Hilliard, Asa G(rant), III

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HILLIARD, Asa G(rant), III

HILLIARD, Asa G(rant), III. American, b. 1933. Genres: Education, Race relations. Career: Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO, teacher, 1955-60; University of Denver, teaching fellow, 1960-63; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, professor and dean of education, 1963-83; Georgia State University, Atlanta, distinguished professor of education, 1980-. Automated Services Inc., director of research, 1970-72. Publications: An Exploratory Study of Relationships between Student Teachers' Personality, Ability, Lower Division Grades, and the Student Teachers' Evaluation of Pupils, 1963; Strengths: African American Children and Families, 1982; (with B.M. Caldwell) What Is Quality Child Care?, 1985; (ed. with L. Williams and N. Damali) The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World, 1987; The Maroon within Us: Selected Essays on African American Community Socialization, 1995. Address: Georgia State University, P.O. Box 243, Atlanta, GA 30303, U.S.A.

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