Kathleen Fitzpatrick
- (she/her)
- kfitz@msu.edu
- 517.884.7423
- Linton 300
- Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
- Dean's Office
Biography
Kathleen Fitzpatrick is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts & Letters and University Distinguished Professor of English and Digital Humanities at Michigan State University. Prior to assuming this role, she was Director of DH@MSU and founding director of Mesh Research, a lab focused on the future of scholarly communication. She is project director of Knowledge Commons, an open-access, open-source network serving nearly 60,000 scholars and practitioners across the disciplines and around the world, and she is author of several books, including Leading Generously: Tools for Transformation, (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024), Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019) and Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy (NYU Press, 2011). She is past president of the board of directors of the Educopia Institute and of the Association for Computers and the Humanities.
Works
Projects
Knowledge Commons, an open-source, open-access network serving nearly 60,000 scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world.
Books
Leading Generously: Tools for Transformation. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
MLA Handbook, eighth edition. Modern Language Association, 2016.
Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy. NYU Press, 2011.
The Anxiety of Obsolescence: The American Novel in the Age of Television. Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.
Videos
College of Arts & Letters News
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick Named a University Distinguished ProfessorCollege of Arts & Letters
June 25, 2025Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a nationally recognized scholar of digital humanities, Professor in the Department of English, and recently appointed Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Arts & Letters, is now a University Distinguished Professor, which […] Read Now →
- Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and College of Arts & Letters at MSU Launch Community...College of Arts & Letters
June 19, 2025A new community-centered initiative, the Diasporic Collage Community Microgrant Program, has been launched through a partnership between the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College, New York, New York, and the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State […] Read Now →
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick Named New Associate Dean for Research and Graduate StudiesCollege of Arts & Letters
May 27, 2025Kathleen Fitzpatrick has been appointed Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters, effective July 1, 2025, following a year serving in the interim role. A nationally recognized scholar of digital humanities, […] Read Now →
- Online Repository at MSU to Host NEH-funded Research Expanding Public AccessCollege of Arts & Letters
January 28, 2025Knowledge Commons, managed by Michigan State University, was awarded a multi-year contract from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host and make publicly available NEH-funded research through the KCWorks online repository. The NEH is an independent federal agency […] Read Now →
- MSU Researcher Awarded $650K NSF Grant to Expand Educational Opportunities Through Linguistics ProjectCollege of Arts & Letters
August 29, 2024Michigan State University Researcher and Assistant Professor of Linguistics Betsy Sneller was awarded $646,385 from the U.S. National Science Foundation, or NSF, to expand educational opportunities for students as part of the MI Diaries linguistics research project. Sneller and […] Read Now →
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