Biography
Kate Fedewa is an academic specialist focused on curriculum development and teaching in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures. She teaches in the Professional and Public Writing program, as well as in Experience Architecture, First Year Writing, Gifted and Talented Education, and Integrated Arts and Humanities. She has served in leadership roles as WRAC’s Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies (2023-2025) and as the director of WRAC’s Young Authors’ Conference (2013-2015).
Fedewa’s teaching, curriculum development, and research focus on community-centered learning experiences. She is currently researching changing notions of “writers” and “writing” with the advent of AI, as well as the rhetoric of history and its use toward identity formation in tabletop gaming.
Research Areas
Literacy and Identity, Game Studies, History of Rhetoric, Medievalisms, Learning Experience Design
Education
Ph.D., English (Medieval Literature), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013.
BA, Michigan State University, 2007
College of Arts & Letters News
- Professional and Public Writing Outstanding Senior Award Goes to Three Graduating SeniorsCollege of Arts & Letters
May 10, 2024Three graduating seniors received the 2024 Professional and Public Writing (P2W) Outstanding Senior Award, which is presented each year by the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures at Michigan State University to recognize graduating students who demonstrate excellence […] Read Now →
- New Minor in Writing Now Offered to UndergraduatesCollege of Arts & Letters
August 24, 2021A new Minor in Writing is now being offered to undergraduate students at Michigan State University. This new minor, housed in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), will be available to students starting in the Fall 2021 semester. “This is […] Read Now →
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