Background
She was born and raised in Luverne, in southwestern Minnesota.
She was born and raised in Luverne, in southwestern Minnesota.
She earned a Bachelor in English Literature from Minnesota University and an Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. Oeding also has a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing from Ohio University.
She has taught at Ohio University, University of Houston, and is currently teaching at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Her work features in the anthologies Best New Poets 2005 and Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics (2014). Her work has also appeared in Colorado Review, Laurel Review and Greensboro Review, and has been featured in Public Broadcasting Service NewsHour and Verse Daily.