John Hansen

About

John Hansen is a writer whose prose and poetry have appeared in places including The Banyan Review, Drunk Monkeys, Wild Roof Journal, Litro Magazine, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), One Sentence Poems, PopMatters, The Drabble, The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies, The Pluralist, The Summerset Review, and others.

John teaches developmental writing, composition, and literature courses at Mohave Community College in Arizona. E-mail him at hansenjohnp[@]gmail.com.

Selected Publications

“Unknown Impacts – Be Kind.” Macmillan Learning Blog – Tiny Teaching Story, 2023.
“Six Tips to Prepare Students for College Writing Courses.” TCEA, 2022.
“May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month).” The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 2022.
“Best Practices for Teaching and Improving Success Rates in Developmental English Writing Courses.” Norton Learning Blog, 2022.
“Awkward” and “Hit and Run.” Potato Soup Journal, 2022.
“Aspen Grove.” The Banyan Review, no. 9, 2022.
“Conclave.” Drunk Monkeys, vol. 7, no. 3, 2022.
“Suffering and Assumptions about God.” Philosophical Investigations, 2022.
“For the American Robin.” Wild Roof Journal, no. 12, 2022.
“Yesterday.” The Pangolin Review, 2022 .
“Costly Solitude.” Amethyst Review, 2021.
“Home.” Ink Pantry, 2021.
“Fragments.” Litro Magazine, 2021.
“Living.” oddball magazine, 2021.
“Newton, KS to Ft. Madison, IA.” Schuylkill Valley Journal, 2021.
“Visiting Halabeoji in Busan.” Eunoia Review, 2021.
“My Korean Mother.” The Dillydoun Review, 2021.
“The Other Pandemic: Anti-Asian Sentiment.” The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 2021.
“Cake with My Two-Year-Old Daughter.” Sparks of Calliope, 2021.
“3 Hours at Cape Hatteras.” Spillwords Press, 2021.
“Here and Gone.” 50-Word Stories, 2021.
“Northern Sky.” Trouvaille Review, 2021.
“Saturday at the Casino.” Verse-Virtual, 2021.
“Steamboat Days.” Two Drops of Ink, 2021.
“How to Play a Good Game of Tennis.” Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, vol. 37, no. 1, 2020, pp. 101-105.
“Jefferson Street.” One Sentence Poems, 2020.
“Simultaneously.” The Drabble, 2020.
“Fishing.” Eve Poetry Magazine, 2020.
“Poetry.” Literary Yard, 2020.
“The Pleasures of Idle Thought?” Philosophical Investigations, 2017.
“Defying Stereotypes: To Assimilate or Not Assimilate?” Asian Avenue Magazine, vol. 12, no. 5, 2017, pp. 10-11.
“Shifting the Role of the Teacher.” “They’re All Writers”: Teaching Peer Tutoring in the Elementary Writing Center, edited by Jennifer Sanders and Rebecca Damron, Teachers College Press, 2016, pp. 136-137.
“Eyes of Insight.” The Tower Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, 2016.
“Subjective Idealism.” Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, vol. 4, no. 10, 2016, pp. 48-49.
“Eastern and Western Philosophy: Personal Identity.” Philosophical Investigations, 2016.
“Unintentional Plagiarism: Who Should Bear the Burden?” National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Innovation Abstracts (NISOD), vol. 37, no. 28, 2015.
“The Myth of Elvis Presley.” PopMatters, 2015.
“The Ambiguity and Existentialism of Human Sexuality in The Unbearable Lightness of Being.” Philosophy Pathways, no. 194, 2015.
“A Damaged Mentality.” Volga River Review, 2015, pp. 65-71.
“The New American Scholar.” The Pluralist, vol. 9, no. 1, 2014, pp. 97-103.
“The Other Side of the Wall.” Chiaroscuro, vol. 22, no. 1, 2013, pp. 10-14.
“The American Scholar: The New Man Thinking.” Philological Review, vol. 39, no. 2, 2013, pp. 23-46.
“Frederick Douglass’s Journey from Slave to Freeman: An Acquisition and Mastery of Language, Rhetoric, and Power via the Narrative.” The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2012, pp. 14-23.
“A Reader’s Journey into the Musicality of The Owl and the Nightingale.” Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 2011, pp. 157-170.
“Melody of You.” Gallery of Writing – The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 2011.
“Korean Soul Food.” The Summerset Review, 2007.
“The American Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) in the State of Iowa.” American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations, 2003.

