Michael is an Assistant Project Scientist in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis on School Organization and Education Policy at the University of California, Davis. He holds a Master of Arts in Education from Chapman University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of San Francisco. With over nine years of experience in urban K-12 education and eight years of experience as an administrator and instructor in postsecondary education, he has taught in a range of educational settings and at multiple levels in both traditional and online formats. He has taught for UC Davis, CSU Long Beach, University of the Pacific, and American River College.
His research interests focus on program and policy evaluation in postsecondary education, military and veteran students, online and technology enabled instruction, and transfer pathways. For the past three years, he has collaborated with Rachel Baker (University of Pennsylvania) on an NSF-funded project seeking to better understand student perceptions, preferences, and utilization of a California statewide-policy allowing simultaneous enrollment across public poste secondary systems. Additionally, he is Co-I on an IES-funded project investigating the impact of professional development on faculty teaching practice in online classes.
He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, co-teaching professional development for Chinese STEM teachers at the Beijing Institute of Education, Chaoyang Branch, and conducted a program evaluation as a Save the Children University Partnership for Education Research (SUPER) Fellow in the Philippines.
Michael S. Hill 
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