Rate My Professor Nicholas Hill

Dr. Nicholas J. Hill serves as Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Economics at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. A native of Canton, Mississippi, he earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a focus on Economics from Jackson State University in 2006, a Master of Arts in Urban Economics from Howard University in 2002, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tougaloo College in 2000. With more than 15 years of experience in higher education as both an administrator and professor, Dr. Hill previously held key positions at Jackson State University, including Associate Professor and Director of the PhD Program in Business in the Department of Economics, Finance, and General Business from 2012 to 2015, and Associate Professor in the same department from 2007 to 2015. His commitment to educating global business leaders, particularly from HBCUs, underscores his career trajectory.

Dr. Hill's academic interests focus on contemporary issues in health, labor, and urban economics, with a strategic emphasis on Black entrepreneurship rates. He has produced a substantial body of research, including "Which Teachers Quit and What's the Cost of Reducing Their Quit Rates?" (2025), "Black Opportunity Entrepreneurship Post-Pandemic Outcomes" (2023), "HBCUs, SBDC Centers, and Black Opportunity Entrepreneurship Across US States" (2023), "EXAMINING THE LINK BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURS AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR" (2020), "Informal economy as a cause for understating actual rates of entrepreneurship among blacks in the U.S. and in Africa" (2019), "Noncitizen Employment and the Wages of Healthcare Support Workers in the US" (2018), "Examining Minority Population and the Impact of Informal Economy Activity on Collected Revenues in U.S. Cities" (2018), and "My Religion Picked My Birth Control: The Influence of Religion on Contraceptive Use" (2013). These publications have garnered 109 citations. Dr. Hill has served as co-principal investigator on the Economic Development Administration University Center grant at Claflin University, delivered keynote addresses such as at Tougaloo College's School of Science Convocation, participated in panels on racial disparities in earnings and HBCU benefits for Black students, and contributes to leadership in the National Economic Association. His work advances understanding of entrepreneurship, economic disparities, and policy implications in underserved communities.