Michael Hines

Bio

Michael Hines is an Assistant Professor and historian of American education. Before coming to Stanford Dr. Hines was a Minority Postdoctoral Fellow in History and Education at Teachers College Columbia University. He earned his B.A. in History from Washington University in St. Louis, and his M.A. and PhD in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies from Loyola University Chicago. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, he worked as an ELA and World History teacher in Washington D.C. and Prince George's County Maryland. Currently his research focuses on how African Americans in the early twentieth created new curricular discourses around race and historical representation. He has been quoted in stories from EdWeek and CNN, and his work has been published in TIME, the Washington Post, the Journal of African American History, the History of Education Quarterly and the Journal of the History Childhood and Youth. His first book, A Worthy Piece of Work, from Beacon Press, is forthcoming.

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)