No. 631 Jerilyn McIntyre, 2011

File — Box: 68, Folder: 4

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Scope and Contents

McIntyre (b. 1942) was born in Fairbury, Nebraska. Both her parents were teachers. They moved to Pasadena, California when she was seven so her dad could work for the California Teacher's Association. Jerilyn discusses her early education. Her two years of high school were on the Pasadena City College campus. After high school she attended Stanford where she majored in history. She describes living on campus and her realization that she could handle studying at Stanford. She talks about her life-changing study abroad experience in Italy. She studied with professors from Stanford while there, as well as Italian language teachers. She learned to mellow out and not fill the entire day with work and took that lesson with her back to the States. Jerilyn received her Master's in journalism at Stanford. She talks about her Master's thesis and the professors with whom she studied. After receiving her Master's, she worked for the McGraw Hill publishing company as an editorial assistant and then later a correspondent. Jerilyn left McGraw Hill to study for a PhD, but before going to the University of Washington for her PhD, she taught at Chico State College for two years. She describes working at Chico State and being the only woman teacher there. Jerilyn then went to the University of Washington. She describes her dissertation and the professors she studied with. She was interested in the way communication systems develop in developing communities. After earning her PhD at Washington, Jerilyn was hired at the University of Iowa. She describes the overwhelming workload she had to take on because of departmental turmoil and changes. When the University of Utah approached her with a job offer, she agreed. She did not like the Iowa weather and she was excited at the job she would have at the University of Utah. Jerilyn discusses her hesitations and finally her decision to move to Utah. She describes her work at the University of Utah, the classes she taught, the responsibilities she had, and the promotions she received over the years.
University Oral History Project.
Interviewer: Anne Peterson

Dates

2011

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