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Educational Leadership

Dr. Mark Fincher

MarkFthree2.jpgDr. Mark Fincher

Associate Professor
Higher Education
Office: DKSN 409
Office Phone: (501) 569-3557
Email: mefincher@ualr.edu

Mark Fincher joined the UALR Higher Education faculty in January of 2008. He teaches in the areas of strategy two-year college leadership. His research interests center in strategy, economic development through higher education, and the education of working adult students.

Mark’s professional background includes being an entrepreneur, a researcher and professor of business administration, the chief executive of a university satellite campus, and most recently an executive dean position at Cedar Valley College in Lancaster, Texas.

Mark’s research record includes publications in Academic Leadership, Competitiveness Review, The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, Higher Education Policy, Journal of Research in Education, and The Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Current Research Interests

  • Working Adult Education
  • Higher Education Strategy
  • Retention Strategy and Planning
  • Economic Development
  • Learning Acceleration

Education

  • Ph.D. University of North Texas, Higher Education 2003
    Dissertation. College and University Executive Leadership: The Impact of Demography on the Propensity for Strategic Change
  • M.B.A. University of North Texas 1991 Administrative Management
  • B.B.A. Stephen F. Austin State University 1987 Management Major, Voice Minor

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor Management and International Business. Texas Wesleyan University 1999 - 2001 Fort Worth, Texas

Part-Time Professor Positions

  • Master Professor, Management - LeTourneau University 2002 – 2008 Dallas, Texas
  • Adjunct Professor, Strategic Management - Univ. of Texas at Arlington 2001 Arlington, Texas
  • Adjunct Professor, Strategic and Int’l Management - Old Dominion University Summer 1996-Spring 1997 Norfolk, Virginia
  • Teaching Assistant - University of North Texas Fall 1989-Spring 1991 Denton, Texas
    Courses: Business Policy, Organizational Behavior
    Labor Relations, Principles of Management
  • Middle School Algebra and History - Meadowview School 1992-1993 Academic Year Mesquite, Texas
Updated 11.15.2011