Kathryn Houghton
- (she/her)
- Teaching Specialist
- Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures
Biography
Kathryn primarily teaches in the Professional and Public Writing program, but she has also taught classes for First-year Writing, English, Experience Architecture, and IAH. Her professional interests include editing, publication management, technical and science writing, travel writing, ethics, and fiction. She has published two books on Michigan (Little Michigan, 2018, and Michigan Day Trips, 2021) and has a third expected in May of 2026. Her writing has also appeared in The Collagist and PANK.
Kathryn holds an MFA in creative writing from Eastern Washington University and has completed additional training in online learning and indexing. She was also a 2016–2017 Adams Academy Fellow.
She is senior editor of The Current, a student-run magazine that won a Marcom Gold award in 2024.
Works
Travel Writing
- Houghton, Kathryn. Exp 2026. Curious & Fascinating Facts: Michigan. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Keen Publishing.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2021. Michigan Day Trips. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Keen Publishing.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2018. Little Michigan: A Nostalgic Look at Michigan’s Smallest Towns. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Keen Publishing.
Creative Writing
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2020. “Kickball.” REO Town Reading Anthology. 29–39.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2013. “Mother and Child, by Carole Maso.” Review of Mother and Child, by Carole Maso. The Collagist, February15. http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2013/2/12/mother-and- child-by-carole-maso.html.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2012. “Four for a Quarter, by Michael Martone.” Review of Four for a Quarter, by Michael Martone. The Collagist, May 15. http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2012/5/10/four- for-a-quarter-by-michael-martone.html.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2012. “The Woman Next Door.” PANK 29–39.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2011. “Suicide, by Édouard Levé.” Review of Suicide, by Édouard Levé. The Collagist, June 15. http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2011/6/14/suicide-by-edouard- leveacutetranslated.html.
- Houghton, Kathryn. 2010. “Love in Infant Monkeys, by Lydia Millet.” Review of Love in Infant Monkeys, by Lydia Millet. The Collagist, August 15. http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2010/8/14/love-in- infant-monkeys-by-lydia-millet.html.
Academic Writing
- Fedewa, Kate, and Kathryn Houghton. 2016. “Scaffolding Agency and Responsibility in Cloud Collaboration,” in Integration of Cloud Technologies in Digitally Networked Classrooms and Learning Communities, ed. Marohang Limbu. IGI Global, 230–241.
College of Arts & Letters News
- Student-Produced Publication Wins International Award for ExcellenceCollege of Arts & Letters
December 6, 2024East Lansing's only full-color arts and culture magazine, The Current, which is developed for and by Michigan State University students, has received a 2024 MarCom Gold Award for its June/July 2024 edition. This international recognition celebrates excellence in marketing and […] Read Now →
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