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Paul Lindholdt

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Paul Lindholdt is an American academic. Originally from Seattle, he teaches now at Eastern Washington University. He won a Washington State Book Award for his ecological memoir In Earshot of Water and earlier recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Academy of American Poets.

Professorship

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After earning his PhD, Lindholdt began his career as a lecturer at Idaho State University from 1984–87 then continued at Western Washington University from 1987–90. In 1990 he visited as assistant professor at the University of Idaho until migrating back to his home state of Washington in 1994 and settling at Eastern Washington University. Promoted to Assistant Professor (1997–2003), Associate Professor (2003–07), and Professor of English from 2007–present,[1] he ranks among the ten most effective teachers.[2]

Lindholdt earned his PhD in early American literature, emphasizing environmental humanities vis-à-vis the sciences in colonial America. His teaching ranges from freshman honors to graduate research seminars. He has spoken at three symposia in France and dozens of stateside conferences.

Recognition

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Major works

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Shorter work samples

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Since 2012, Lindholdt has been a contributing historian for HistoryLink, the open-source Seattle-based encyclopedia of Washington State history, and a narrative editor for Trumpeter Journal of Ecosophy founded in Canada in 1983 as the leading periodical on Deep Ecology.

Personal life

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Lindholdt married Karen Palrang at High Rock Lookout on Mt. Rainier in August 1994. As a law student at the University of Idaho, she signed on to an environmental campaign Lindholdt was organizing. They have two grown sons and divide their time between Spokane, Washington, and Sandpoint, Idaho.[4]

Educated at Penn State (PhD 1985) and Western Washington University (MA 1980, BA 1978), Lindholdt studied creative writing with Annie Dillard and is working on a biography of her.

References

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  1. ^ "Prof. Paul Lindholdt".
  2. ^ "Professors consider website ratings". Easterneronline.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Washington State Book Award Winners". Spl.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Our Stockholders" (PDF). Ewu.edu. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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