Hi! I’m Katherine

I’m Chair of the Department of English and an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. In other roles, I’ve launched a popular film studies minor, directed a large interdisciplinary humanities program, and administered a writing center. I’ve written three academic books and over a dozen articles, some of which have won the most prestigious awards in my field. I’ve also published in popular outlets such as The Atlantic and Harper’s Bazaar. My most recent book Hollywood’s Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System is available from Columbia University Press.

I’m currently writing a biography about Anita Loos: screenwriter, author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and woman you’d want to sit next to you at a dinner party.