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Ph.D. in English Education, The Ohio State University, (2003)

M.A. in English and African American Literature, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, (1996)

B.S. in English Education, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, (1995)

Expertise

Research Interests

Young adult literature,Educational biography

Articles

Hinton, K. (2022). Jason Reynolds's Stamped: A Young Adult Adaptation for All Ages. College Literature 49 (3) , pp. 500-523.

Lunsmann, C., Beck, J., Hinton, K. and Perry, B. (2021). Middle level teacher recruitment: Challenging deficit narratives . Middle School Journal 52 (5) , pp. 14-24.

Suh, Y. and Hinton, K. (2021). Navigating disciplinary boundaries: Two stories of collaborative teaching in English and social studies. Action in Teacher Education 43 (3) , pp. 321-338.

Clark, Cueto, D., Hinton, K., Hughes, L. and Toliver, S. (2021). The Future is Black: A Collaborative Conversation. The ALAN Review 48 (2) , pp. 121-128.

Perry, B., Beck, J. and Hinton, K. (2021). “A brave group of people”: Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Teaching in Middle School. Current Issues in Middle Level Education 26 (1) , pp. 1-16.

Perry, B., Beck, J. and Hinton, K. (2021). “A brave group of people”: Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Teaching in Middle School. . Current Issues in Middle Level Education 26 (1) , pp. 1-16.

Hinton, K. and Suh, Y. (2019). Foregrounding collaboration in disciplinary literacy: Implications from JAAL, 2008–2017. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 63 (3) , pp. 279-287.

Hinton, K. (2018). Down Home : Going South in Rita Williams-Garcia's Novels. Children's Literature Association Quarterly 43 (3) , pp. 307-324.

Hinton, K. and Branyon, A. P. (2017). "Your Hair Ain't Naughty:" Representations of Women in Rita Williams-Garcia's Novels. Lion and the Unicorn 43 (3) , pp. 327-343.

Hinton, K. and Carnesi, S. (2017). On the Street: A “Radical Change” in Urban Fiction Featuring Youth. The Dragon Lode 35 (2) , pp. 79-88.

Hinton, K., Suh, Y., O'Hearn, M. R. and Colon-Brown, L. (2016). Fostering Habits of Mind: A Framework for Reading Historical Nonfiction Illustrated by the Case of Hitler Youth. Voices from the Middle 23 (3) , pp. 38-44.

Hinton, K. and Branyon, A. P. (2016). Love Is True-Blue: Grandmothering in Rita Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer and P.S. Be Eleven. Middle School Journal 47 (4) , pp. 15-22.

Suh, Y. and Hinton, K. (2015). Mirroring Ourselves: Teacher Educators of Color Reading Multicultural Texts. Issues in Teacher Education 24 (2) , pp. 23-42.

Hinton, K., Suh, Y., Colón-Brown, L. and O'Hearn, M. (2014). Historical Fiction in English and Social Studies Classrooms: Is It a Natural Marriage? . English Journal 103 (3) , pp. 22-27.

Rodríguez, R. and Hinton, K. (2014). Guadalupe García McCall: A Storyteller of Cultures and Odysseys. SIGNAL Journal 37 (5) , pp. 17-21.

Hinton, K. (2014). Shannon Hitchcock: A New Voice in Historical Fiction. The ALAN Review 42 (2) , pp. 62-65.

Suh, Y., Hinton, K., Marken, J. and Lee, L. G. (2011). Are We Comfortable Teaching This?: Using Banned Books as a Vehicle for Teaching about World War II-Era Japan and Korea. Multicultural Education 19 (1) , pp. 24-30.

(2009). Creating Copper Sun. The Journal of Children's Literature 35 (1) , pp. 60-63.

Hinton, K. (2005). Subverting beauty aesthetics in African American young adult literature. Multicultural Review 14 (2) , pp. 28–35.

Hinton, K. (2004). Jacqueline Woodson: Keeping it Real about Social Issues. Journal of Children’s Literature 30 (1) , pp. 26-30.

Hinton, K. and Berry, T. (2004). Literacy, Literature, and Diversity. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 48 (4) , pp. 284-288.

Hinton, K. (2004). “Sturdy Black Bridges”: Discussing Race, Class, and Gender. English Journal 94 , pp. 60-64.

Books

McKinney, S. E. and Hinton (Johnson), K. (2010). Mathematics in the K-8 Classroom and Library. Linworth.

Hinton, K. (2009). Sharon Draper: Embracing Literacy. Scarecrow.

Taylor, G. S., Hinton, K. and Moore, L. (2008). Teaching Multicultural Literature to Help Children Understand Ethnic Diversity: Essays and Experiences. Edwin Mellen .

Hinton, K. (2006). Angela Johnson: Poetic Prose. Scarecrow.

Book Chapters

Hinton, K. (2020). “Do You See a [Hu]man Sitting Here?”: Signifying in Monster. Critical Explorations of Young Adult Literature: Identifying and Critiquing the Canon (pp. pp. 51-66) Routledge.

Hinton, K. (2019). Foreword On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature (pp. vii-ix) Chesapeake: Rowman & Littlefield.

Hinton, K. and Rodríguez, R. (2014). “I was carrying the burden of my race.”: Reading Matters of Race and Hope in YA Literature by Walter Dean Myers and Sherman Alexie Coming of Age: The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature (pp. 92-114) Norfolk: Routledge.

Hinton (Johnson), K. (2011). Talking Back to the Bluest Eye.In Joseph Milner and Carol Pope (Ed.), Engaging American Novels. (pp. 205-206) Chicago,IL: NCTE.

Presentations

Hinton, K. (June 23, 2017). Going South in Rita Williams-Garcia’s Novels Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Tampa, Florida.

Hinton (Johnson), K. (April , 2017). “‘Their generation has a voice that can effect change.’: A Biographical Vignette of a Middle School Language Arts Teacher." AERA San Antonio, TX.

Hinton, K. (April , 2016). “A Sign of Having Been Here”: Children’s Authors Views on Using Their Texts as Pedagogical Tools AERA Washington, DC.

Hinton, K. and Carnesi, S. (October , 2015). Can We Talk about Urban Street Fiction for Youth? Oral Presentation VATE Richmond,Virginia.

Hinton (Johnson), K. (March , 2014). Writing across the Disciplines Oral Presentation 35th Annual Spring Conference on the Teaching of Writing ������ϲ�����, Norfolk, VA.

• 2010: Ohioana Library Association Award, Ohioana Library Association