diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 39afa6b9..9e9c2b76 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ export {
   subscribe,
   unsubscribe,
   useAppEvent,
+  useAuthenticatedUser,
+  useConfig,
   useIntl
 } from './runtime';
 
diff --git a/runtime/index.ts b/runtime/index.ts
index e26ce7f9..cc80d80b 100644
--- a/runtime/index.ts
+++ b/runtime/index.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ export {
   ErrorPage,
   LoginRedirect,
   PageWrap,
-  useAppEvent
+  useAppEvent,
+  useAuthenticatedUser,
+  useConfig
 } from './react';
 
 export {
diff --git a/runtime/react/AuthenticatedPageRoute.jsx b/runtime/react/AuthenticatedPageRoute.jsx
index 99ebc721..2e5afec2 100644
--- a/runtime/react/AuthenticatedPageRoute.jsx
+++ b/runtime/react/AuthenticatedPageRoute.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { useContext } from 'react';
 
 import { getLoginRedirectUrl } from '../auth';
-import AppContext from './AppContext';
 import PageWrap from './PageWrap';
+import { useAuthenticatedUser } from './hooks';
 
 /**
  * A react-router route that redirects to the login page when the route becomes active and the user
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ import PageWrap from './PageWrap';
  * viewing the route's contents.
  */
 export default function AuthenticatedPageRoute({ redirectUrl, children }) {
-  const { authenticatedUser } = useContext(AppContext);
+  const authenticatedUser = useAuthenticatedUser();
   if (authenticatedUser === null) {
     const destination = redirectUrl || getLoginRedirectUrl(global.location.href);
     global.location.assign(destination);
diff --git a/runtime/react/hooks.js b/runtime/react/hooks.js
index a3b10cb9..74aca9e8 100644
--- a/runtime/react/hooks.js
+++ b/runtime/react/hooks.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/prefer-default-export */
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { sendTrackEvent } from '../analytics';
+import AppContext from './AppContext';
 
 /**
  * A React hook that allows functional components to subscribe to application events.  This should
@@ -47,3 +48,13 @@ export const useTrackColorSchemeChoice = () => {
     };
   }, []);
 };
+
+export function useAuthenticatedUser() {
+  const { authenticatedUser } = useContext(AppContext);
+  return authenticatedUser;
+}
+
+export function useConfig() {
+  const { config } = useContext(AppContext);
+  return config;
+}
diff --git a/runtime/react/hooks.test.jsx b/runtime/react/hooks.test.jsx
index 8cae0ab3..b42359e4 100644
--- a/runtime/react/hooks.test.jsx
+++ b/runtime/react/hooks.test.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
-import { useTrackColorSchemeChoice } from './hooks';
+import { EnvironmentTypes } from '../../types';
 import { sendTrackEvent } from '../analytics';
+import { setAuthenticatedUser } from '../auth';
+import { initializeMockApp } from '../testing';
+import AppProvider from './AppProvider';
+import { useAuthenticatedUser, useConfig, useTrackColorSchemeChoice } from './hooks';
 
 jest.mock('../analytics');
 
@@ -52,3 +56,46 @@ describe('useTrackColorSchemeChoice hook', () => {
     expect(mockAddEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('change', expect.any(Function));
   });
 });
+
+describe('useAuthenticatedUser', () => {
+  it('returns null when the user is anonymous', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useAuthenticatedUser());
+    expect(result.current).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  describe('with a user', () => {
+    const user = {
+      administrator: true,
+      email: 'admin@example.com',
+      name: 'Admin',
+      roles: ['admin'],
+      userId: 1,
+      username: 'admin-user',
+      avatar: 'http://localhost/admin.png',
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      initializeMockApp({
+        authenticatedUser: user,
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      setAuthenticatedUser(null);
+    });
+
+    it('returns a User when the user exists', () => {
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useAuthenticatedUser(), { wrapper: AppProvider });
+      expect(result.current).toBe(user);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('useConfig', () => {
+  it('returns the site config', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useConfig());
+    expect(result.current).toHaveProperty('apps', []);
+    expect(result.current).toHaveProperty('ENVIRONMENT', EnvironmentTypes.TEST);
+    expect(result.current).toHaveProperty('BASE_URL', 'http://localhost:8080');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/runtime/react/index.js b/runtime/react/index.js
index 52f7d7c5..045dcdd0 100644
--- a/runtime/react/index.js
+++ b/runtime/react/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ export { default as AppProvider } from './AppProvider';
 export { default as AuthenticatedPageRoute } from './AuthenticatedPageRoute';
 export { default as ErrorBoundary } from './ErrorBoundary';
 export { default as ErrorPage } from './ErrorPage';
-export { useAppEvent } from './hooks';
+export { useAppEvent, useAuthenticatedUser, useConfig } from './hooks';
 export { default as LoginRedirect } from './LoginRedirect';
 export { default as PageWrap } from './PageWrap';
diff --git a/shell/header/learning-header/LearningHeader.tsx b/shell/header/learning-header/LearningHeader.tsx
index 371177c4..8a959f4a 100644
--- a/shell/header/learning-header/LearningHeader.tsx
+++ b/shell/header/learning-header/LearningHeader.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { useContext } from 'react';
 import {
-  AppContext,
   getConfig,
+  useAuthenticatedUser,
   useIntl
 } from '../../../runtime';
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export default function LearningHeader({
   courseOrg, courseNumber, courseTitle, showUserDropdown = true,
 }: LearningHeaderProps) {
   const intl = useIntl();
-  const { authenticatedUser } = useContext(AppContext);
+  const authenticatedUser = useAuthenticatedUser();
 
