Edmund Hansen

Edmund J Hansen,72, passed on August 11, 2024 at the Lutheran Home Memory Care in Arlington Heights, IL. He is preceded in death by his wife, Siat Moy Chong on April 4, 2024, his parents, and a younger brother. He is survived by his stepchildren: GAN Chee Peng (Malaysia), and GAN June Tee (Singapore) as well extended family in Germany.

Edmund and Siat Moy met in graduate school at Indiana University and were happily and lovingly married for 28 years. His step children describe Edmund as kind, smart, caring, thoughtful, generous, intellectually curious, poised, and humorous.

Edmund was the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Northeastern Illinois University since its inception in 2001. Before joining NEIU, he worked in faculty development for over twelve years, half of that time at Indiana University in Bloomington, and the other half at Emporia State University in Kansas. In Emporia, he was the founding director of the Teaching Enhancement Center and also an assistant professor in the psychology department. For seven years, Edmund served as President of the Chicago Area Faculty Development Network (CAFDN), a consortium of faculty development offices at both two and four-year institutions in the region. His most recent post was at the University of Pennsylvania.

Edmund published numerous articles and book chapters related to the improvement of college teaching, including the integration of instructional technology into the classroom. His most recent book, “Idea-Based Learning” was published in 2023 prior to succumbing to memory loss due to Alzheimer’s. He is originally from Germany, where he worked in adult education. Edmund has a PhD in Educational Psychology from Indiana University, and Masters Degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and from the University of Aachen, Germany.

A private viewing will be held August 14th at Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights, IL followed by a cremation.