Michael Hines

Bio

Michael Hines is a historian of American education whose work concentrates on the educational activism of Black teachers, students, and communities during the Progressive Era (1890s-1940s). He is an Assistant Professor of Education, and an affiliated faculty member with the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Bill Lane Center for the American West. He is the author of A Worthy Piece of Work (Beacon Press, 2022) which details how African Americans educator activists in the early twentieth century created new curricular discourses around race and historical representation. Dr. Hines has published six peer reviewed articles and book chapters in outlets including the Journal of African American History, History of Education Quarterly, Review of Educational Research, and the Journal of the History Childhood and Youth. He has also written for popular outlets including the Washington Post, Time magazine, and Chalkbeat. He teaches courses including History of Education in the U.S., and Education for Liberation: A History of African American Education, 1800-The Present.

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education

Administrative Appointments

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Teachers College Columbia University (2017 - 2019)
• Graduate Researcher, Loyola University Chicago (2015 - 2016)
• Curriculum Writer, Education Pioneers (2014 - 2014)
• Graduate School Fellow, Education Pioneers (2012 - 2012)
• Teacher, Friendship Public Charter Schools: Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy (2009 - 2011)
• Teacher, Prince George’s County Public Schools (2007 - 2009)

Honors & Awards

• Faculty Teaching Award, Stanford GSE Student Guild (2020)

Professional Education

• Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, Cultural and Education Policy Studies (2017)
• M.A., Loyola University Chicago, Cultural and Education Policy Studies (2013)
• B.A., Washington University in Saint Louis, History (2007)