Publication Contributions

Contribution. “Preserving the Freedom to Teach.” The Council Chronicle, vol. 32, no. 1, 2022.
Contributor. Three Line Poetry, no. 57, 2021.
Contributor. Li, Ai. “i heard it first.” the cherita, vol. 4, no. 3, 2020.
Contributor. Medium, Summer 2020 – present.
Contribution. Schilb, John, and John Clifford. Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers. 7th ed., Macmillan Learning, 2018.
Contribution. Yagelski, Robert P. Writing: Ten Core Concepts, 2nd ed., Cengage, 2016.

Conference Presentations

“Susceptible Minds: What Happens to Women When Patriarchy is Ignored in Todd Downing’s The Cat Screams?” American Comparative Literature Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 2023.
“Creating Experiences and Community: The Value of a Common Read.” 2023 Modern Language Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, January 2023.
“Of Education: Milton’s Reformed Educational System.” Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2022.
“Traditional Blood Libel Literature: Forgiveness or Violent Retribution for the Jewish Character?” Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2022.
“How to Make Zoom Meetings More Inclusive for Students.” National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Fall Virtual Conference, October 2021.
“Activist Literacy: A Pedagogical Approach to Civic Learning and Community Engagement.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (Regional) – Building Diverse Communities through Writing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, December 2020.
“Let’s Get Personal… With Online Learning.” Learning and Teaching with Technology Expo (LATTE), Mohave Community College, Kingman, Arizona, December 2018.
“Decolonization in Education.” American Comparative Literature Association, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, March 2018.
“Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Decolonizing Methodologies: The Significance of Research to Indigenous Intellectuals and their Communities in Potiki and Pears from the Willow Tree.” American Comparative Literature Association, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2016.
“Eighteenth-Century Familial Relationships in Robinson Crusoe: Crusoe’s Desire to Seek an Immediate Family.” The Midwest Conference on British Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, September 2015.
“Blood and Strife: Motives for Violence and Recrimination between Christians and Jews during the Western European Middle Ages.” American Comparative Literature Association, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, March 2012.
“Unintentional Plagiarism: Who Should Bear the Burden?” Oklahoma State University Humanities Graduate Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma, March 2012.
“Frederick Douglass’s Journey from Slave to Freeman: An Acquisition and Mastery of Language, Rhetoric, and Power via the Narrative.” Oklahoma State University Humanities Graduate Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma, March 2011.
“A Reader’s Journey into the Musicality of The Owl and the Nightingale.” Arkansas Philological Association, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 2010.
“The Dignity of Mr. Sober: An Inner Reflection of Idleness and Call for Repentance.” Oklahoma State University English Graduate Student Association Colloquium, April 2010.

Conferences/Webinars Attended

“The Grimms’ Fairy Tales.” AZ Humanities, Virtual Session, March 2023.
“ChatGPT and AI’s Effect on Community Colleges.” The League for Innovation in the Community College, Virtual Session, March 2023.
“A Modest Proposal for Eliminating Discussion Boards.” National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) 2021 International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, Virtual Session, April 2021.
Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2021, Virtual Sessions, March 2021.
Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2020, Virtual Sessions, November 2020.
“Medicine, Narrative, Pandemic, and Power.” Modern Language Association of America (MLA), Virtual Session, June 2020.
“Instructional Delivery and Academic Calendar Adjustments for the Fall and Beyond.” Complete College America, Virtual Session, June 2020.
Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2019, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 2019.
Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2018, Orlando, Florida, November 2018.
Annual English Articulation Task Force meeting, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2018.
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate 2018, Nashville, Tennessee, April 2018.
Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2017, Orlando, Florida, November 2017.
Annual English Articulation Task Force meeting, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, Arizona, October 2017.
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2017.
Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2016, Orlando, Florida, November 2016.
Complete College America – Game Changers Overview: Strategies that Promote Student Success, Rio Salado College, Tempe, Arizona, October 2016.
Annual English Articulation Task Force meeting, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona, October 2016.
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2016.
Annual English Articulation Task Force meeting, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, Arizona, October 2015.
21^st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2015.
12^th Annual Online Learning Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop, Denver, Colorado, July 2015.
8^th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium, Dallas, Texas, April 2015.
20^th Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, October 2014.
Teaching the Adult Learner: Face-to-Face and Online Teaching, Fayette, Iowa, July 2014.
11^th Annual Blended Learning Conference and Workshop, Denver, Colorado, July 2014.
7^th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium, Dallas, Texas, April 2014.
The Mid-America Medieval Association, Conception Seminary College, Conception, Missouri, February 2010.

