Robert Hines, Assistant Professor of History
Palo Alto College, San Antonio, Texas

Behind me lies twenty-two years of teaching experience.  In addition to my nineteen years of work at Palo Alto College, I teach courses at Our Lady of the Lake University. Previously, I taught courses at the University of the Incarnate Word and the University of Texas  at San Antonio.

I completed my Bachelor's Degree in History in 1977. I taught High School History and Government classes in the Chicago and St. Louis areas for 3 years. In 1985 I finished my Masters Degree, whereupon I journeyed overseas to  Papua New Guinea, where I taught English and History for two years under the auspices of the United States Peace Corps. 

I then made my way to South Texas in 1989, gaining employment as an adjunct instructor of history at Palo Alto College, the then new campus of the Alamo Community College District in San Antonio, Texas.  I am now a tenured Instructor of History at Palo Alto, where I teach both halves of U.S. History, and World Civilization.  With my colleagues Peter Myers and Rex Field, I am the co-editor of Life in the American Past, a two volume collection of readings and documents in American History.  I am married to the former Kimberly Augustus.  We are the parents of two sons, Adam and Liam.