Michael R. Hill

MICHAEL R. HILL, born in 1944, earned Ph.D. degrees in geography (1982) and sociology (1989) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His former teaching posts include: Iowa State University, Albion College, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Indiana South Bend, Iowa Western Community College, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Notre Dame. As the founder and editor of Sociological Origins, he is interested in the history and...See more

MICHAEL R. HILL, born in 1944, earned Ph.D. degrees in geography (1982) and sociology (1989) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His former teaching posts include: Iowa State University, Albion College, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Indiana South Bend, Iowa Western Community College, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Notre Dame. As the founder and editor of Sociological Origins, he is interested in the history and development of the social science disciplines and the fine arts. He is the author/editor/co-editor of several scholarly books and numerous articles. Hill is a recognized authority on the works of Harriet Martineau and Charlotte Perkins Gilman as well as the history of sociology at the University of Nebraska. Michael is now Associate Director of the Jane Addams Research Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. Recently, he was for five years a docent in the Krasl Art Center and is himself occasionally an active artist. Hill twice won the American Sociological Association (ASA), Section on the History of Sociology (HOS), Distinguished Scholarly Book Award (2002 and 2005). In 2003, Hill was honored with the ASA/HOS Distinguished Scholarly Career Award. He belongs both to the American Sociological Association and the American Association of Geographers, and is a full member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. See less