Mary’s University. Her teaching and research focus on intersections of gender, identity, and work. Hampsten teaches courses such as Gender Communication, Issues of Work and Family, and Fundamentals of Oral Communication. She serves as the Assistant Chair of English and Communication Studies, the representative for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Academic Assessment Committee, the sponsor of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, and a past faculty chair for the Women’s History Month committee. Her research on women and cultural norms of perfection received a Top 4 Paper from the National Communication Association’s Feminist and Women Studies division. In 2016, Hampsten received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.