Dr. Tymon M. Graham

Dr. Tymon M. Graham currently serves as the Director for Administration and Research Strategy of The Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center at The Thurgood Marshall College Fund. 

Prior to joining the Payne Research Center, Dr. Graham held administrative roles at South Georgia State College, Coker University, Kentucky State University, and Edward Waters University in Enrollment Management, Campus Life, Student Engagement, Student Success, Strategic Initiatives, and Title IX. Additionally, Dr. Graham has held academic and/or academic committee appointments at University of West Georgia, Coker University, Kentucky State University, University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Morehead State University, and Edward Waters University.

Acknowledged for his successes in creating and implementing ambitious strategic plans and enhancing institutional policy and operation, Dr. Graham has enjoyed higher education and non-profit tenures working across divisional lines for best-in-class institutional, organizational and operational successes.

Dr. Graham is a distinguished scholar-practitioner who has seamlessly integrated his institutional and nonprofit administrative experience in higher education with academia by serving as a classroom professor, publishing scholarship, and presenting research related to student success, millennial leadership, educational leadership, and historically black colleges and universities. His commitment to equity, student success, increasing enrollment, educational leadership, and international partnership spans research, presentations and on-site collaborations in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States.  He has delivered over 45 keynotes or presentations on education, equity, student success, organizational change, and administrative leadership strategies. 

Dr. Graham earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Family & Consumer Sciences: Business with a concentration in Child Development from South Carolina State University, a Master of Education in Professional Counseling with an emphasis in College Student Affairs from the University of West Georgia, and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education and Organizational Change from Benedictine University.