Kate Lockwood Harris

Kate Lockwood Harris is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and a McKnight Presidential Fellow. Her research employs critical, feminist, and intersectional frameworks to examine the relationship between violence and communication, focusing on gender, race, and systemic inequities. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Colorado, Boulder (2013).

Her work investigates organizational responses to sexual violence, particularly in higher education and institutional accountability under Title IX. Notable publications include Beyond the Rapist: Title IX and Sexual Violence on US Campuses (Oxford UP, 2019), which won the 2020 Book Award from the European Group for Organizational Studies. She also explores communication myths in consent activism, gendered discourse in IPV reporting, and the intersection of disability/trauma and reflexive methodologies.

Key research themes include: organizational knowledge systems, feminist new materialism, queer/intersectional methodologies, and the material-discursive dynamics of violence. Her recent work addresses pandemic-related consent discourses, decolonial communication frameworks, and anti-racist praxis in academia.

• Education: Ph.D., Communication, University of Colorado, Boulder (2013)
• Awards: 2020 European Group for Organizational Studies Book Award, McKnight Presidential Fellowship
• Consulting: Develops violence prevention programs for organizations through trauma-informed communication strategies