Professional and Academic Service

Training, Open Educational Resources Fundamentals Rural Arizona Cohort, Open Textbooks for Rural Arizona (ISKME and OER Commons), March 2023
Representative, Communication Articulation Task Force, Mohave Community College, Fall 2022
Training, OER Commons Hub Training, The Open Textbooks for Rural Arizona Initiative, Fall 2022
Member, Institutional Effectiveness Network (IEN) – Pillar 1, Academic Program Review and Prioritization Process, Fall 2022 – present
Member, OER Workgroup Team, English Department, Mohave Community College, Fall 2022 – present
Member, English Faculty – English Interview Committee, Mohave Community College, Summer 2022
Journal manuscript reviewer, To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, Summer 2022 – present
Member, DEI Student Engagement Workgroup Team, Mohave Community College, Fall 2021 – present
Member, Experiential Learning Objective Research Team, Mohave Community College, Fall 2021 – present
Peer reviewer, Routledge / Taylor & Francis, Fall 2020 – present
Member, Dual Enrollment Advisory Committee, Mohave Community College, Spring 2020 – Spring 2021
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Mohave Community College, Fall 2019 – Summer 2020
Lead Faculty (Chair) – English Department, Mohave Community College, Fall 2019 – Fall 2021
Mentor, English Faculty, Mohave Community College, Fall 2018
Master course shell developer, ENG 101 – Composition I, Mohave Community College, Summer 2018 – Fall 2021
Peer reviewer, MERLOT, Summer 2018 – present
Member, Faculty Focus Group – Online Teaching and Student Success, Mohave Community College, Spring 2018
Member, Employee Advisory Committee Task Force, Mohave Community College, Spring 2018
Editor, Ovis, Mohave Community College, Spring 2017 – present
Member, AGEC Task Force, Mohave Community College, Fall 2016 – 2017
Curriculum Committee, Mohave Community College, Fall 2016 – present
Representative, English Articulation Task Force, Mohave Community College, Fall 2016 – Fall 2020
Journal manuscript reviewer, Journal of Black Studies, Fall 2015 – present
Liaison, CRUSHD Event, Mohave Community College, Spring 2015
Co-chair, Program Review, Department of English, Mohave Community College, Spring 2015 – Spring 2016
Awarded grant from Mohave Community College Foundation – WPA Consultant-Evaluator Service for Writing Programs – Amounts: $1,499; $4,000 from Office of Instruction, Spring/Fall 2015
Presenter, Faculty Professional Development – Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative, Mohave Community College, Fall 2014
Advisor, Phi Theta Kappa, Mohave Community College, Fall 2014 – present
Member, Faculty Council, Mohave Community College, Fall 2014 – present
Member, Academic Standards, Planning, and Resources Committee, Mohave Community College, Fall 2014 – 2016
Member, Assessment Committee, Mohave Community College, Spring 2014 – Fall 2015
Presentation Judge, The Henry Bellmon Office of Scholar Development and Recognition, Freshman Research Scholars Colloquium, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2012
Oklahoma State University GPSGA Representative – 2010-2011
Oklahoma State University English Graduate Student Association – 2009-2012

Memberships

The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
American Association of Community Colleges
Modern Language Association
American Comparative Literature Association
National Council of Teachers of English

Honors and Awards

Spillwords Press Publication of the Year – 2021
Spillwords Press Publication of the Month, Spring 2021
Winner for the 42^nd Annual Andy (Devine) Awards – Educator of the Year, Fall 2019
Winner for the Under 40 Awards by Kingman Daily Miner, Education, Fall 2018
Finalist for the 40^th Annual Andy (Devine) Awards – Educator of the Year, Fall 2017
Academic Keys Who’s Who in Community Colleges Higher Education – Mohave Community College, Fall 2015
English Graduate Student Association Breakout Award, Fall 2011
Oklahoma State University 25th Annual Honors Convocation, Fall 2010
University of Iowa Salvation Army Outstanding Effort Recognition, Fall 2005