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Ms. Kathryn Lindquist
Kathryn Lindquist was appointed to the Weber State University Board of Trustees in 2005. She is Chair of the Personnel and Academic Policy Committee and serves on the Honorary Degree Committee.

Professional Experience
  • Adjunct Instructor, Honors Program, University of Utah, 1998-2002
  • Coordinator and Student Advisor, University Studies Program, University of Utah, 1992-1999
  • Director, National Student Exchange Program, University of Utah, 1999
  • Adjunct Associate Instructor, Liberal Education, University of Utah, 1991-1998
  • Consulting Editor, self-employed, 1988-Present
  • Teaching Fellow, English Department, University of Utah, 1986-1990
  • Teaching Assistant, Writing Program, University of Utah, 1985-1986
  • Owner-Manager, Lady Madonna Maternity Boutique, 1979-1983
  • Research Specialist, Development Office, University of Utah, 1979
  • Assistant Director, Utah State Board of Education Law-Related Education Project, 1978-1979
  • Executive Secretary, Utah Hands Up (a community crime-prevention program), 1977-1978
  • English Teacher, Olympus High School, Salt Lake County, 1966-1968
Community Activities
  • Member, Friends of Service Board, Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, 2003-Present
  • Member, Visions for Learning Board (a non-profit, arts-based educational corporation), 2002-Present
  • Member and Chair, Faculty Screening Committee for Service-Learning Courses, Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, University of Utah, 2000-2003
  • Member, Bennion Center Service-Learning Advisory Board, 2001-2003
  • Member, Board of Directors, Utah Art 2002, a juried exhibition of Utah artists for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
  • Initiator, Telitha E. Lindquist Community Service Scholarship, University of Utah, 1999
  • Member, Editorial Board, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 1993-1998
  • Member, Steering Committee for Campus Advisors Group, University of Utah, 1994-1996
  • Discussion Leader, Utah Humanities Council Book Group, 1991-1994
  • Member, Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance Development Committee, 1989-1995
  • Member, Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance Board of Directors, 1989-1993
  • Member, Joint University Writing Program/English Department Teaching Committee, University of Utah, 1988-1989
  • Volunteer Teacher of Junio Great Books, Salt Lake School District, 1976-1984
  • Volunteer Teacher for Salt Lake County Youth Services Center, 1975-1978
  • Member, Salt Lake County Commission on Youth, 1976-1978
  • Member, Junior Leaue of Salt Lake City, 1974-1978
  • Chairperson, Sophomore English Curriculum Committee, Olympus High School, 1967-1968
Publication
  • Lindquist, Kathryn, "Sexual Hegemony and 'Liberated' Mormon Women: Seeing Ourselves in the Bambara Mirror," Dialogue, Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer, 1992, 54-71

Education
  • Ph.D. in English (American Studies), University of Utah, 1998
  • M.A. in English, University of Utah, 1989
  • B.A. in English, secondary teaching certificate, University of Utah, 1966
  • Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., 1962-1964
  • San Diego State College at Rouen, France, Summer 1962
Academic Fields
  • American Studies with emphases in Native American Indian Narrative
  • African American Narrative
  • Women's Folklore
  • Post-Structuralist Cultural Criticism
  • Twentieth-century American Literature
  • Western Intellectual Traditions from Ancient to Contemporary Times









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Ogden, Utah 84408