WKU-Glasgow Regional Center Faculty - Marie Guthrie

Dr. Marie Guthrie

One-year Instructor

Office:  Cherry Hall 7A
Phone:  270-745-2040
Email:  marie.guthrie@wku.edu

Courses

ENG 100 Freshman Composition
ENG 200 Introduction to Literature
ENG 300 Writing in the Disciplines
ENG 390 American Masterpieces

Research

Science Fiction, especially Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson

Bio

Marie Guthrie earned her undergraduate degree at Western KY University (Theatre and English), her MA from Western KY University (English), and her PhD from the University of KY (English). Before returning to WKU, she taught in the Seattle Community College system and at Seattle University. From 2003-5, she served in the Peace Corps in Moldova, where she taught at Aleccu Russo University in Balti. She is also an actor and stage manager with local community theatre groups.

Teaching Philosophy

Her teaching philosophy is based in part on Huston Smith’s definition of Zen: “Infinite respect for all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility for all things future.” She believes that the study of literature helps us to ask and answer the fundament question “What does it mean to be Human?”