Educational Background

• PhD in Culture, Literacy, and Language, University of Texas at San Antonio
• MA in Bicultural\Bilingual Education with a concentration in ESL, University of Texas at San Antonio
• BA in Art History, University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Profession
Courses regularly taught
• English as a Second Language for Content Area Teachers
• Foundations of Secondary Education
• Introduction to Second Language Acquisition

Current Research Interests
• English Language Learners (ELLs) in mathematics
• ELLs in content area classes
• Latino bilinguals in middle schools

Selected Publications

• Hansen-Thomas, H. (in press). Successfully completing a dissertation in just over 2 years. In Bromley, K. (Ed.). A Handbook on Writing for Publication: Thoughts and advice for graduate students and new faculty members. Norwood, MA:Christopher Gordon Publishers.

•(accepted, April 2007). Hansen-Thomas, H. Reform-oriented mathematics in three sixth grade classes: How teachers 'draw in' ELLs to academic discourse. To appear in Journal of Language, Identity and Education.

•Hansen-Thomas, H. (2008). An investigation of innovative quotatives in adolescent Chicana English in Texas. Intercultural Pragmatics, 5:1, 19-39.

• Hansen-Thomas, H. (2008).The 'math initiative' in a 7th grade science class: How a daily routine results in academic participation by ELLs. In Willig, K. & K. Bruna. (Eds).Talking Science, Writing Science: The Work of Language in Multicultural Classrooms (pp. 377-413). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

•Hansen-Thomas, H. (2007). Language Ideology, Citizenship, and Identity: The Case of Modern Germany. The Journal of Language and Politics, 6:2, 251-266.

• Hansen-Thomas, H. (2006). Standards. In Diaz Soto, L. (Ed.).The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S. (pp. 418-422). Westport, CT:Greenwood Press.

• Bayley, R., Hansen-Thomas, H., & Langman, J. (2004). Language Brokering in a Middle School Science Class. In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the International Symposium on Bilingualism 4 (ISB4) 2003. Cascadilla Press.
• Hansen-Thomas, H. (2003). A Case Study of Reflective Journals in a University Level EFL Writing Course in Hungary. Forum: An English Teaching Journal, 41, 1, 22-28.
• Hansen-Thomas, H. (2003). Developing an Individualized ESP Course. Language teaching in the XXI Century: Global Challenges-Local needs. (Proceedings of the 2000 IATEFL Conference). 14-23. Minsk, Belarus.
• Hansen-Thomas, H. (2002). The Application Handbook: How to Pursue Graduate Studies in the United States. Budapest, Hungary: Fulbright Press.

 

Selected Recognitions
• Who's Who in American Women, 2007
• Who’s Who in America, 2006, 2007
• Outstanding Dissertation (2006), by the National Association of Bilingual Education
• American Educational Research Association/Institution of Education Sciences (AERA/IES) Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005
• Deborah Partridge Wolfe Doctoral Laureate Scholarship in Multicultural Education, Kappa Delta Pi, 2004
• Fulbright Fellow, Budapest, Hungary 2000-2001