Asst. Prof. Jacob Hardesty teaches foundations courses in educational history and research methods at Rockford University. His research explores the historical tensions between popular culture and schooling.
Before coming to Rockford, he taught music for four years in public and Catholic schools, as well as education courses at DePauw University and Indiana University. He completed his Ph.D. in educational history at Indiana University in 2013.
Originally from Tennessee, he and his fiancé, Rock Valley College faculty member Danielle Fundora, moved to Rockford in fall 2014.