Sister Katherine Ann Wildt has a B.A. in English from Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 1970; an M.A. in English from Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 1975; and a Ph.D. in English from St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1996.

Wildt is a member of the National Council Teachers of English, Missouri Philological Association, Modern Language Association, Victorians Institute, and the Gaskell Society.

Wildt has published in the following journals/publications: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Nebraska English Counselor, Sisters Council Newsletter, and in Focus. She also authored Elizabeth Gaskell¹s Use of Color in Her Industrial Novels and Short Stories.

Wildt has received the following awards: the John McCallum Excellence in Teaching Award from Missouri Valley College, Who's Who Among America¹s Teachers, Honorable Mention in The HarperCollins Fellowship Competition, Most Influential Teacher Award from University of Missouri-Columbia, and Who's Who in American Education.

Teaching/Research interests lie in British Literature, Victorian Literature, Art, Elizabeth Gaskell, Modern Literature, particularly American and British, Science Fiction and Fantasy.