   return (
     <header className="learning-header">
@@ -38,12 +37,12 @@ export default function LearningHeader({
           <span className="d-block m-0 font-weight-bold course-title">{courseTitle}</span>
         </div>
         {showUserDropdown && authenticatedUser && (
-        <AuthenticatedUserDropdown
-          username={authenticatedUser.username}
-        />
+          <AuthenticatedUserDropdown
+            username={authenticatedUser.username}
+          />
         )}
         {showUserDropdown && !authenticatedUser && (
-        <AnonymousUserMenu />
+          <AnonymousUserMenu />
         )}
       </div>
     </header>
diff --git a/shell/header/studio-header/StudioHeader.tsx b/shell/header/studio-header/StudioHeader.tsx
index 6e29eebc..30c4b930 100644
--- a/shell/header/studio-header/StudioHeader.tsx
+++ b/shell/header/studio-header/StudioHeader.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { useContext } from 'react';
 import Responsive from 'react-responsive';
-import { AppContext } from '../../../runtime';
+import { useAuthenticatedUser, useConfig } from '../../../runtime';
 
 import HeaderBody from './HeaderBody';
 import MobileHeader from './MobileHeader';
@@ -31,7 +30,8 @@ export default function StudioHeader({
   outlineLink,
   searchButtonAction,
 }: StudioHeaderProps) {
-  const { authenticatedUser, config } = useContext(AppContext);
+  const authenticatedUser = useAuthenticatedUser();
+  const config = useConfig();
   const props = {
     logo: config.LOGO_URL,
     logoAltText: `Studio ${config.SITE_NAME}`,
diff --git a/test-project/src/authenticated-page/AuthenticatedPage.tsx b/test-project/src/authenticated-page/AuthenticatedPage.tsx
index 1f9cb61c..cfb45aea 100644
--- a/test-project/src/authenticated-page/AuthenticatedPage.tsx
+++ b/test-project/src/authenticated-page/AuthenticatedPage.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { useContext } from 'react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import { AppContext } from '@openedx/frontend-base';
+import { useAuthenticatedUser, useConfig } from '@openedx/frontend-base';
 
 export default function AuthenticatedPage() {
-  const { authenticatedUser, config } = useContext<AppContext>(AppContext);
+  const authenticatedUser = useAuthenticatedUser();
+  const config = useConfig();
 
   return (
     <main className="p-3">
diff --git a/test-project/src/example-page/ExamplePage.tsx b/test-project/src/example-page/ExamplePage.tsx
index 37649e39..1d1f49bb 100644
--- a/test-project/src/example-page/ExamplePage.tsx
+++ b/test-project/src/example-page/ExamplePage.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import {
-  AppContext,
   getAuthenticatedUser,
   getConfig,
   logInfo,
   mergeConfig,
+  useAuthenticatedUser,
+  useConfig,
   useIntl
 } from '@openedx/frontend-base';
 import { Container } from '@openedx/paragon';
-import { useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
-
 import messages from '../messages';
 import Image from './Image';
 import ParagonPreview from './ParagonPreview';
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ mergeConfig({
 });
 
 export default function ExamplePage() {
-  const context = useContext<AppContext>(AppContext);
+  const config = useConfig();
+  const authenticatedUser = useAuthenticatedUser();
 
   const intl = useIntl();
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export default function ExamplePage() {
 
   return (
     <Container>
-      <h1>{context.config.SITE_NAME} test page</h1>
+      <h1>{config.SITE_NAME} test page</h1>
 
       <h2>Links</h2>
       <p>Visit <Link to="/authenticated">authenticated page</Link>.</p>
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ export default function ExamplePage() {
       <p>Visit <Link to="/error">error page</Link>.</p>
 
       <h2>Context Config Test</h2>
-      <p>Is context.config equal to getConfig()? {printTestResult(context.config === getConfig())}</p>
-      <p>Is context.authenticatedUser equal to getAuthenticatedUser()? {printTestResult(context.authenticatedUser === getAuthenticatedUser())}</p>
+      <p>Is context.config equal to getConfig()? {printTestResult(config === getConfig())}</p>
+      <p>Is context.authenticatedUser equal to getAuthenticatedUser()? {printTestResult(authenticatedUser === getAuthenticatedUser())}</p>
 
       <h2>SCSS parsing tests</h2>
       <p><span className="red-text">"The Apples"</span> should be red (<code>color: red;</code> via <code>.red-text</code> CSS class in SCSS stylesheet)</p>
@@ -65,17 +66,17 @@ export default function ExamplePage() {
       <p>{intl.formatMessage(messages['test-project.message'])}</p>
 
       <h2>Authenticated User Test</h2>
-      {context.authenticatedUser !== null ? (
+      {authenticatedUser !== null ? (
         <div>
-          <p>Authenticated Username: <strong>{context.authenticatedUser.username}</strong></p>
+          <p>Authenticated Username: <strong>{authenticatedUser.username}</strong></p>
           <p>
             Authenticated user&apos;s name:
-            <strong>{context.authenticatedUser.username}</strong>
+            <strong>{authenticatedUser.username}</strong>
             (Only available if user account has been fetched)
           </p>
         </div>
       ) : (
-        <p>Unauthenticated {printTestResult(context.authenticatedUser === null)}</p>
+        <p>Unauthenticated {printTestResult(authenticatedUser === null)}</p>
       )}
 
       <h2>Config tests</h2>