2026 William G. Tierney: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	59	1538	1376	739	651	286	18795

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

William G. Tierney is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and works primarily within the social sciences. Their research spans several subfields including political science and international relations, education, general health professions, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

Their main topics of study include academic freedom and politics, higher education governance and development, higher education research studies, education systems and policy, education and military integration, homelessness and social issues, and LGBTQ health, identity, and policy.

Recent publications by William G. Tierney include the following papers:

Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do (2024), Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness (2021), Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Life History Methods (2020), SAGE Research Methods Foundations
The Role of Colleges and Universities in Defending and Preserving Democracy (2022), Change The Magazine of Higher Learning

William G. Tierney has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Michael Lanford, Suneal Kolluri, Randall F. Clemens, Thomas Bailey, and Jill Constantine.

Their work has been published in various academic venues including:

SUNY Press eBooks
Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies
Change The Magazine of Higher Learning

Several book publications have been released through the State University of New York Press. These include titles such as Higher Education for Democracy (2021) and Creating a Culture of Mindful Innovation in Higher Education (2022), with multiple editions appearing and varying citation counts.

William G. Tierney received recognition as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2009.

Best Publications

Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Defining the Essentials

William G. Tierney

2024
Citations
An Anthropological Analysis of Student Participation in College.

William G. Tierney

1559
Citations
Promotion and Tenure: Community and Socialization in Academe

William G. Tierney;Estela Mara Bensimon

1212
Citations
Models of Minority College-Going and Retention: Cultural Integrity versus Cultural Suicide

William G. Tierney

903
Citations
Building Communities of Difference: Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

William G. Tierney

799
Citations
Organizational Socialization in Higher Education

William G. Tierney

773
Citations
Collegiate Culture and Leadership Strategies

Ellen Earle Chaffee;William G. Tierney

681
Citations
Faculty socialization as cultural process : a mirror of institutional commitment

William G. Tierney;Robert A. Rhoads

433
Citations
The Impact of Culture on Organizational Decision Making: Theory and Practice in Higher Education

William G. Tierney

412
Citations
Enhancing Promotion, Tenure and Beyond: Faculty Socialization as a Cultural Process. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 6.

William G. Tierney;Robert A. Rhoads

391
Citations
Representation and the text : re-framing the narrative voice

William G. Tierney;Yvonna S. Lincoln

387
Citations
Increasing Access to College: Extending Possibilities for All Students

William G. Tierney;Linda Serra Hagedorn

335
Citations
Building the Responsive Campus: Creating High Performance Colleges and Universities

William G. Tierney

320
Citations
Preparing for college : nine elements of effective outreach

William G. Tierney;Zoë B. Corwin;Julia E. Colyar

306
Citations
Organizational Culture in Higher Education

William G. Tierney

293
Citations
Interviewing in Education

William G. Tierney;Patrick Dilley

257
Citations
Finding Money on the Table: Information, Financial Aid, and Access to College

William G. Tierney;Kristan M. Venegas

254
Citations
Fictive Kin and Social Capital: The Role of Peer Groups in Applying and Paying for College

William G. Tierney;Kristan M. Venegas

251
Citations
Qualitative Research and Institutional Review Boards

Yvonna S. Lincoln;William G. Tierney

240
Citations
The responsive university : restructuring for high performance

William G. Tierney

220
Citations
Completing College: Rethinking Institutional Action

William G. Tierney;Jenna R. Sablan

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yvonna S. Lincoln Texas A&M University

Robert A. Rhoads University of California, Los Angeles

Linda Serra Hagedorn Iowa State University

Thomas Bailey Columbia University

John C. Smart University of Illinois at Chicago

Dominic J. Brewer University of Southern California

Gary Orfield University of California, Los Angeles

George D. Kuh Indiana University

External Links

Personal website of William G. Tierney

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