Jerry Hansen III

Experience

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  Ricks College Academic Support Center

  Jul 2001 - Aug 2001

  Reading Tutor

  Working as a reading tutor for the College Skills Seminar under Dr. Greg Hazard (head of BYU-Idaho’s Academic Support Center), I helped at-risk students develop their reading and study skills and potentially matriculate. As part of a team of tutors, I supported, supervised, and helped assess students as a peer-mentor while they used the Center’s facilities to learn effective study skills and strategies and improve their reading vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and efficiency.

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  Hotel Melba, Best Western

  Jun 2002 - Aug 2002

  French Language and Culture Intern

  As a language and culture intern at this family-run Best Western hotel in Southern Belgium (site of WWII's "Battle of the Bulge"), I served at the front desk as an office receptionist and assistant, aided the chef in the restaurant, waited tables, and assisted in hotel maintenance, repairs, and cleaning. These tasks required extensive communication in French.

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  Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University

  Mar 2003 - Dec 2006

  Supervisors: Drs. Wade Jacoby, Julie Hartley-Moore, Brenda WadleyPrimary Responsibilities:• Conference Coordinator, 1st and 2nd annual conferences of the Rocky Mountain European Scholars Consortium (RMESC).• Managing editor (1st issue) and associate editor (2nd issue), RMESC conference proceedings e-journal (Connections: European Studies Annual Review).• CSE Support Staff.Key Outcomes:• Directed conference logistic coordination and collaboration with BYU Conferences & Workshops, their affiliates, and various departments across campus.• Oversaw creation of the conference invitations, call for papers, advertising, and website content in collaboration with the BYU Kennedy Center Communications staff.• Created database of prospective participants based on data from 88 higher ed institutions in 8 states. • Supervised the editing, proof-reading, and article submission and review.• Directed the design, format, content, and publication of the conference e-journal in collaboration with the BYU Kennedy Center's Communications graphics designer and copy editors.• Copy-edited, content-edited, and proof-read article submissions.• Gathered and reported data for maintenance of the Center's National Title VI grant. Show less Supervisor: Dr. Danny DamronCo-worker: Cindy Otis Primary Responsibilities and Key Outcomes:• Recruited, screened, and interviewed students for placement as interns with members of the Scottish and EU Parliaments• Refined curriculum for interns' pre- and on-site instruction and assessment and integrated these with intern's onsite activities.• Coordinated students’ logistical needs.• Outlined and streamlined instructions regarding facilitators' and interns' responsibilities and resources for future reference. Show less At BYU’s multimedia language resource lab (ARCLITE), I was a curriculum developer, instructional designer, grant writer, and consultant in language instruction and curriculum development. I developed teaching curricula and accompanying multimedia resources for language instruction, wrote grants for research monies, and worked with various teams to accomplish these tasks and to train professors and students from various institutions including UC-Davis, University of Chicago, and BYU in how to perform them as well.I worked with peers in a variety of team-based projects, including as co-project manager, budget director, and producer for a $20,000 grant to develop curriculum and multimedia resources for teaching Romanian language and culture. Structured around the narrative-based film our team created, our products were later developed into BYU’s current Romanian 101 course.Under faculty supervision, Brant Stewart and I hired teammembers based on specific skillsets; prepared the scope and sequence for instruction and resource development; wrote the script; and organized travel arrangements, in-country logistics, and teammembers’ onsite and offsite duties. Working together with Brant, I also provided regular follow-up to ensure post-production tasks were completed and within budget, maintained members’ morale and motivation, and led the team in finding and implementing innovative solutions. Show less

  • Graduate Instructor/Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2003 - Dec 2006

  • Graduate Instructor

    Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  • Research Assistant (Conference Coordinator, Editor, Support Staff)

    Mar 2004 - May 2006

  • Scottish/EU Parliaments Internship Facilitator

    Jun 2004 - Jan 2005

  • Research Assistant

    Mar 2003 - Sept 2004
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  Ivy Hall Academy of Nursing

  Dec 2003 - Jul 2005

  Humanities Instructor

  I created and taught a composite humanities course modeled after BYU's introductory and western humanities survey courses to help Ivy Hall nontraditional students acquire the knowledge and interpretive skills necessary to pass the CLEP Humanities exam and earn general education credit. I developed strategies and materials to engage my students for three hours in the evening twice each week, helped them see how the material related to their careers as nurses, and encouraged out-of-class preparation for the exam without the normal classroom incentives of credit through assignments and assessments (course credit only came through the CLEP exam). Show less

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  Department of Political Science, Utah State University

  Sept 2007 - Apr 2009

  Courses assisted:POLS 1100: US Government and Politics, 3 sections (Lyons, 2 sections; Herzberg, 1 section)POLS 3210: Western European Government and Politics, 1 section (Peterson) [I taught 12 sessions while professor was away on university business] Under the supervision of Drs. Carolyn Rhodes and Shannon Peterson, I content- and copy-edited select chapters of their US foreign policy textbook manuscript. I assisted Dr. Huiyun Feng in researching speeches by Chinese revolutionary leaders and opponents.

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2008 - Apr 2009

  • Editorial Assistant

    May 2008 - Dec 2008

  • Research Assistant

    Sept 2007 - Dec 2007
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  Center for Language Studies, Brigham Young University

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Part-Time Instructor

  Course taught:ROM 340: Introduction to the Romanian Literature and Culture, 1 section [taught largely in the language]

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  Department of French and Italian, Brigham Young University

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Part-Time Instructor

  Course taught:ROM 340: Introduction to Romanian Literature and Culture, 1 section [taught largely in the language]

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  Department of International Studies, Indiana University

  Aug 2010 - May 2015

  Courses assisted:INTL I100: Introduction to International Studies, 4 sections (Nemes)I helped redesign and teach the curriculum, presentations, assignments, and in-class activities in order to most effectively enhance student-learning in the University’s Collaborative Learning Studio. We used the CLS's 16 technologically-enhanced group stations for learning activities as a whole class, in task-focused groups, and as individuals to learn key concepts, methodologies, and cases from a broad array of academic fields and see how studying their interrelationship improves our understanding of the world. We also made extensive use of technology for course management and instruction, including PowerPoint, video presentations, Piazza, Google Drive, and IU's online learning management system (OnCourse). Show less

  • Associate Instructor

    Aug 2013 - May 2015

  • Associate Instructor

    Aug 2010 - Jul 2013
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  Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Part-Time Instructor

  Course taught:REL 324: The Doctrine and Covenants (Sections 1-76), 2 sections

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  Monroe County Community School Corporation

  Dec 2015 - Jul 2016

  Substitute Teacher (K-12)

  Instructed and mentored K-12 students according to Indiana State, MCCSC, and instructors' standards on both general and various specific subjects (reading, language arts, social sciences, history, sciences, music, French).

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  Ivy Tech Community College

  Dec 2015 - now

  Courses regularly taught:PHIL101: Introduction to PhilosophyPHIL102: Introduction to EthicsPHIL220: Philosophy of ReligionHUM201: Humanities: Prehistory through Renaissance

  • Director (Alternative Spring Break)

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Associate Professor (Philosophy and Humanities)

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Assistant Professor

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  • Instructor

    Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Adjunct Instructor

    Dec 2015 - Aug 2016