Hilary Logan, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Education. Prior to her role as a faculty member, Logan was an elementary school teacher in rural Baldwin City, Kansas. She completed her master's and doctorate in curriculum and instruction at the University of Kansas and served as both a graduate research and teaching assistant.

After completing her doctorate, she worked as a project coordinator for the Kansas University Institute for Educational Research and Public Service in the areas of early childhood systems-building, accountability and evaluation, as well as community-based child abuse and neglect prevention. She currently researches and teaches in the areas of elementary social studies methods, children's literature, and language arts.

Her research has been featured in In Factis Pax: The Journal for Peace Education and Social Justice, the Association for Moral Education, the International Society for the Social Studies, the National Council for the Social Studies, the Academy for Educational Studies, the International Fatherhood Conference, Kansas Child Magazine, as well as the McMeel Faculty Institute for Service-Learning.

Dr. Logan is passionate about developing mission-driven classroom teachers who are committed to their students and create learning environments that foster academic excellence and educational innovation.