Workforce Education, Leadership, and Social Foundations

Faculty

Roger Hill

Professor and Department Head

209 River's Crossing
850 College Station Rd.
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-4100
http://www.coe.uga.edu/~rhill/

Roger B. Hill is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational studies at the University of Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State University and a Master's degree from Northern Illinois University. Dr. Hill received a Ph.D. in Education in 1992 from the University of Tennessee with a major in Technological and Adult Education and a cognate in Management.

Dr. Hill's professional experience includes several years teaching at the high school level as well as at a two-year private liberal arts college. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Georgia in 1993, he was Professor of Technology Education and Coordinator of Academic Computing at Hiwassee College in Madisonville, TN. He also has worked as a consultant to private industry and as a faculty member for the NJATC National Training Institute for IBEW Apprentice Instructors conducted annually in Knoxville, TN.

A 1994, 1997, and 1999 recipient of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Technology Education Division Research Award, Dr. Hill is a member of numerous professional associations and has been an active participant at national conferences in recent years. He received the Chancellor's Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise at UTK in 1990, has received several awards for leadership and professional service, and presently serves as President for the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators (NAITTE).

Dr. Hill's research agenda focuses on work ethic, work attitudes, and affective characteristics necessary for success in information age occupations. This work is based on an understanding that development of technical skills and knowledge are important, but without adequate preparation to deal with the affective requirements of the contemporary workplace, success is not assured. A glimpse of Dr. Hill's work can be reviewed on the work ethic web site he developed as part of a funded research project during the summer of 1996. The address for these materials on the web is http://www.coe.uga.edu/workethic/.