Dates

• Existence: 1945-

Biographical History

Deirdre Paulsen (born 1945) is an English professor in Utah.

Deirdre Murray was born on December 11, 1945 to Richard Millard Murray and M. Ramona Rider. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in New Jersey, but returned to the West to attend Brigham Young University. She earned her bachelor's degree from the university in 1968, and a master's of arts in American Literature in 1975. She married David F. Paulsen, and they have five children.

Deirdre Paulsen joined the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1988 as part of the College of Humanities. During her career she taught in the Honors Program, started the Writing Fellows Program, co-directed the Publications Lab, and served as curriculum coordinator for the university's Writing Across the Curriculum. In 1998 she left BYU as her husband was called to serve as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Curitiba, Brazil, but returned once he was released in 2001.

Citation:

Rider, R. W. Sixshooters and sagebrush, 1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Deirdre Paulsen) CIP data sheet (b. 12/11/45) CIP galley (granddaughter of Rowland W. Rider)

Brigham Young University website, via WWW, Oct. 7, 2014 (Deirdre Paulsen; faculty member in College of Humanities; taught in Honors Program for fifteen years; started the Writing Fellows program and co-directed the Publication Lab; raised in New Jersey; lives in Salt Lake City, Utah; five children)

LinkedIn, via WWW, Oct. 7, 2014 (Deirdre Paulsen; faculty member at Brigham Young University, 1988- ; curriculum coordinator for Writing Across the Curriculum)

UPB files, Oct. 7, 2014 (Deirdre M. Paulsen; Deirdre Murray; retired university professor; BA, Brigham Young University, 1968; MA, American Literature, Brigham Young University, 1975)

Deseret news, June 6, 2009 (Deirdre Murray Paulsen; parents: Richard Millard Murray and Ramona Rider)

Deseret news, Sept. 2, 2004 (Deirdre Paulsen; m. to David Paulsen)

Church news, March 28, 1998 (Deirdre Murray; served in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a temple preparation class teacher, former counselor in stake Primary presidency, counselor in ward Young Women presidency, Young Single Adults adviser, MIA-Maid and Laurel adviser, activities committee member, and Relief Society teacher; received bachelor's degree in English and French, and master's degree in American literature and humanities, both from BYU; born in Salt Lake City to Richard Millard and M. Ramona Rider Murray; husband served as mission president in Curitiba, Brazil, 1998-2001)

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