Kathy Hansen
Title
Associate Director of Multimodal Communication Programming
Department
January Program
Information
- (207) 859-5168
- [email protected]
- Eustis 103
Address
5168 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853
Current Courses
| Title | Course Number(s) | Section(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching and Learning Essentials for Peer Learning Assistants | TL101 | A |
| The Art of Talking to People | TL141 | A |
Kathy came to Colby in 2022 to work in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) before also working with a team of colleagues to start the Program for Academic Success and Transformative Learning in 2023. In addition to contributing to CTL programming like Mid-Semester Course Analyses, the Learning Assistant Program, and Course (re)Design Institutes, she also provides in-class workshops for faculty in various aspects of multimodal communication, facilitates the annual Celebration of Teaching, oversees the continuing “Stalled” educational poster campaign, and directs the Schmaltz Family Effective Communication Initiative.
Prior to working at Colby, she taught scientific communication and literature for applied purposes at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. She began her academic career at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where she earned tenure in the English Department. She received her Ph.D. in English language and literature from the University of Southern California.
She has published work in educational development in Inside Higher Ed, Faculty Focus, Journal of Academic Ethics, and Configurations. She's published in the field of literary studies in Children’s Literature, Children’s Literature in Education, Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, and English Journal, among other outlets. Her academic interests include applied humanities pedagogies, active and inclusive learning methods, effective multimodal communication, young adult literature, narrative theory, and gender studies. Currently, she's working on a book project under contract with Cambridge University Press on using humanities approaches in science communication.
Kathy also loves to spend time with her husband Ed, play frisbee with her dog Gromit, and travel (especially to places with quirky museums). She’s lived in Connecticut, Kansas, Texas, California, and South Carolina as well as in Sweden. She holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Sweden and finds it hard to refuse an invitation for Swedish fika.