People
Sheila Hearne
Visiting Professor
Contact
Home Campus: St. Petersburg
Office: Williams House
Telephone: TBD
Email: hearnes@usf.edu
Links
- Curriculum Vitae
Bio
Dr. Sheila Hearne is a researcher, analyst and consultant in the government and non-profit
sectors. She spent more than twenty years in defense contracting and more recently
worked in the non-profit sector. She has worked with numerous corporations, government
entities and nonprofit organizations including Sprint, Siemens, Boeing, USAF, DISA,
Red Cross and the Goy Foundation.
Dr. Hearne holds a bachelor’s of science degree in business administration from the
University of Maryland, a Masters of Public Administration from Troy University and
a doctorate in Public Policy from George Mason University. She has taught Political
Science at the undergraduate and graduate levels for more than twenty years but began
her teaching career by teaching computer application classes in community colleges
and to corporate clients.
Dr. Hearne’s current research interests include the political subsystems in Haitian
education as well as health care policy subsystems in the United States.
Dr. Hearne grew up in south central Pennsylvania. She lived in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area for many years where she worked and volunteered. Currently, Dr.
Hearne resides in St Petersburg, Florida with her family.