Name: Meredith Shimizu
Job title: Assistant Professor
Department: Art
How long have you worked at Whitworth? Two years
What do you like best about your job? The chance to share my enthusiasm for art and history
In what ways do your gifts and abilities help meet the needs of the campus community you serve? I feel wired to teach.
Favorite book: Anything by Dorothy Sayers
Favorite movie: At the moment, “The Godfather”
Favorite food: Good sushi, hands down
Favorite quote: “I’d like to thank God. Without him I’m nothing, I’m screwed,” by Carlos
Job title: Assistant Professor
Department: Art
How long have you worked at Whitworth? Two years
What do you like best about your job? The chance to share my enthusiasm for art and history
In what ways do your gifts and abilities help meet the needs of the campus community you serve? I feel wired to teach.
Favorite book: Anything by Dorothy Sayers
Favorite movie: At the moment, “The Godfather”
Favorite food: Good sushi, hands down
Favorite quote: “I’d like to thank God. Without him I’m nothing, I’m screwed,” by Carlos
Zambrano, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
Favorite music: I’d have to say the feel-good stuff of the 70s – the Carpenters, JT, S&G, ABBA (cheesy, I know)
Favorite animal: River otter
Guilty pleasure: Moose Tracks ice cream
Hobbies: Camping, traveling, knitting, wine, cross-country skiing
Birth place: Lowell, Mass.
I collect…Student papers (argh)
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Japan (and I get to go in January)
What cartoon character best describes you? I’ve always identified with Peppermint Patty –
Favorite music: I’d have to say the feel-good stuff of the 70s – the Carpenters, JT, S&G, ABBA (cheesy, I know)
Favorite animal: River otter
Guilty pleasure: Moose Tracks ice cream
Hobbies: Camping, traveling, knitting, wine, cross-country skiing
Birth place: Lowell, Mass.
I collect…Student papers (argh)
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Japan (and I get to go in January)
What cartoon character best describes you? I’ve always identified with Peppermint Patty –
maybe because she’s a redhead who wears Berkinstocks.
If you could try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? I would be an artist!
What is your favorite sound? Waves breaking softly on a beach (too cliché?)
What is your life motto? “This, Here, You, Now”
If the whole world was listening, what would you say? “Enough, already!”
Favorite childhood book: James and the Giant Peach
Favorite childhood TV show: “3-2-1 Contact”
Least favorite word: “Also” used at the end of a sentence
If you could go on a road trip with anyone (from the past or present), who would you choose and where would you go? I’d drive through Europe with Toshi (my husband).
Best high school class subject: History, I would guess (I don’t remember much about high school).
If you could try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? I would be an artist!
What is your favorite sound? Waves breaking softly on a beach (too cliché?)
What is your life motto? “This, Here, You, Now”
If the whole world was listening, what would you say? “Enough, already!”
Favorite childhood book: James and the Giant Peach
Favorite childhood TV show: “3-2-1 Contact”
Least favorite word: “Also” used at the end of a sentence
If you could go on a road trip with anyone (from the past or present), who would you choose and where would you go? I’d drive through Europe with Toshi (my husband).
Best high school class subject: History, I would guess (I don’t remember much about high school).
