Katie Temple

2021-22 Graduate Research Fellow
Political Science

Katie Temple is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science at UO. Her research project, “Corporate Mindfulness and Meditation: Making Sense of Eastern Spirituality in the Workplace” examines how traditional Buddhist practices like mindfulness have emerged as a new cultural model for workplace relations. Through in-depth interviews, it will investigate the emergent relationships between management, human resources personnel, employees and spiritual instructors in defining and making sense of workplace problems.