 Hansen akabudisa gwaro remukati kunharaunda yeBates mukupera kwaKurume 2003 maererano nekupinda kweU.S. muIraq, vachicherechedza kuratidzira kwekambasi uye chisarudzo chakatorwa neungano inomiririra hurumende yevadzidzi ichishora kurwisana kwehondo. Pashure peDutu reKatrina, Hansen akasimudza zvinodiwa zvedzidzo kuvadzidzi vose vakakanganiswa nemigumisiro yaro mukupera kwa2005. Gare gare akabatanidza neNational Association of Independent Colleges uye maYunivhesiti NAICU kuti awedzere kugoverwa kwemari yekubatsira mari nekoreji yevadzidzi vanoshaya. Muna 2005, Hansen akadzidzisa kirasi yeKupfupisa Nguva paChaucer paBates. 