Background
Hansen, Arthur August was born on October 10, 1938 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Haakon and Anna (Stover) Hansen.
Hansen, Arthur August was born on October 10, 1938 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Haakon and Anna (Stover) Hansen.
Bachelor in History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972.
Instructor department English, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1961;
teaching assistant department history, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1963-1965;
teacher department English, Tustin (California) Union High School, 1962-1963;
instructor department history, Reading (England) College, 1965;
instructor division social science, Santa Ann (California) College, 1966;
assistant professor department history, California State University, Fullerton, 1966-1972;
associate professor, California State University, Fullerton, 1972-1977;
professor, California State University, Fullerton, since 1977;
coordinator graduate studies department history, California State University, Fullerton, 1985-1988. Visiting professor department history California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980. Director Japanese American Project oral history program California State University, Fullerton, since 1972, vice-chair department history, 1988-1991, director oral history program department history, 1975-1979, 87-89, 91-.
Chair conference program Oral History Association annual meeting, Long Beach, California, 1986, S.W. Oral History Association annual meeting, Hemet, California, 1990, Reno, Nevada 1991.
Board directors History and Cultural Foundation Orange County, California, 1985-1987. Council member National Scholars Advisory Council, Japanese American National Museum, since 1990. Member Oral History Association (council member 1991-1994), Southwest Oral History Association (vice president 1990-1991, president 1991-1992, executive council 1989-1993), American History Association, Japanese American History Society Southern California, Pacific History Association, Radical History Association, Western History Association, Asian American Studies Association, Organization American Historians, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Roberta Johnson, June 30, 1962 (divorced June 1977). Married Debra Gold Hansen, June 25, 1977.