Dr. Richard Hughes
Associate Professor
History
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 302B
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 am- 12:15 pm and By Appointment
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Department Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
200.002Doing History: An Introduction
136.005History Of The United States Since 1865
136.006History Of The United States Since 1865
499.016Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
249.001United States In The Twentieth Century Since 1945
390.001History-Social Science Teaching Methodology II
390.002History-Social Science Teaching Methodology II
249.001United States In The Twentieth Century Since 1945
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
Influential and Inspirational Teaching Award
2018
Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
Baylor University
2018
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. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 43.2 (2018): 54-56.
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)
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., & Brown, S. “’It’s Not Something We Thought About:’ Teachers’ Perception of Historiography and Narratives,”. Cynthia Szymanski Sunal and Kristi N. Garrett (EDs). Social Studies Research and Practice 13.1 (2018): 16-30.
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.
Presentations
Historians, Teachers, and Students: Impact of Students' Perceptions on Classroom Instruction and Curriculum Development. Research on Teaching and Learning Conference. McMaster University. (2018)
Keynote Address: “Now that You’re Home from the Hospital: What is Success in Higher Education?”. National Society of Collegiate Scholars Annual Ceremony. Campus Chapter of National Society of Collegiate Scholars. (2018)
So Many Standards: Infusing NCSS and edTPA into Teacher Preparation. Annual Conference of the National Conference for the Social Studies. National Council for the Social Studies. (2018)
Strategies and Possibilities: Teaching and Promoting Advanced Placement Courses in History and Geography. Annual Spring Symposium on Teaching History and the Social Sciences. Regional Office of Education, McLean County Museum of History, ISU Department of History. (2018)
Strengthening a Secondary History-Social Sciences Teacher Education Program through edTPA Best Practice Infusion. Midwest edTPA Conference. (2018)
Teaching Candidates and Historical Narratives: A Study in Encountering the Discipline. Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association. American Educational Research Association. (2018)
Thinking Like a Historian, Thinking Like a Geographer: Reading A Source From Different Perspectives. Annual Conference of the National Council for History Education. National Council for History Education. (2018)
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)
Grants & Contracts
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Travel Grant. Cross Chair for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2018)
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)
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