Fielding Graduate University

Areas of Instruction:

• Critical Thinking Proseminar
• Legal and Ethical Issues
• Personality Theories
• Multicultural Psychology
• Cultural Sensitivity in Assessment
• MMPI-2

Scholarly & Professional Interests:

• Multicultural Competence

Professional Memberships:

• American Psychological Association (F17)
• Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College Chapter

Honors and Awards:

• 2003: Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 17
• 1981: Outstanding Young Woman of America
• 1975: Department and College Honors, Vassar College

Publications:

• Frazier, R., & Hansen, N.D. (2009). Religious/spiritual psychotherapy behaviors: Do we do what we believe to be important? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40, 81-87.
• Doran, G., & Hansen, N. D. (2006). Constructions of Mexican American family grief after the death of a child: An exploratory study. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 12, 199-211. 
• Hansen, N. D., Randazzo, K. V., Schwartz, A., Marshall, M., Kalis, D., Frazier, R., Burke, C., Kershner-Rice, K., & Norvig, G. (2006). Do we practice what we preach? An exploratory survey of multicultural psychotherapy competencies. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 37, 66-74.
• Hansen, N., & Goldberg, S. (2003). Navigating the nuances: A matrix of considerations for ethical/legal dilemmas. In D. N. Bersoff (Ed.), Ethical conflicts in psychology (3rd ed., pp. 148-153). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 
• Heppner, P. P., Fouad, N. A., & Hansen, N. D. (Eds.). (2003). First and second generation pioneers in the counseling profession: Personal and professional perspectives (2nd ed.). Columbia, MO: Custom Publishing. 
• Wells, G. B., & Hansen, N. D. (2003). Lesbian shame: Its relationship to identity integration and attachment. Journal of Homosexuality, 45, 93-110. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2002). Teaching cultural sensitivity in psychological assessment: A modular approach used in a distance education program. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79, 200-206. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2002). Reflections on feminist identity development: Implications for theory, measurement, and research. The Counseling Psychologist, 30, 87-95. 
• Hansen, N. D., & Fouad, N. A. (2001). Service, scholarship, serendipity, and students: Their role in the lives of three prominent counseling psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist, 29, 331-335. 
• Fouad, N. A., & Hansen, N. D. (2000). Voices and values: Representative oral histories of prominent counseling psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist, 28, 307-310. 
• Gross, C. A., & Hansen, N. E. (2000). Clarifying the experience of shame: The role of attachment style, gender, and investment in relatedness on shame. Personality and Individual Differences, 28, 897-907.
• Hansen, N., Pepitone-Arreola-Rockwell, F., & Greene, A. F. (2000). Multicultural competence: Criteria and case examples. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31, 652-660. 

Presentations:

• Frazier, R., & Hansen, N. D. ( 2007, August). Religious/Spiritual Psychotherapy Behaviors: Do we do what we believe to be important? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, CA.
• Hansen, N. D. (2004, August). Psychology graduate distance education: Lessons derived from 20 years experience. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Oahu, HI. 
• Hansen, N. D., Randazzo, K. Schwartz, A., Marshall, M., Kalis, D., Frazier, R., Burke, C., Kershner-Rice, K., & Norvig, G. (2004, February). Psychotherapy-related multicultural competencies: Do professional psychologist practice what they preach? Symposium conducted at the 21st annual Columbia University Teachers College Multicultural Roundtable Symposium, New York, NY. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2003, August). Managing electronically-mediated conflict: Scenarios and solutions. In symposium The forgotten "p": Managing the interpersonal process in electronically-mediated teaching conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2003, August). Dorothy and the ruby red slippers: Values uniting counseling psychologists. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2002, October). Cultural orientation, racial identity, and the MMPI-1, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A: A research review with practical recommendations for clinicians. Paper presented at the second annual Diversity Challenge Conference sponsored by Boston College's Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA. 
• Doran, G., & Hansen, N. D. (2002, August). Breaking ties or continuing bonds? Mexican American grief after the death of a child. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2001, May). Teaching cultural sensitivity in psychological assessment: A modular approach in a distance education program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI. 
• Wells, G. B., & Hansen, N. D., (2000, August). The interrelationship among lesbian identity formation, internalized shame, and adult attachment styles. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. 
• Hansen, N. D. (2000, August). Navigating nuances - Legal-ethical decision making in the new millennium. Chairperson, symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Professional Experience:

• Doctoral Faculty, School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University.

Other Professional Activities:

• 2000-present: Ad Hoc Reviewer, Personality and Individual Differences.
• 2002-2010: Chair, Recruitment, Retention, and Diversity Committee, School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.
• 1995-2005: Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Counseling Psychology.
• 2002-2005: Secretary, American Psychological Association, Division 17.
• 1995-2003: Assist with Administering and Scoring the Colorado Oral Licensure Exam.
• 2002: Reviewer, Program Proposals, 3rd APA National Multicultural Psychology Conference and Summit, 2003.
• 2000-2002: Chair, Membership Committee, American Psychological Association, Division 17.
• 1999-2002: Membership Committee, American Psychological Association, Division 17.
• 1995-2001: Chair, Diversity Task Force, School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.
• 1997-2000: Editorial Board Member, The Counseling Psychologist.