Dr. Richard Hughes
Associate Professor
History
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 302B
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:15-1:50 pm and By Appointment
Office Phone
Department Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
200Doing History: An Introduction
390History-Social Science Teaching Methodology II
390History-Social Science Teaching Methodology II
499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
287Independent Study
400Independent Study
291Undergraduate Teaching Experience In History
Research Interests & Areas
20th Century America Social History, History Education
Ph D History
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
MA History
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Other
St. Edward's University
Austin, Texas
BA Political Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Outstanding University Teacher Award
Illinois State University
2018
Influential and Inspirational Teaching Award
Department of History
2017
Influential and Inspirational Teaching Award
Department of History
2016
Influential and Inspirational Teaching Award
Department of History
2015
Influential and Inspirational Faculty Award
Department of History
2014
Influential and Inspirational Faculty Award
Department of History
2014
John Dossey Award for Outstanding Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences
2013
Outstanding Teacher Award
College of Arts and Sciences
2011
Book Review
Hughes, R. Civil Rights, Culture Wars: The Fight over a Mississippi Textbook. North Carolina Historical Review 94.4 (2017): 456-457.
Hughes, R. Teaching History Then and Now: A Story of Stability and Change in Schools. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 42.2 (2017): 97-99.
Hughes, R. The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony. Journal of American History (2016)
Hughes, R. Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education. United States Intellectual History Blog (2016)
Hughes, R. Review of John Lewis, March: Book One. Stephen Kneeshaw (EDs). Teaching History (2015)
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Hughes, R., Hawkins, M., & Lopez, K. History, Literacy, and Popular Culture: Using Graphic Novels to Teach the Struggle for Racial Justice. Edward Janek and Ludovic A. Sourdot (EDs), Educating through Popular Culture: “You’re Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics". Lexington Books (2017)
Edited Other
Hughes, R., & Brown, S. "Preparing the Next Generation of History Teachers: Voices from the Field". International Journal for Social Education 25.1 (2013)
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Hughes, R. “Teaching History Then: The Origins of the Journal and the Teaching History Movement of the 1970s,”. Sarah Drake Brown (EDs). Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 42.2 (2017): 99-103.
Hughes, R., Hawkins, M., & Lopez, K. John Lewis' March: Book One: Assessing the Impact of a Graphic Novel on Teaching the Civil Rights Movement. Social Education 80.3 (2016): 151-156.
Hughes, R. Race, Housing, and the Federal Government: Black Lives on the Margins of the American Dream. Radical Teacher 106.Fall 2016 (2016): 138-140.
Hughes, R. The Lost Generation of HIstory Teachers: Student Teaching in Search of Thomas Becker. International Journal for Social Education 25.1 (2013): 19-27.
Hughes, R. "Preparing History Teachers and Scholars?: Content Exams and Teacher Certification from the Progressive Era to the Age of Accountability. Jason Stacy (EDs). The Councilor: Journal of the Illinois Council for the Social Studies 72.2 (2011): 1-14.
Presentations
Geography: Geographic Thinking in Action: Using Historical Maps in the Classroom. History and Social Science Education Symposium. Department of History, McLean County Museum of History, and Regional Office of Education. (2017)
March: Using Graphic Novels to Teach the Stories of the Civil Rights Movement. Best Practices in History Education Conference. Missouri and Illinois Council for History Education. (2017)
March: Using Graphic Novels to Teach the Stories of the Civil Rights Movement. National Council for History Education Annual Conference. National Council for History Education. (2017)
Race, Graphic Novels, and Popular Culture. American Culture and Popular Culture Assocation Annual Conference. American Culture Association. (2017)
Teacher Candidates and Historical Narratives: A SoTL Project on the Development of ‘Doing History’ in the Classroom. American Historical Association Annual Meeting. American Historical Association. (2017)
Teaching History in a Country with a Different History. University-Wide Teaching and Learning Symposium. Illinois State University. (2017)
Using Maps to Examine Historical Thinking and Geographic Thinking. 2017 Geography Education in the 21st Century Conference. Illinois Geographic Alliance and Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment at ISU. (2017)
Using Maps to Examine Historical Thinking and Geographic Thinking. Geographic Thinking in Action. Illinois Geographic Alliance. (2017)
Bridging the Divide Between Content and Pedagogy: Reflective History Teaching. University-Wide Teaching and Learning Symposium. Illinois State University. (2016)
Reshaping the Long Arc of Civil Rights: A Study of Teacher Candidates and Crafting Teaching Narratives. American Historical Association Annual Meeting. American Historical Association. (2016)
Grants & Contracts
History Teacher Candidates and Discipline-Specific Pedagogy: Theory, Policy, and Practice in England and the United States. Illinois State University: Office of the Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning , SoTL Mini-Grant, FY16. Illinois State University. (2015)
March Graphic Novel for Local High School History Teachers. Illinois Council for the Social Studies. State. (2014)
SOTL Small Grant Program. Illinois State University. (2014)
Faculty Research Award. Illinois State University. (2011)
New Faculty Initive Grant (NFIG). Illinois State University.
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