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Katherine Schmidt

she/her/hers

Professor, English Studies Department

88234 | schmidtk@wou.edu
APSC 301

Why I chose WOU

At WOU since

09/16/2003

Hobbies

Fun fact

Hometown

Arcadia, California

Favorite book/movie

Office Hours

Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri
	1:00-3:30 (In Person, Zoom, or Phone)	9:30-12:00 (In Person, Zoom, or Phone)
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Areas of responsibility

Education

Ph.D. English: Rhetoric and Composition (2003)
University of Nevada, Reno

M.A. English: Rhetoric and Composition (1996)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

B.A. English: Creative Writing (1994)
California State University, Long Beach

Professional experience

Awards and honors

Awarded the Mario and Alma Pastega Excellence in Teaching Award (2014).
Nominated for the International Writing Centers Association's Best Article Award (2012).

Professional memberships

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Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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