Sherrill Hayes, Ph.D., Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success

Dr. Sherrill W. Hayes is Assistant Vice Provost of Student Success and Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University. He has held several leadership positions at Kennesaw State including founding Director of the School of Data Science and Analytics (2021-2023), Director of the PhD in Analytics and Data Science (2018-2020), and Director of the Master of Science in Conflict Management (2012-2017). Prior to KSU, he was Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2006-2012), Visiting Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2003-2006), Lecturer of Early Childhood Education at Guilford Technical Community College (2004-2005), and has had visiting faculty positions at Gateshead College (UK), Newcastle University (UK), and Saarland University (Germany). He has taught over 50 different courses and supervised dozens of masters’ and undergraduate research projects and Ph.D. dissertations. 

His research has resulted in over 25 academic publications, more than 50 conference presentations, and invitations to work with organizations and educational institutions in places such as Germany, Ghana, and Haiti.  He is co-editor of the 2018 book - "Atone: Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation" and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. Dr. Hayes received his BS ('97) and MS ('00) in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his Ph.D. in Sociology & Social Policy from Newcastle University, UK ('05).