Kara Northway

Kara Northway is an Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty in the Department of English at Kansas State University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas (2004). Her primary research focuses on Renaissance literature and early modern drama, particularly theater history and manuscript culture, including epistolary studies. She also specializes in writing center studies, serving as Development Director for the Writing Center from 2008–2014 and co-founding K-State’s Totally Tutoring program.

Her research has been published in journals such as Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama, Comparative Drama, and Writing Center Journal. She has received prestigious awards, including a Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship (2012) and two International Writing Centers Association Research Grants (2010, 2011). She teaches courses on Shakespeare, early modern women’s writing, and early modern letters.

Northway advises English majors/minors and was honored with a Departmental Advising Award (2013). Her work bridges archival studies, performance history, and pedagogical innovation in writing centers.