Mary Jane Hanson, Ph.D., of Lehighton, is among the nine University of Scranton faculty members who have been awarded development intersession grants for January 2015.

Dr. Hanson, professor of nursing, received a grant to study "The Theory of Planned Behavior Applied to Cigarette Smoking Intention Among High School Students."A faculty member at the university since 1996, she earned her bachelor's degree from Cedar Crest College, and her master's degree and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.