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MARY ESCHELBACH HANSEN
Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Economics Contact Information: |
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Professor Hansen is on leave
during Spring 2009. The best way to
contact her is by e-mail. Undergraduate advisees and majors
seeking advice: Please consult Professor Walter Park. |
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In the news: Op-ed, Washington
Post, October 19, 2008: Interview on WAMU’s
Metro Connection, October 10, 2008: Interview on AARP’s
Inside E Street, December 12, 2008: Testimony
before the, Council of the District of Columbia, Committee on Human Services,
Public Oversight Hearing on Extending Adoption and Guardianship Subsidies
Until Age 21 and Expanding Guardianship Subsidies to Non-Kin, December 12,
2008. |
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Selected recent publications: “Using
Subsidies to Promote the Adoption of Children from Foster Care,” Journal
of Family and Economic Issues
28, 2007, pp. 377-393, doi: 10.1007/s10834-007-9067-6. “The Value
of Adoption,” Adoption Quarterly 10(2),
2007, pp. 65-87. doi:
101300/J145v10n02_03. “The Distribution of a Federal Entitlement: The Case of Adoption
Assistance” Journal of
Socio-Economics 37(6), December 2008, pp. 2427-2442. “Religion,
Social Capital, and Business Bankruptcy, 1921-1932” (with Bradley Hansen), Business History 50(6), November 2008, pp. 714-727. Forthcoming:
“Raising
the Cut-Off: The Empirical Case for
Extending Adoption and Guardianship Subsidies from Age 18 to 21” (with Josh
Gupta-Kagan), forthcoming in Journal of
Juvenile Law and Policy (anticipated Winter 2008). Hansen’s
complete C.V. |
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resources For Students in Current Courses Fall 2008: Syllabus for ECON-200 Syllabus for ECON-480 |
resources For Virtual
Advisor in Economics Major
Requirements Worksheet
How to declare a
Major or Minor Join Omicron Delta Epsilon, Honors Forms Undergraduate
Grants, Conferences, |
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resources for Department
Undergraduate Studies |
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On Teaching:
Teach: v.,
to help each student understand.
That’s my
definition of teaching. As I work on improving
my teaching—which I do all the time—I look for new ways to help each student
understand economics. I incorporate games, examples, demonstrations, problem
solving, experiments, and other tools into my classes so that each student can
understand more easily.
I view
teaching and advising graduate students and advising undergraduate students on
research and independent studies as an opportunity to help each student meet
his or her own goals.
I love
teaching. Working with students is the
most fun a person can have and be paid for it!
Helping a student understand a concept is rewarding, exhilarating.
(This page was last February 6, 2009)