Catherine Fitzpatrick

Catherine Fitzpatrick serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of English and the Program in Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her academic work bridges literary studies with gender and sexuality studies, focusing particularly on transgender perspectives in literature.

Her research interests span multiple interconnected fields including Trans and Queer Literature, Poetic Meter, Theories of Comedy, Genre Fiction, and Literary Editing. Fitzpatrick approaches these areas through a lens that examines identity formation, gender expression, and the formal possibilities of literary language, particularly within marginalized communities.

Her publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with transgender narratives across multiple genres. Fitzpatrick's work shows a progression from poetry collections exploring personal identity to edited anthologies amplifying diverse transgender voices in speculative fiction, reflecting her commitment to expanding representation in literary spaces.

• Stonewall Award for co-editing Meanwhile, Elsewhere, Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers

Fitzpatrick's teaching portfolio includes courses such as Reading LGBT Literature, Technique of Poetry, Politics of Sexuality, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, and Rhetoric of Humor. Her pedagogical approach appears to integrate creative practice with critical theory, offering students opportunities to engage with both the technical aspects of writing and the social contexts of literary production.