Margaret Özemet

Job Title: 
Director of Admissions
Telephone: 
319-643-7628
E-mail: 
admissions@scattergood.org
Education: 

Education:  B.A. - Sculpture – Buena Vista University 

                   M.A. - Theatre -  Villanova University 

                   M.F.A. - Creative Writing – Fairleigh Dickenson University 

Biography: 

Margaret comes to Scattergood with a diverse background in the arts, education and Quaker schools.  She comes to Scattergood from Greene Street Friends School where she served as Director of Afterschool Programs.  Prior to that, she spent some time at Penn Charter School and 7 years at Friends Central School, all in Philadelphia.  Margaret also spent a year teaching in the Turkish education system. 

Before turning her focus to education, Margaret worked as a Costume Designer and Scenic Artist in the world of professional theatre in the greater Philadelphia and New York area.

Margaret only recently returned to the US after spending three years in Izmir, Turkey.  She speaks “relatively fluent” Turkish and has published several essays and stories inspired by her career as a Turkish housewife.  She lives in West Branch with her husband Gӧkhan and son Teoman (3).