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Kathryn McPherson

Faculty Member

Dr. Kate McPherson

Biography

A lifelong Westerner from a family of educators, Kate McPherson received her PhD in English at Emory University. Her passions include Shakespeare, nordic skiing, ethnic cooking, and cycling. She and her husband Michael Nagro have one daughter.

Education

PhD, Emory University, 1998

Major: English Renaissance Literature

MA, University of New Mexico, 1992

Major: English and American Literature

BA, University of New Mexico, 1989

Major: English and American Literature

Teaching

HONR 400R

Honors Capstone, Fall 2024

HONR 100R

Honors Colloquium, Fall 2024

HONR 499R

Honors Project, Fall 2024

HONR 498R

Honors Thesis, Fall 2024

HONR 400R

Honors Capstone, Summer 2024

HONR 400R

Honors Capstone, Spring 2024

HONR 100R

Honors Colloquium, Spring 2024

HONR 100R

Honors Colloquium, Spring 2024

HONR 499R

Honors Project, Spring 2024

HONR 498R

Honors Thesis, Spring 2024

Presentations

McPherson, Kate (Presenter & Author), Blackfriars Conference, "Character Round Table", American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA. ()
McPherson, Kate (Presenter & Author), Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, "Refiguring Pregnancy in Early Modern England", Renaissance Society of America, Los Angeles, CA. ()
McPherson, Kate (Presenter & Author), Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting, "Stand Up for Shakespeare", Shakespeare Association of America, Washington, DC. ()
McPherson, Kate , Moncrief, Kathryn M (Presenter & Author), Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting, "Performing Pedagogy_ Gender and Instruction in Early Modern England", Shakespeare Association of America, Dallas, TX. ()
McPherson, Kate , Attending to Early Modern Women, "Home Schooling_ The English Gentlewoman", Society of the Study of Early Modern Women, College Park, MD. (October, 2006)

Awards

Faculty Excellence Award

UVU College of Humanities & Social Sciences - April 15, 2010

A comprehensive award acknowledging superior teaching, scholarship and service within the college.

Presidential Scholarship Award

Utah Valley University - April, 2009

Financial support for ongoing research for an edited collection of scholarly essays.

National Endowment for the Humanities Institute Participant

National Endowment for the Humanities - April, 2008

Awarded a grant to attend the five week Institute, "Shakespeare's Blackfriars," at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA.

Presidential Scholarship Award

Utah Valley University - March, 2004

Financial support for ongoing scholarly research.