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Robert J. Hill
Associate Professor
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
Adult Education Program

Education

D. Ed. in Adult Education
The Pennsylvania State University


Dr. Robert J. Hill was selected for inclusion in the book, North American Adult Educators: Quintessential Autobiographies for the Twenty-First Century. Click here to review his autobiographical chapter


Contact Information

The University of Georgia
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
850 College Station Road
River’s Crossing, Room 322
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-4016
Fax: (706) 542-4024
bobhill@uga.edu

Research Interests

  • Social Policy and Adult Education
  • Anti-oppression Education
  • Gender and race in organizational settings
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Justice
  • Human Rights Education in an International Context
  • Environmental Justice/Environmental Racism
  • Activism as the Practice of Education for Social Change
  • Diversity Instruction
  • Learning and Social Movements

Courses Typically Taught

  • EADU 6000 Special Problems: Gay and Lesbians Studies in Adult Education
  • EADU 8020 Social Context of Adult Education
  • EADU 8030 International Adult Education
  • EADU 8100 Public Policy and Adult Education
  • EADU 8140 Impact of Gender and Race on Learning in the Workplace
  • EADU 8610 Trends and Issues-Queer & Gender Theories in Adult Education

Selected Publications

Books

Hill, R. J., & Grace, A. P. (Eds.). (2009). Adult and Higher Education in Queer Contexts: Power, Politics, and Pedagogy. Discovery Association Publishing House. For more information, Click Here

Chapters

Hill, R. J. (2007). Breaking open our times (and other liberatory acts). In K. B. Armstrong, & L. W. Nabb (Eds.), American adult educators: Quintessential autobiographies by educators of the 21st Century (pp. 153-158). Chicago: Discovery Association.

Hill, R. J. (2006). Keepers of the gate or keepers of the dream: An Interview with Phyllis M. Cunningham. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 20(1), 43-55. [Available at http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons/ and http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons/journals/Vol20No1Winter2006.pdf ]

Hill, R. J. (2005). Interviewed by Italian Television Channel 3 at the 3rd Annual World Environmental Education Conference in Turin, Italy, October 4, 2005. View at : http://www.intermedia-to.it/vb/videob/dsl/17_robert-j.htm

Hill, R. J. (2005). Fixin’ to fuss in the Deep South: Organizing narratives for environmental justice in Dixie. In R. M. Cervero, B. C. Courtenay, J. Valente, & M. T. Hixson (Eds.), The Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education Program: Global Research Perspectives: Monograph, Volume V (pp. 48-63). Athens, GA: University of Georgia for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. [Available at http://www.coe.uga.edu/hsp/pdf/year5/hill.pdf]

Hill, R. J. (Accepted). Environmental adult education: Producing polychromatic spaces for a sustainable world. In S. B. Merriam, B. C. Courtenay, & R. M. Cervero (Eds.), Global issues and adult education: Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa, and the United States. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Grace, A. P. & Hill, R. J. (Accepted). Going global: Using a pedagogy of lifelong learning community to internationalize LGBTQ resilience and inclusion (Chapter 7). In André P. Grace & Shahrzad Mojab (Eds.), Lifelong learning in a global context: Convergence of theory and practice. Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (Anticipated date of publication, 2006)

Hill, R. J. (2005, Spring). POZ-itively transformational: Sex workers and HIV/AIDS education. In John P. Egan (Ed.), HIV/AIDS education for adults (Chapter 8, pp. 75-84). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 105. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hill, R. J. (2004, Summer). Activism as practice: Some Queer considerations. In R. St. Clair & J. A. Sandlin (Eds.), Promoting critical practice in adult education (Chapter 9, pp. 85-94). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 102. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hill, R. J. (2003, Fall). Environmental justice: Environmental adult education at the confluence of oppressions. In L. H. Hill & D. E. Clover (Eds.), Environmental adult education: Ecological learning theory, and practice for socioenvironmental change (Chapter 3, pp. 27-38). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 99. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hill, R. J. (2003, August). Inclusion of sexual minorities in the discussion on gender justice: The Gender Education Office (GEO) virtual seminar. In P. Alonso (Ed.), International Council for Adult Education, Gender and Education Office (GEO) virtual seminar, education for inclusion throughout life: Preparatory process towards CONFINTEA V + 6, paving the way to Bangkok (pp. 130-134). Norad, Norway: Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Guest Editor

book cover Hill, R.J. (2006). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Issues in Organizational Settings, 2006 (112).Click here for more information

Monographs

Hill, R. J. (In press). Fixin’ to fuss in the Deep South: Organizing narratives for environmental justice in Dixie. In R. M. Cervero, B. C. Courtenay, J. Valente, & M. T. Hixson (Eds.), The Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education Program: Global Research Perspectives: Monograph, Volume V.  Athens, GA: University of Georgia for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

Referred Journal Articles

Hill, R. J. (2005). AIDS, empire and the politics of giving. Convergence, 37(4), 59-73.

Grace, A. & Hill, R. J. (2004). Positioning Queer in adult education: Intervening in politics and praxis. Studies in the Education of Adults, 36(2), 167-189.     

Hill, R. J. (2004). Fugitive and codified knowledge: Implications for communities struggling to control the meaning of local environmental hazards. International Journal of Lifelong Learning, 23(3), 221-242.

