High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Hillocks, Jr. (born June 15, 1934) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Education, with a joint appointment in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. His teaching career included the preparation of English teachers in the Master of Arts in Teaching program, and the mentoring of Ph.D. students in the doctoral program, at the University of Chicago. His primary research interests centered on the teaching of writing, literature, and language in middle and high school English classes, and on wide-scale writing assessment. When not teaching and writing, he is an accomplished bagpipe player, performing frequently for Chicago audiences and in international competitions.