Karen Hanson, executive vice president and provost at Indiana University in Bloomington, received the 2011 Philip Quinn Prize for Service to Philosophy and Philosophers from the American Philosophical Association. She has served as interim chair of the APA board and in several other leadership positions in the organization. She has also been on the editorial board of the American Philosophical Quarterly.
Dr. Hanson has served in her present position at Indiana University since 2007 but in February she will become provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Hanson is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.