, Duke University
B.A. (1998) Sociology and Psychology, Wake Forest University
Dr. Will Tyson is a Professor of Sociology at the 色色研究所. His research examines how educational experiences shape career trajectories and lifecycle transitions, with a focus on structural and interpersonal influences on STEM education and career pathways across high school, community colleges, and universities. He is the author of Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education (2020), which explores how career and technical education programs teach soft skills that are vital for middle-skill STEM jobs. With more than twenty years as an NSF-funded researcher, Dr. Tyson has led multiple major projects including PathTech Tampa Bay, PathTech LIFE, and PathTech LISTEN, and he currently co-leads initiatives such as the TURNPIKE and CCSN S-STEM grants that aim to improve transfer student success and equity in STEM education, especially for rural, nontraditional, and low-income populations.
Dr. Tyson began serving as both the Interim Director of the Institute on Black Life and the Interim Chair of the Racial Justice Initiative in August 2025.