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Karen Hausdoerffer MFA
Honors co-director and Lecturer, Lecturer in Environment & Sustainability, MEM/MSE Graduate Writing Workshop Director
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Academic Divisions
Clark Family School of Environment & Sustainability Master of Environmental Management Honors DepartmentFunctional Areas
Environment & Sustainability Community Resilience Individualized Contract Water Studies Food Systems Climate Action Planning Public Land Management Master of Environmental Management (MEM) Biology with Master of Environmental Management Business Administration with Master of Environmental Management Environment & Sustainability with Master of Environmental Management Politics & Government with Master of Environmental Management Psychology with Master of Environmental Management Public History with Master of Environmental Management Recreation & Outdoor Education with Master of Environmental Management Sociology and Criminal Justice with Master of Environmental Management Integrative Lands Management Ecosystem Restoration Mine Reclamation Management Forests, Fire & FuelsEducation
MFA, University of Idaho, Fiction, 2003Teaching Certificate, University of New Mexico, Elementary Education, 1998
BA, Stanford University, Creative Writing and English, 1997
Biography
I co-direct Honors and teach in the Honors program and the department of Environment and Sustainability. I have taught in six different departments at Western as well as teaching Adult English Language Learners through the Gunnison Library. I earned an MFA at the University of Idaho and a BA at Stanford University, and have published in journals including The Indiana Review, Shenandoah, North American Review, Backcountry Magazine, and Passages North.
I love Gunnison and Western. Hartman Rocks feels more like home than any other spot in the world, and I love mountain biking, running and skiing up and down valley. In Gunnison, we have a supportive community of creative, friendly people including a diverse immigrant population. I believe that Western students are special; they choose this cold, remote place to study because they have the courage to seek their own paths. Once they arrive, our students create their own community through their leadership and the willingness to learn from one another.