Dr. John Levin, a professor of higher education at North Carolina State University’s College of Education, has been named Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor.

Levin joined the College of Education in 2002 from the University of Arizona, where he conducted research and taught at the Center for the Study of Higher Education. He was also director of the Community College Institute, a research arm of the Center for the Study of Higher Education. He holds a doctoral degree in higher education and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in English literature from York University in Toronto.

Levin’s research addresses higher education in the United States and Canada. He is a widely published scholar in the United States and an acknowledged expert on community colleges in Canada. His work appears frequently in Canadian publications, particularly in “The Canadian Journal of Higher Education,” Canada’s premier higher education publication. He is also active in publication in the United States, and his most recent book – “Globalizing the Community College” – was published in 2001. He is presently engaged with a research team on a book that addresses community college faculty, “Community College Faculty: At Work in the New Economy.”