| Title: |
Professor Emerita
Director, Master of Education in Health Professions Education (MEHPE) |
| Dept: | Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning |
| Office: | JH 270 |
| Phone: | 216-523-7134 |
| Email: | C.HANSMAN@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. JH 270, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||||||||
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Ed.D., Adult and Community Education, Ball State University, 1995
M.S., Secondary Education, Indiana University, 1990 B.A., Music Education, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 1979 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Catherine Hansman, Ed.D., is Professor of Adult Learning and Development at Cleveland State University. She is beginning her 23rd year teaching at Cleveland State University and has over 30 years in teaching and administrative roles in higher education. She has served as the program coordinator of the Adult Learning and Development (ALD) program for more than 11 years, and she currently is director of the Master of Education in Health Professions Education (MEHPE). Dr. Hansman teaches graduate courses in adult education and qualitative research in the Master of Education in Adult Learning and Development (ALD) and the PhD in Urban Education programs (specialization in Adult, Continuing & Higher Education) at Cleveland State University.
Dr. Hansman has written and edited books, book chapters and articles in refereed journals concerning her research interests of learning in adulthood, higher education, mentoring, context-based/social learning theories, communities of practice, health professions education, policies related to adult learners, qualitative research, history of adult education, and diversity and inclusion. She coedited the Adult Education Quarterly from 2014 to 2019. She was awarded the Cyril O. Houle Emerging Scholar in Adult and Continuing Education Scholarship and was bestowed a Distinguished Faculty Award for Research by Cleveland State University. In 2016, Dr. Hansman was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. Dr. Hansman is Past President of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), and she also chaired the Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) and served on its executive committee for six years. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Inducted into the International Adult Education Hall of Fame, November 2016
Commission of Professors of Adult Education Innovative Curriculum Award to the Cleveland State University for the Master of Education in Health Professions Education (MEHPE)Program; November 2017 (Program director 2012 to present) Cyril O. Houle Emerging Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education Scholarship (Kellogg Foundation supported grant through the University of Georgia) . Award amount: $40,000.00. A program for emerging scholars in Adult Education in Southern Africa, Latin America, and the USA. These research scholars represented the best 50 scholars in the field of adult education from the US, South Africa and Latin America. Title of project: Power and Learning in Mentoring Relationships. Grant awarded April 2000. (Timeline: April 2000 - April, 2002). Distinguished Faculty Award for Research by Cleveland State University, Fall 2005 Commission of Professors of Adult Education Innovative Curriculum Award to the Cleveland State University Adult Learning and Development (ALD) Program in November 2007 (ALD Program Coordinator 1998-2007; 2010-2011). | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Learning in adulthood
Higher education (adult learners) Mentoring relationships and programs Context-based learning/social learning Communities of practice Health professions education Policies related to adult learners Qualitative research History of adult education Diversity and Inclusion in adult/higher education | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| adult learning and development
health professions education qualitative research program planning Formats: Face-to-Face Blackboard online classes Remote classes via Zoom | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| Professional Affiliations:
President, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009-2010 President-Elect and Conference Chair, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008-2009 Chair, Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE), 2003-2006 Member, American Association for Adult & Continuing Education (AAACE) Houle book award selection committee, 2006, 2007 Chair, CPAE Awards Committee, 2008-2016 Members, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Conference Site Selection Committee, 2007-2008 Board Member, American Association for Adult & Continuing Education, 2004-2006; 2008-2011 Member, Ad Hoc Committee for standards for Adult Education Graduate Degree Programs, Commission of Professors of Adult Education, American Association for Adult & Continuing Education, 1998-2008; 2014 to present | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Editorial Boards
Advisory Editorial Board, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2018-present Editorial Board, Adult Learning, Knowledge, and Innovation, 2016- present Consulting Editor, Adult Education Quarterly, 2000 ¿ 2014; 2019-present International Editorial Review Board member, Adult Vocational Education & Technology, 2013-present Editorial Board member, Journal of Transformative Education, 2009 -2015 Editorial Board member, Adult Learning, 2011- present Consulting and Program Reviews Invited Program Reviewer: , Master of Health Professions Education in the Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA, March 2020 Invited Grant Reviewer: Discovery and Innovation Grant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, November 2019 | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Cleveland State University Committees/Service
Chair, Path to 2020 Project Committee for Adult, Continuing, and Online Education: Reports on Continuing Education, Prior Learning Assessment, and eLearning. Chair, ALD Search Committee, Fall 2016 Program Director, Master of Education in Health Professions Education, 2012-present Member, Faculty Senate, 2008-2011, 2014-present Member, Doctoral Studies Committee, 1998-2003; 2013-present Member, CSU Electronic Learning Committee, 2014-2018 Member, Ad Hoc CSU IMS Selection Committee, Spring 2015-Spring 2017 Member, Blackboard Best Practices Users Group, Spring 2017 - 2020 Member, CSU Graduate Council, 2004-2008; 2015-Fall 2019 Chair, CEHS Dean¿s Diversity Council, 2013- present (Chair, 2013-2015) Member, CEHS Website Review Committee, 2011-2013 Chair, University Promotion Review committee, 2008-2010; Member 2006-2011 Member, Distinguished Faculty Selection Committee, 2006, 2008 Member, Search Committee, Adult Learning & Development, 1999- 2000, 2003-2004, 2005-2006; 2007-2008; 2013-2014; (Chaired ALD search committee 1999-2000, 2005-2006, 2015-2016) Member, University Curriculum Committee, 2002-2004 Member, University Graduate Faculty Review Committee, 2003-2005 Chair, Faculty Affairs Council, 1999 ¿ 2002; member, Faculty Affairs Council 2002-2003 | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Invited Book Reviewer: Pre-publication books/proposals. Stylus Books; San Francisco, CA. 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Researcher, Division of Education, Queens College, City University of New York, 2011 to 2014 Invited Book Reviewer: Pre-publication books: John Wiley & Son, Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, CA., 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 Invited Book Reviewer: Pre-publication books. Sage Books; Thousand Oaks, CA. 2012. Invited member, EdD in Community College Leadership Advisory Board, Ball State University, Fall 2011 Invited consultant, Deloitte Adult Learning Programme publication, London, UK, Fall 2011 Invited Program Reviewer and Member of the Review Team, Master of Adult Education Program in the School of Education, East Carolina State University, Greeneville, NC; November, 2001. Invited Keynote Speaker, Papers, Presentations, Panel Member, and Discussant Hansman, C. (August 2013) Invited Keynote Speaker.: Inaugural Adult & Community Education Research Conference. Topic: Power & Practice of Mentoring Relationships. Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Hansman, C. (2011, 2013, 2018). Invited speaker, Developing your research agenda. Cleveland State University Doctoral Students Organization, Cleveland Ohio. Hansman, C. (2010, September) Invited Panel Member, The Working Learner: Solutions Serving the Next Generation of Students. Washington DC: National Press Club Hansman, C. (2010, October) Invited Panel Member for symposium: Moving forward with the National Agenda. The annual conference of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Albuquerque, NM. Workshop: Teaching Adult Learners. Cleveland Psychoanalytical Society, Cleveland, Oh, Nov. 2004 | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Awarded Grants
Cyril O. Houle Emerging Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education Scholarship (Kellogg Grant) . Award amount: $40,000.00 (Kellogg Foundation grant through the University of Georgia) A program for emerging scholars in Adult Education in Southern Africa, Latin America, and the USA. Title of project: Power and Learning in Mentoring Relationships. Grant awarded April 2000 to April, 2002). | ||