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Catherine A. Hansman

Catherine Hansman , Ed.D., is Professor Emeritus of Adult Learning and Development at Cleveland State University and has over 30 years in teaching and administrative roles in higher education institutions. She served as the program coordinator of the graduate Adult Learning and Development (ALD) program, and she was also the director of the Master of Education in Health Professions Education (MEHPE), a partner program with the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Hansman has written and edited numerous books, book chapters, and articles in refereed journals concerning her research interests in adult and higher education, mentoring, health professions education, context-based learning, communities of practice, qualitative research, history of adult education, and issues of diversity. Her most recent edited books, The Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Ongoing Crises: Reflections, Innovations, and Adaptations (2022) and Mentoring, Learning, and Leadership in Adult and Continuing Education (2020) focus on supporting and mentoring adult learners in higher education contexts. She was a co-editor of 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 conferred 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. She is a 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.
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