R. Eric Platt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Higher Education

Research Interests

Institutional Mortality, Southern Higher Education History, Catholic and Jesuit Higher Education, Informal Educational Practices, Historiography as Qualitative Inquiry

Current Teaching

ADE 703: Human Resource Development
ADE 801: Delivery Systems
CPS 740: Legal and Ethical Issues in Student Affairs Administration
HE 716: Legal Issues in Higher Education
HE 717: Continuing Education
HE 719: Organization and Administration in the Community College
HE 800: Leadership in Higher Education
REF 607: Creating a Student Centered Curriculum
REF 792: Special Problems

Articles

Platt, R. Eric. (in development). Sherman re-remembered: The college administration of a northern military officer at a southern academy.

Platt, R. Eric & Sulentic Dowell, Margaret-Mary. (submitted). Expanding qualitative research: Historiology, archival research, and the historiographically-constructed case study.

Platt, R. Eric. (in development). The mind and mardi gras of George Soulé: From college curricula to pro bono publico.

 Platt, R. Eric. (submitted). A Storyville education: Spatial practices and the learned sex trade in the city that care forgot.

Alex, Jennifer L., Platt, R. Eric, Gammill, Diedra M., Miller, Elizabeth A., Rachel, John R. (2007). Making the invisible visible: A model for delivery systems in adult education. MPAEA Journal of Adult Education. (Vol. XXXVI, No. 2. Pp 13-22).

Book

Platt, R. Eric. (forthcoming). Sacrifice and Survival: Identity, Mission, and Jesuit Higher Education in the American South. Tuscaloosa, Al: The University of Alabama Press.  

Conference Presentations

Platt, R. Eric (March, 2012) Learning From the Dead: Understanding Institutional Survivability Through Historiographic Post-Mortem Reconstruction. Research presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern History of Education Society, Tallahassee, Fl.

Platt, R. Eric (March, 2012) The Duke of Education: George Soule and His College of “Firsts”. Research presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern History of Education Society, Tallahassee, Fl.

Platt, R. Eric (April, 2011). A Storyville Education: Spatial Practices and the Learned Sex Trade in the City that Care Forgot. Paper Presentation at the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, La.

Platt, R. Eric (April, 2011) Maintaining the Mission: Curricular Transition and Academic Legitimacy of Southern Jesuit Higher Education in the Age of the University. Research Presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, New Orleans, La.

Platt, R. Eric (April, 2011) Legal Cloistering and Informal Learning: Spatially Constructed Education in the New Orleans Red-Light District. Research Presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, New Orleans, La.

Platt, R. Eric (March, 2010). Pursuing the Magis: The Revision of Jesuit Higher Education in the New South. Research presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern History of Education Society, Atlanta, Ga,

Platt, R. Eric, (November, 2008). Sherman’s Administration: An Historic Examination of a Northern Military Officer’s Attempts at the Creation and Maintenance of a Southern University. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, Fl.

Awards

2010. Dean E. B. Robert Scholarship
2008, 2009, 2010. Fred Thatcher Fellowship
2008, 2009. Lillian L. Oleson Scholarship

Professional Affiliations  

The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
American Educational Research Association, Division F (AERA)
Historical Education Society (HES)
Southern History of Education Society (SHOES)

Honor Societies

Phi Kappa Phi: The National Honor Society in Academia
Phi Theta Kappa: The International Honor Society for the Two Year College
Kappa Delta Gamma: The International Honor Society in Education