Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III
Dr. Hilliard is the Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Urban Education at Georgia State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and the Department of Educational Psychology/Special Education. A teacher, psychologist, and historian, he began his career in the Denver Public Schools, teaching psychology, mathematics and American History. He earned a B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in Counseling, and Ed.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Denver, where he also taught in the College of Education, and in the College of Arts and Sciences in the Honors Program in philosophy. Dr. Hilliard served on the faculty at San Francisco State University for 18 years. During that time he was a Department Chair for 2 years, Dean of Education for 8 years, and was consultant to the Peace Corps and Superintendent of Schools in Monrovia, and school psychologist, during his six years in Liberia, West Africa.
He has helped to develop several national assessment systems, such as proficiency assessment of professional educators, and developmental assessments of young children and infants. He is a Board Certified Forensic Examiner and Diplomate of both the American Board of Forensic Examiners and the American Board of Forensic Medicine. He served as expert witness in several landmark federal cases on test validity and bias, including Larry P v. Wilson Riles in California, Mattie T. v. Holliday in Mississippi, Deborah P. V. Turlington in Florida, and also in two Supreme Court cases, Ayers v. Fordice in Mississippi, and Marino v. Ortiz in New York City.
Dr. Hilliard is a founding member and First Vice President of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations. He has conducted Ancient African History study tours to Egypt for 15 years, is the co-developer of an educational television series on Ancient Kemetic (Egyptian history). He has produced videotapes and educational materials on African history through his production company, Waset Educational Productions. He is Co-Founder, with his daughter, Nefertari Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, of Makare Publishing.
Dr. Hilliard has written more than three hundred research reports, articles and books on testing, Ancient African History, teaching strategies, African culture, and child growth and development. He served with Dr. Barbara Sizemore as Chief Consultant on the Every Child Can Succeed television series, produced by the Agency for Instructional Technology.
Dr. Hilliard has consulted with many of the leading school districts, publishers, public advocacy organizations, universities, government agencies and private corporations on valid assessment, African content in curriculum, teacher training, and public policy. Several of his programs in curriculum, assessment, and valid teaching have become national models. He has worked on projects with the National Academy of Sciences, and has spoken at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Geographic Society. He has been visiting
professor at several Universities, including Oakland University, Stanford University, University of New Mexico, and Harvard University.
Dr. Hilliard has served on such boards as the Agency for Instructional Technology, Zero to Three, The Public Education Fund Network, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, The Far West Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, and The Center for Applied Linguistics.
His most recent books are, The Maroon Within Us: Selected Essays on African American Community Socialization, Baltimore: Black Classics Press, SBA: The Reawakening of the African Mind Gainesville, Florida: Makare Publishing, and African Power Gainesville, Florida: Makare Publishing, he is co-author with Dr. Theresa Perry and Dr. Claude Steele of Young Gifted and Black, Beacon Press.
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