JR Harding

Dr. J.R. Harding is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management at Florida State University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Business. His academic specialty is educational leadership, with a focus on disability subject matter. Harding is a two-time U.S. Presidential appointee, a seven-time Florida Gubernatorial appointee and author of two five-star books. He has contributed to national, state and community public policy advancing independence and self-sufficiency of persons with disabilities for 40 years.

He has contributed to peer-reviewed research articles and is frequently quoted and/or interviewed by the media on disability-related issues. He serves on several national, state and community boards, and serves as faculty advisor to the FSU University of Choice (UoC) Initiative for students with and without disabilities.

Harding received his bachelor’s degree in English from Wright State University, his master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of West Florida and his Ed.S. and Ed.D. in higher education from Florida State University.