Barbara E. Hinton, Ed.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Vocational and Adult Education
320 Graduate Education Building
Phone: (479) 575-4878
FAX: (479) 575-8797
bhinton@uark.edu
Degrees:
Ed.D., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Adult Education, 1983
M.Ed., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Secondary Education, Reading /English, 1980
B.S., Auburn University, Secondary Education, Music/English, 1961
Teaching Areas:
Adult Education
Human Resource Development
Research Interests:
Program Planning
Evaluation
Professional Biography:
2006-Present Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Education and Health Profesions, University of Arkansas
1996-2006 Professor and Head of the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders, University of Arkansas
1991-1995 Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Vocational and Adult Education, University of Arkansas
1990-1991 Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Vocational and Adult Education, University of Arkansas
1984-1990 Instructor, Vocational Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1982-1984 Research Associate and Project Vocational Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Professional Organizations
Academy for Human Resource Development; American Career and Technical Education Association; Academy of Human Resource Development (past Board Member); University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education (Past President, current Board Member)
Personal Information:
Dr. Hinton is married to Jim Hinton, who is a University Professor of Chemistry, University of Arkansas. They have three sons, David, who works for an Australian personnel placement company; Bob, who is the e-learning manager for an international M.B.A. program at the University of Texas-Dallas; and Thomas, who is a radiology resident at UT-Southwestern, Dallas. Tommy’s wife, Emily, is an OB/GYN physician in Dallas. Dr. Hinton's family are all avid scuba divers, and she has been an underwater photographer for two years. Her photos can be seen on her webpage, behinton.com.
Publications/Presentations:
Nafukho, F., & Hinton, B. (2003). Determining the relationship between divers’ level of education, training, work conditions, and job performance in Kenya. Human Resource Development Quarterly, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, pp. 265-284.
Brooks, C., & Hinton, B. (2003). Women Helping Women. Convergence, Journal of the International Council for Adult Education (NIACE), Montreal, Canada. Volume XXXVI(2), pp.81-92.
Hinton, B., & Park, O. (2004, November). Workshop: Program Planning from the Asian Prospective, Asian HRD Conference, Seoul, Korea.
Nafukho, F.M., Hinton, B.E., & Huang, G.Y. (2005, February). The Professionalization Process of the Academy of Human Resource Development: Lessons from the Current Members for Improvement, AHRD International Conference, February 2005.