Faculty/Staff Information
Maren Anderson
(She/her)
Instructor, Literature/Writing, English Studies Department
503-838-8713 | andersm@wou.edu
MA 329
At WOU since
09/16/2002Fun fact
own alpacasOffice Hours
Mon | Tues | Weds | Thurs | Fri |
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1-3 | ||||
All office hours are both Online and in Maaske 329. |
Course schedule
Fall 2023CRN | Course | Title | Times | Location |
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11072 | FYS107 | JOURNALING TO SAVE THE WORLD | MW 1000-1150 | NS 122 |
Vitae
Areas of responsibility
Managing Editor, PURE Insights, Undergraduate Research Journal
Interim Director of PURE
Education
MA Teaching Writing, MA Literature, Humboldt State University 1998
BA English, Mount Holyoke College 1995
Publications and Presentations
Novels:
• Sparks—published by Not a Pipe Books in July 2019 https://amzn.to/2POIMpe
• Closing the Store-- published by Black Opal Books in October 2016.
http://amzn.to/2zBE9py
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Fuzzy Logic—published by Black Opal Books in December 2015. http://amzn.to/29qUYr8
Plays:
- Much Ado About Nothing--adaptation for children, performed by Apple Box Children’s Theater in July 2021
- Beowulf – adaptation for children, performed by Apple Box Children’s Theater in July 2019
- • Arabian Nights-- adaptation for children, performed by Apple Box Children’s Theater in July 2017
- • Midsummer Night’s Dream—adaptation for children, performed by Apple Box Children’s Theater in July 2015
Articles:
• “Fishing Girlfriend.” Fly Fishing and Tying, Winter 2019/2020.
• “As a Punishment, It Laid an Egg.” Christian Science Monitor Magazine, Oct. 23, 2017.
• “Monsters On My Ranch.” Alpacas Magazine. Fall Issue 2017.
• “Where Are All the Alpaca Covers?” Alpacas Magazine. Herdsire Issue 2017.
• “Revision Strategies with Maren Anderson” Blog for Willamette Writers. February 2016. http://willamettewriters.org/2016/02/revision-strategies-maren-anderson/
• “Jane Friedman Keynote on Friday” Blog for Willamette Writers. Spring 2016. http://willamettewriters.org/wwcon/jane-friedman-keynote/
• "’Night Watch’ commits no crimes.” Willamette Live, Section Stage. Posted Oct 14, 2010.
http://willamettelive.com/story/quotNight_Watchquot_commits_no_crimes120.html
• “Seussical mixes complexity, simplicity.” Willamette Live, Section Stage. Posted Mar 09, 2009 http://www.willamettelive.com/story/Suessical_mixes_complexity_simplicity142.html
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“For the Suggestion Box: Office-sitting”—in the 9.1 Fall 2005 issue of Forum, an insert in CCC vol. 57, no. 1, September 2005.
Professional memberships
Editor in Chief of the Timberline Review 2019-present
Co-Chair Willamette Writers on the River 2015-2020
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