Dr. Loren R. Schmidt

Heritage University 3240 Fort Rd. Toppenish, WA 98948 (509) 865-8542 lschmidt@heritage.edu or loren@llschmidt.net

Education:

B.A. Philosophy and English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1976

M.A. Philosophy, Purdue University, 1981

Ph.Ds in English and Philosophy, Purdue University, 1984

Academic Appointments:

Present	Heritage University Professor of English and Philosophy
1993-2022	Heritage University Professor of English and Philosophy Chair, English & Humanities Program to 2008 Chair, Languages and Literatures Program to 2022
1991-3	University of Maryland Asian Division Chair, English Program, and Coordinator, Guam Program
1987-91	Kyorin University (Tokyo, Japan), Division of Foreign Languages and Literatures  Associate Professor of English and American Culture
1984-7	University of Maryland Asian Division Core Faculty, English and Philosophy

Publications:

Publications include poetry and music as well as articles, monographs, and books on assessment, writing program design, linguistics, language acquisition pedagogy, the phenomenology of skilled performance, and the works of writers and philosophers such as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Kafka, Swift, Sterne, Wallace Stevens, Poe, Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, and Ursula K. LeGuin.

Other Amusing Information:

International Chess Federation Master

Editor, Pahto’s Shadow

Vocalist, Yakima Light Opera Company (among others)