Grace, A., Hill, R. J., Johnson, C., & Lewis, J. (2004, May/June). In other words: Queer voices/dissident subjectivities impelling social change. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 17(3), 301-324.

Hill, R. J. (2002). Pulling up grassroots: A study of the Right-wing “popular” adult environmental education movement in the USA. Studies in Continuing Education, 24(2), 181-203.

Hill, R. J. (2001). Contesting discrimination based on sexual orientation at the ICAE Sixth World Assembly: ‘Difference’ is a fundamental human right. Convergence, 34(2-3), 100-116.   

Hill, R. J. (1996). Learning to transgress: A sociohistorical conspectus of the American gay life world as a site of struggle and resistance. Studies in the Education of Adults, 28(2), 253?]279.

Hill, R. J. (1995). A critique of heterocentric discourse in adult education: A critical review. Adult Education Quarterly, 45(3), 142?]158.

Reviews

Hill, R. J. (2001, November). [Review of the book Transformative learning: Educational vision for the 21st century by Edmund O’Sullivan]. Adult Education Quarterly, 52(1), 81-82.

Hill, R. J. (2001, May). [Review of the book Changing places: Flexibility, lifelong learning and a learning society by Richard Edwards]. Studies in Continuing Education, 23(1), 125-130.

Special Report

Hill. R. J. (Report Chair), Childers, J., Childs, A. P., Cowie, G., Hatton, A., Lewis, J. B., McNair, N., Oswalt, S., Perez, R. M., & Valentine, T. (2002, April 17). In the shadows of the arch: Safety and acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and Queer students at the University of Georgia. Athens, GA: Printed by the Department of Adult Education. 1-22 pp.

Encyclopedia Entries

Hill, R. J. (In  press). 1963: Bayard Rustin organizes the March on Washington. In L. Faderman, H. R. Ramirez, Y. Retter,S. Timmons, &  E. C. Wat (Eds.), The gay lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history database.Pasadena, CA: Salem Press/Magill Books Library Reference Works.

Hill, R. J. (2005). Constructivism. In L. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adult education. London: Palgrave-Macmillan Press.

Hill, R. J. (2005). Difference. In L. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adult education. London: Palgrave-Macmillan Press.

Hill, R. J. (2001). [Multiple entries]. In B. W. Raiskums (Compiler). Principles and principals: A dictionary of contemporary adult education terms and their users. Anchorage, AK: PWR & Associates. [Entries: Black-feminist ideology (p. 8), Critical-feminist pedagogy (p. 20), Cultural-feminist ideology (p. 22), Cyber feminism (p. 23), Difference feminism (p. 25), Feminist ideology (p. 31), Gramsci’s war of position (p. 36), Lesbian-feminist ideology (52), Liberal-feminist ideology (p. 52), Marxist-feminist ideology (p. 57), Postmodern-feminist ideology (p. 59), Proto-feminist (p. 75), Radical-feminist ideology (p. 80), Sister-space (p. 82), Social-feminist ideology (p. 88), Third-wave feminism (p. 90), Trans-feminism (p. 94), Women by chance (p. 94), Women by choice (95), Women by force (p. 95), and Womyn-born-womyn (p. 95)].

Electronic Materials

Hill, R. J. (2005, February 11). Response to ‘Making Africa possible to host the World Social Forum 2007.’  Voices Rising, 3(121). Electronic publication of the International Gender and Education Office (GEO), International Council for Adult Education, Acevedo Diaz 1600 / 1002, 11200 Montevideo, Uruguay. Found on line at www.icae.org.uy

Hill, R. J. (2003, August 20). In Memoriam: Sergio Vieira de Mello (1948-2003). Amigo de la paz y los derechos humanos. La Red Va, 6 (276), (Boletín publicado en correo electrónico, en español y portugués por la REPEM [Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe, Montevideo – Uruguay]). Online.


Major Services

Vice President for North America, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) (2005 – Current)

Co-Editor of Adult Education Quarterly (2003–2006)

Consulting Editor, Adult Education Quarterly (2000–2003)

Member of the National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education (2002–current)

Member, Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) Publications Committee (2004-current)

Member of the Steering Committee of the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) (2001-2003)

Chair, Cunningham Social Justice Award Selection Committee; Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) (1997-2001)

Co-founder and Chair, Adult Education Research Conference, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Allies Caucus (1994 - current)

Faculty Advisor (2002-current) to the Adult Education Program’s Graduate Student Organization, UGALifelong Learning Association (UGALLA)

Editor of the Proceedings of the 46th Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), Athens, GA: University of Georgia. (with Dr. Richard Kiely)

Member of the College of EducationDean’s Council on Diversity (Appointed, 2001-current)

Affiliate Member of the Faculty, UGA Institute for Women’s Studies

Member of the Andrea Carson Coley Lecture Selection Committee, Institute for Women’s Studies. The Andrea Carson Coley Lecture brings to campus scholars involved in cutting-edge research in the field of lesbian and gay studies (2002 - current)

Member of the affiliate faculty, Qualitative Certificate Program, and Steering Committee member for the Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG), which hosts the Interdisciplinary Conference on Qualitative Studies (2005-2006).

Member of the President’s Select Committee, the Office of Institutional Diversity, Design Team, to chart the course of the University of Georgia’s multicultural initiative (May 2001-February 2002)

Member of the Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Employees and Supporters (GLOBES) (2001 - current)

Founding Member of the LGBTQ Safe Space Committee (2002)

 
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