Professor, English and Department Chair, Black Studies
Maude Hines, Ph.D., specializes in American literature, particularly childhood studies, African American literature and the Gothic. In addition to teaching at Portland State, she is a founding member of PSU's Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC), where she leads the “Changing Narratives, Creating Action” research strand.
Hines is currently completing a book about racial trauma and the temporal dimensions of gothic childhood.