Kamasi Hill, Ph.D. is a historian, theologian, art curator, filmmaker, and educator who has been teaching high school students for the past 29 years. He has taught a range of courses including AP European History, AP US History, Philosophy, Sociology, and AP African-American Studies. He was born and raised on the West side of Detroit by parents who were curators of the Black arts, both visual and musical. He attended Howard University and graduated with a degree in Film Production. He moved to Chicago in 2004 and attended Northwestern University and received his PhD in Religion and Historical Studies. He has been collecting from contemporary artists of African descent for the past 15 years and has amassed over 300 pieces of original African and African-American art. Dr. Hill has been teaching AP courses for the past 15 years and serves on the development committee and consultant for the AP African-American Studies course. He currently teaches AP African-American Studies and Philosophy at Evanston Township High School and is creating a series of non-fiction graphic novels to help reorient students to the power of literacy and imagination.​
DR. KAMASI HILL
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
AP African American Studies is an interdisciplinary course that examines the diversity of African American experiences through direct encounters with rich and varied sources. Students explore key topics that extend from early African kingdoms to the ongoing challenges and achievements of the contemporary moment.   
   
The goals for the week are:
  • To achieve an understanding of the AP African American Studies course framework and the required sources
  • To create a course pacing guide to incorporate the full scope of the course content as well as the Project
  • To design, share, and explore lesson plans, resources, strategies, and assessments that provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the content, skills, and materials in AP African American Studies
  • To understand the content and structure of the AP African American Studies exam and Project, and to develop appropriate strategies for maximizing student scores
  • To connect with a large network of people to support transition into teaching the course
  • To feel empowered to teach this groundbreaking course as it enters its first operational year and continue blazing the trail set in the two years of the pilot!