Rate My Professor Nicholas Hill

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.