Corrine E.Hinton, Ph.D.

Dr. Corrine E. Hinton is Dean of Humanities, Arts, Communication and English at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois where she leads a faculty team of nearly 100 full-time, part-time, dual credit, and private applied faculty instructors across seven programs including studio arts, music performance, English, philosophy, World Languages, creative writing, and Communication. Hinton received her doctorate in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from Saint Louis University in 2012 and her M.A. in English with an emphasis in American Literature from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.

 

Prior to joining LLCC, Hinton was a tenured, associate professor of English at Texas A&M University – Texarkana where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in writing, the teaching of writing, feminist and multicultural pedagogies, teaching young adult literature, humanities, and visual rhetoric. She directed the East Texas Writing Project (ETWP), a National Writing Project site, and the Young Writers’ Workshop Program for area youth, K-12. In her teaching and ETWP work, Hinton engaged preservice and current K12 teachers (in and outside of English Language Arts) in effective practices in the teaching of writing, including writers’ workshop, writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines (content area literacy), and critical and multicultural literacies. She has published and presented nearly 100 workshops and scholarly presentations for a diversity of audiences, from K-12 educators to community advocates.

 

A veterans studies scholar, her primary research interest lies in explorations of student veteran identity and the transferability of
military writing practices to college and civilian workplace settings. Hinton is also an Alumni Fellow (Class of 2017) for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation which raises awareness of and advocacy for military caregivers. She is President of the Veterans Studies Association, an executive board member of SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society, and a peer reviewer with the Journal of Veterans Studies. 

 

An award-winning educator, Hinton develops higher education faculty in engaging approaches to support the first-year experience for diverse student populations (including Green Zone training on supporting success for student veterans and military families), integrating High-Impact Educational Practices, and supporting Experiential Learning opportunities.