Carol Kasworm

Dr. Carol Kasworm has nearly four decades of experience studying adult learners and is considered a leading authority on adult undergraduate students in higher education. She is the W. Dallas Herring Emerita Professor of Adult and Community College Education in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University. Her research interests have focused upon the adult undergraduate experience, including the nature of learning engagement and participation patterns of adult students, the situated influences of varied higher education contexts on adult learners, and the role of adult higher education in a lifelong learning society. Dr. Kasworm has held faculty appointments at University of Texas – Austin, University of Tennessee –Knoxville, University of Houston – Clear Lake and University of South Florida. She has also served as associate dean of research and technology in the College of Education at University of Tennessee – Knoxville and associate vice chancellor for faculty and program development at University of Houston – Clear Lake. In 2002, Dr. Kasworm was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. She received her BA in Psychology and Sociology from Valparaiso University, her MA in Higher Education Administration from Michigan State University, and her EdD in Adult Education from the University of Georgia.