Jill Silos-Rooney is an education and civil rights blogger. She is an assistant professor of history and the coordinator of the honors program at MassBay Community College in Wellesley Hills, MA. Her research and teaching interests focus on the history of civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. She is also an accomplished higher education analyst and journalist. She received her PhD in History from the University of New Hampshire, her MA in history from the University of Colorado, and her BA from the University of Connecticut.