Background
Schmider, Mary Ellen Heian was born on April 17, 1938 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of A. Bernard and Ellen Dagmar (Gunderson) Heian.
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Mary Ellen Heian Schmider
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Mary Ellen Heian Schmider, American studies educator, academic administrator. Bush Leadership fellow, 1987; Named Distinguished Alumna, Chippewa Falls High School Wall of Fame, 2008. Member executive communications Minnesota Humanities Commission, St. Paul, 1983-1989, chair, 1987-1988. Member United States Fulbright Association (national board member, since 2008), American Studies Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Education
Bachelor in English Literature magna cum laude, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1960. Master of Arts in English Literature, University Southern California, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University Minnesota, 1983.
Career
Member founding faculty in English, California Lutheran College, Thousand Oaks, California, 1961-1964. Instructor department English University Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1964-1970. Instructor University writing program University Rhode Island, South Kingston, Rhode Island, 1973-1977.
Graduate assistant department rhetoric University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1975-1976. Director continuing education/community service Moorhead State University, 1977-1986, dean graduate studies and graduate faculty, 1983-1995. United States Fulbright lecturer Lanzhou University, China, 1997.
Member board pensions Lutheran Church in American, Minneapolis, 1982—1987. Member board higher education and schools Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Chicago, 1987—1995. Certified college management Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1987.
Board directors Lutheran Brotherhood, Minneapolis, 1988—2001. Collegiate full professor University Maryland University College, Heidelberg, Germany, 2000—2003. Adjunct professor UMUC, Adelphi, Maryland, since 2003.
Member American Speakers Program, Cultural Section, United States Embassy, Austria & Italy, 1988, Japan, 93, China, 2004, Romania, 06. United States Fulbright senior lecturer Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia, 2005—2006. Resource faculty Gender Studies institute Euro-Balkan Region, 2006.
Achievements
Membership
Member executive communications Minnesota Humanities Commission, St. Paul, 1983-1989, chair, 1987-1988. Member United States Fulbright Association (national board member, since 2008), American Studies Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Interests
Connections
Married Michael Heaton Leonard, June 16, 1962 (divorced October 1969). 1 child, William Gunerius S. Leonard. Married Carl Ludwig Schmider, June 17, 1970.
1 child, Dagmar Heian (née Schmider) Meinders.
Education
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1960
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1962
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1983