Working-Class Kids published in paperback!!!

I will be signing books at the Sunnyvale High “Homecoming Game” on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 @7:00, at The King’s Academy football field (562 N. Britton Ave., Sunnyvale). Books will be sold by Leigh’s Favorite Books.
September 9, 2025


Review of Working-Class Kids in San Francisco Book Review
September 3, 2025


Interview with Karen V. Hansen, On the Front Porch, KFRM 550am, “The Voice of the Plains,” Oklahoma
August 4, 2025


A Great Way to Teach,” HistoryMakers Digital Archive
May 19, 2020



Belonging at Sunnyvale High, 1956-1981The Californian
Winter, 2025


Book Launch @ Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
November 18, 2024
Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum YouTube

Author Karen V. Hansen, PhD gives insights into Sunnyvale High School (1956-1981), a multiracial, working-class school in California, in conversation with her classmate Robert Handa, reporter at NBC Bay Area News.


Working-Class Kids @ California History Center, DeAnza College
November 13, 2024


“Norwegian Entangled Encounters on the Great Plains,” Keynote address, Transatlantiske Kulturmøter, 1825–2025, National Library of Norway, May 13, 2025


"From the Ground Up: ‘Taking Homestead’ on Indian Land," Keynote address,
European Association of American Studies, Munich, Germany, April 4, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlLFccGj8_I


"Creativity and Collaboration Across the Disciplines: In Honor of Karen V. Hansen"
Two virtual panels, Brandeis University, March 15, 2024
http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/qqqtz