Hines, Erik

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Erik M. Hines, Ph.D., is a Professor of Counseling in the Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Educational Sciences within the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Dr. Hines research agenda focuses on the postsecondary readiness and career development of Black men and boys across various contexts (P-12, community college, 4- year college/university) and critically examines how high impact programming shape their educational and career outcomes and experiences. Additionally, Dr. Hines studies the career exploration of educationally vulnerable students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). He has secured over $12.5 million dollars in research and program funding. Additionally, Dr. Hines has accumulated over 90 publications, including five edited books, Equity-Based Career Development and Postsecondary Transitions: An American Imperative, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, In Pursuit of Academics: Engaging Black Males in P-12 Schools, The American Dream 2.0: Recognizing the Academic Gifts and Talents of Black Students, and Counseling Black Men and Boys with Excellence: Exploring Career, Clinical, and School Contexts. His research has appeared in notable peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Counseling and Development, Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, Journal of Negro Education, Journal for Specialists in Group Work, Professional School Counseling, The Educational Psychologist, The High School Journal, Theory into Practice, Urban Education. Moreover, he has served or is serving as guest editor for several special issues in the following journals: Career Development Quarterly, Journal of College Access, Journal for Multicultural Counseling and Development, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Journal for Specialists in Group Work, Professional School Counseling, Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, and Urban Education. Dr. Hines was on the top 200 education scholars in the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings in Education Week. Last, Dr. Hines is a proud American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow, recipient of the 2025 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Counseling Vision and Innovation Award, an International Colloquium on Black Males in Education Warrior Awardee, and recipient of the Al Dye Research Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work.

College and career readiness

Academic and career outcomes of Black men and boys

Career exploration for educationally vulnerable students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 

Books

Hines, E.M., Steen, S, & Moore, J.L., III. (Eds). (2026). Counseling Black men and boys with excellence: Exploring career, clinical, and school contexts. Emerald Publishing.

Hines, E.M. (Ed). (2025). The American dream 2.0. Recognizing the academic gifts and talents. Kendall Hunt.

Hines, E.M. (Ed). (2024). In pursuit of academics: Engaging Black males in P-12 schools. Kendall Hunt.

Hines, E.M. & Fletcher, E.C. (Eds.). (2023). Black males in secondary and postsecondary education: Teaching, mentoring, advising and counseling. Emerald Publishing.

Hines, E.M. & Owen, L. (Eds.). (2022). Equity-based career development and postsecondary transitions: An American imperative. Information Age Publishing.

Refereed Articles

Hines, E.M., Vega, D., Harris, P. C., & Mayes, R. D., Moore, J.L. III. (2026). School counselors and school psychologists as collaborators for Black students pursuing career and technical education: An antiracist approach. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859261433919

Hines, E.M., Ford, D.Y., Middleton, T.J., Hicks, D., & Moore, J.L., III. (2026). Broaching as an equitable approach to counseling Black students in advanced academics. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.70015

Ford, D.Y., Hines, E.M., & Moore, J.L., III. (2026). Cultureblindness must end toreverse underrepresentation among Black and Hispanic students in gifted and talented education. Gifted Child Today, 49(1), 85-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175251381355

Middleton,T.J., Arjune, B., Parsons-Christian, E., Peebles, E, Hughes, D., Sumler, C., Dollarhide, C.T., Ford, D.Y., & Hines, E.M.  (2025).  Thriving against all odds: An examination of protective factors to support African Americans in counselor education. Journal of Black Psychology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984251394440

Hines, E.M., Ford, D.Y., Mayes, R.D, Middleton, T.J., Moore, J.L., III, & McGlone, D. (2025). Debunking myths: Preparing Black students who are accelerated learners for postsecondary opportunities. Journal of College Access, 10(3), 105-122.

Ford, D.Y. & Hines, E.M. (2025). An overview of instructional violence: Promoting culturally responsive instruction. Gifted Child Today, 48(3), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175251330327 

Hines, E.M., Mayes, R.D., Ford, D.Y., Middleton, T.J., Moore, J.L., III, & Emery, A. (2025). A culturally responsive, ecological approach to cultivating and engaging twice exceptional black males in gifted and talented and special education. Educational Psychologist. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2025.2473901 

Pinus, R., Kurtz, C., Rock, W., & Hines, E.M. (2025). Using anti-racist school counseling practices and multi-tiered systems of supports as alternatives to punitive disciplinary practices for Black males. Professional School Counseling, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X251318659

Ford, D.Y. & Hines, E.M. (2025). ‘We love STEM too’: Fostering STEM engagement among gifted and talented Black students using contemporary young STEM Black models. Gifted Child Today, 48(1), 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175241287877

• Counseling

• Career and Educational Counseling (EDCD - 610)
• Advanced Topics in Education (EDCD - 797)

• Group Processes and Analyses (EDCD 608)
• Counselor Professional Identity, Function, and Ethics (EDCD 612)
• Internship in School Counseling I (EDCD 794)