Dr. Kathryn Kein

Associate Teaching Professor · Non-Tenure Track

Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

About

Kathryn Kein is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Department with a PhD in American Studies from the George Washington University. She is also the Director of the Women Involved in Learning and Leadership LLC and The university's Faculty Athletics Representative.

Research interests

Gender and Sexuality, Feminism, Queer Studies, Popular Culture, Comedy and Humor, Race and Ethnicity

Teaching interests

Gender and Sexuality, Feminism, Queer Studies, Popular Culture, Comedy and Humor, Race and Ethnicity

Education

  • Ph D, American StudiesGeorge Washington University (2016)
    “Hysterical Feminism: Humor, Affect, and Comedy’s Role in Feminism’s Second Wave, 1955-1980”
  • BA, American StudiesCornell University (2007)