Ingrid Hedwig Shafer

Background

Shafer, Ingrid Hedwig was born on August 3, 1939 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. Daughter of Heinrich and Irene (Tomas) Winter. came to the United States, 1960.

Education

Master of Arts in German Literature, University Oklahoma, 1967. Master of Arts in Human Relations, University Oklahoma, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Oklahoma, 1984.

Career

Instructor in German, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1967-1968; assistant professor philosophy, U. Science and Arts Oklahoma, Chickasha, 1968-1984; associate professor, U. Science and Arts Oklahoma, Chickasha, 1984-1988; professor, U. Science and Arts Oklahoma, Chickasha, since 1988; Mary Jo Ragan professor interdisciplinary studies, U. Science and Arts Oklahoma, Chickasha, since 1994. Member State of Humanities in Oklahoma Higher Education Commission, 1988. Visiting scholar Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 1991, 93.

Achievements

• Ingrid Hedwig Shafer has been listed as a noteworthy philosophy and religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, American Academy Religion, American Institute for Study Religious Cooperation, Association for Integrative Studies, Hegel Society of America, Institute for Evolutionary Psychology, Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, Popular Culture Association (area chairman culture and religion), International Society for Study of European Ideas.

Interests

• Avocations: painting oil portraits, computers and internet lists, writing poetry and fiction.

Connections

Married W. Thomas Poole, March 30, 1961 (divorced). Children: Irene, Henry. Married R.W. Shafer, May 1, 1977 (deceased 1986).

Father:

Heinrich Winter

Mother:

Irene (Tomas) Winter

Spouse:

W. Thomas Poole

Spouse:

R.W. Shafer

child:

Henry Shafer

child:

Irene Shafer