Randall S. Hanson

Professor, Social Sciences and Education
David H. Winton Endowed Chair
(603) 526-3657 | rahanson@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined faculty in 1996. B.A. from Washington University, St. Louis; M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington. Areas of teaching include modern Mexico, U.S. history, America in the 1960s, and revolutions and revolutionaries.

Professor Hanson has presented a number of conference papers on such topics as the Catholic church in modern Mexico, the Harry S. Truman presidency and Latin American women's studies. | faculty profile

Areas of Expertise

• Brazilian History, colonial to present
• The Catholic Church and Religion in Mexico and Latin America
• Mexican History, colonial to present
• Modern Latin American History
• NAFTA
• United States Diplomatic History
• Women in Latin America

Education

• M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
• B.A., Washington University