INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD in the Education category for Working-Class Kids,
January 19, 2026
Working-Class Kids is published in paperback!!!
Book signing at the Sunnyvale High “Homecoming Game” on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 @7:00, at The King’s Academy football field (562 N. Britton Ave., Sunnyvale). Books sold by Leigh’s Favorite Books.
Interview with Karen V. Hansen, On the Front Porch, KFRM 550am, “The Voice of the Plains,” Oklahoma
August 4, 2025
“Norwegian Entangled Encounters on the Great Plains,” Keynote address, Transatlantiske Kulturmøter, 1825–2025, National Library of Norway, May 13, 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
"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