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Ellen Hansen, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Geography |
I’m Ellen Hansen. I have a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Arizona in Tucson. I teach World Regional Geography as well as a variety of upper division courses, including Geography of Latin America, Geography of the Great Plains and of Kansas, Gender and Geography, Cultural Geography, Urban Geography, and Geography of International Development. I regularly offer upper division courses on the internet as well as in the classroom.
My current research concerns the impact of immigration on small towns in the Midwest, geography pedagogy, place and the construction of memory. I am also interested in gender issues in international development, especially in Latin America. I lived in Ecuador for over two years and worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Andes. If you are interested in the possibility of doing long-term volunteer work as a Peace Corps Volunteer, please talk to me. I have a variety of materials in my office and many stories I love to share about my work in animal husbandry with indigenous sheep farmers in the highlands of Ecuador.
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You can also check out the Peace Corps
website where you can see where Peace Corps sends volunteers,
download the application form, find out about upcoming recruiting
events in the areas, and lots more. I coordinate the required
core course for the Latin American Studies Minor, CW210, Introduction
to Latin American Studies. You can contact me for more information
about the program. You can reach me by telephone at |
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Last Updated October 24, 2008