Education

2007 Purdue University, B.A.
2015 University of South Florida, M.Ed.
2024 University of South Florida, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

Foundations of Education
Secondary Teaching Methods
Human Development

Career Specialties

Secondary Education, Social Science
Secondary Education, English
Place-based Education 

Professional and Community Activities

Hillary M. Van Dyke is a Florida native. She was born in Miami and relocated to Indiana with her parents when she was in middle school.  After graduating from high school, she attended Purdue University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English education in 2007. After graduating, she taught middle school language arts. In 2012, She moved back to Florida and continued to teach 8^th grade language arts at Azalea Middle School (AMS). While at AMS, she obtained a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of South Florida- St Petersburg. After graduating, she worked as a district administrator at Pinellas County Schools.  During this work, she was inspired to pursue her doctoral degree at the University of South Florida. In May 2024, she graduated with her PhD in education. 

Publication:

Soublis, T, Van Dyke, H., & Figueroa, A. (2025). Disciplinary Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom: Using Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” to Inspire Critical Thinking. The Social Studies. 1-9. 10.1080/00377996.2025.2455201.

Anderson, M., Van Dyke, H., Dixon, T., Berson, I.R., & Berson, M.J. (2021). Reterritorializing the Elementary Social Studies Curriculum: A Self Study. In Samuels, A.J, & Samuels, G.L. (Eds.), Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Social Sciences. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing 

Honors and Awards

2025 Passing the Torch Award Winner. National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Tampa, FL.
2025 Best Documentary. Dunedin International Film Festival. Tampa, FL.