Kristine Hansen

Kristine Hansen is Emeritus Professor of English, having retired from Brigham Young University in 2017. She holds a BA in English and an MA in TESOL, both from BYU. Her PhD in rhetoric and composition is from the University of Texas at Austin. After joining the BYU faculty in 1987, she taught undergraduate courses in advanced writing, rhetorical style, and the role of rhetoric in the history of civilization, as well as graduate courses on rhetorical theory and research methods. The author of numerous articles and chapters, she coedited a 2012 book (with Christine Farris), College Credit for Writing in High School: The “Taking Care of” Business that won the Best Book Award from the Council of Writing Program Administrators. Her successful textbook, A7nbsp;Rhetoric for the Social Sciences, was first published in 1995 and went through three editions. From 1998 to 2001, she held the Karl G. Maeser Professorship in General Education. In 2005, she was honored with the Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award.