Faculty

Michael Hemphill
Instructor

Mike Hemphill is a Professor of Communication at the Clinton School of Public Service. Prior to joining the School, Dr. Hemphill spent 24 years on the faculty of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he served as chair of the Department of Speech Communication and, for a period, as Dean of the College of Professional Studies.

He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Iowa. His work outside the Clinton School has focused on the development of community leadership, specifically in the area of judicial administration. In recent years he has worked with the National Association for State Judicial Education, Judicial Education/Adult Education Project, National Association of Chapter Thirteen Bankruptcy Trustees, Arkansas Chambers of Commerce, Arkansas Public Administration Consortium, and the administrative offices of state courts in Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, Missouri and California.

Dr. Hemphill received the 1990 Ross Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing him as the outstanding classroom teacher in the University of Arkansas system.