Kate Northrop

Kate Northrop is a Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English at the University of Wyoming. She holds an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her career spans multiple awards, fellowships, and published collections that explore themes of relationships, memory, and environmental consciousness.

• Education: M.F.A., University of Iowa; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
• Current Role: Professor of Creative Writing, University of Wyoming

Northrop’s research and creative output focuses on contemporary poetry that interrogates personal and ecological landscapes. Her work often blends introspective narratives with experimental forms, reflecting themes of impermanence and emotional complexity. Recent publications include Homewrecker (2022) and cuntstruck (2017), with poems appearing in notable journals such as AGNI, The American Poetry Review, and Terrain.

Her awards portfolio includes the Jeannette Haien Ballard Writers Award (2014), multiple fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (2008, 2006, 2004, 2002), and prestigious residencies at MacDowell Colony and Yaddo (2015). She has also received university-level teaching accolades, including the Wyoming Honors Organization Award for Excellence in Upper Division Teaching (2021) and the Ellbogen Meritorious Teaching Award (2020).