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
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
200.003Doing History: An Introduction
136.003History Of The United States Since 1865
136.004History Of The United States Since 1865
290.001History-Social Science Teaching Methodology I
136.001History Of The United States Since 1865
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
Influencial and Inspirational Faculty Award
Department of History
2019
Influential and Inspirational Teaching Award
2018
Nomination - 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
Book Review
Hughes, R. The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. Sarah Drake Brown (EDs). Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 45.1 (2020)
Hughes, R. Leaders of Their Race: Educating Black and White Women in the New South. The Journal of American History 106.1 (2019): 226.
Hughes, R. Limousine Liberal: How an Icendiary Image United the Right and Fractured America. American Studies 58.1 (2019): 116-117.
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.
Book, Chapter
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)
Journal Article
Hughes, R. Why Teach History. Grace Leatherman (EDs). History Matters 32.6 (2020)
Hughes, R., & Mendoza, N. Assessment in the History Classroom. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 44.2 (2019): 51-56.
Hughes, R. New Guidelines for SoTL in History: A Discipline Considers the SoTL Turn?. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 44.2 (2019): 34-43.
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.
Presentations
Teaching LGBTQ + History: An Inclusive Approach. Annual Spring Symposium on Teaching History and the Social Sciences. Regional Office of Education, McLean County Museum of History, Department of History. (2020)
Encountering History and History Instruction: Perceptions of Emerging Teachers. SoTL Commons Conference: A Conference of Teaching and Learning. (2019)
From Epistemological Architecture to Clinical Experiences: Teaching History Across Settings. ISSOTL 2019. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. (2019)
Images, Collective Memory, and Forging Historical Narratives: A Study of Teaching and Learning the African American Civil Rights Movement. HEIRNET 2019 Annual Conference. History Educators International Research Network (HEIRNET). (2019)
Navigating Historical Maps: Teaching Geographic and Historical Thinking. 2019 Annual Conference. National Council for the Social Studies. (2019)
Propaganda and the 1936 Olympics: History, News Literacy, and Selling Nazi Germany to American Tourists. 2019 Annual Conference. National Council for the Social Studies. (2019)
Taking Your Teaching to the Next Level: The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW). Symposium on Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2019)
Three Enduring Problems for History Teachers (And How to Manage Them). 2019 Annual Conference. American Historical Association. (2019)
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)
Grants & Contracts
College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2019)
SoTL Travel Grant. Cross Chair for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2019)
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)
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