Mary Hanson has an extensive background in teaching ESL/EFL to both children and adults in Mexico, Poland, England, and in the United States over the past 18 years.  Mary has taught English in private, public, and charter schools as well as in community colleges and universities.  Aside from teaching, she has also been involved in English language program development and was the Director of the Intensive English Program at UCCS for three years.  Mary brings a wealth of practical experience working with multicultural students at all levels to her role as an instructor in the MA TESOL program and supervisor in the Alternative Licensure Program at UCCS.

• MA in TESOL, University of London (England)- 2001
• BA in Elementary Education, Michigan State University-1996
• Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language-1996

• CURR 5700- Introduction to ESL and Multicultural Education
• CURR 5800- ESL for Educators
• CURR 5702- Materials and Methods for Linguistically Diverse and Multicultural Education
• CURR 5495- Secondary Spanish Methods
• CURR 5018- Research Teacher Seminar