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Kathleen Woodward is a Professor of English and Director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington, holding the Lockwood Professorship in the Humanities. She specializes in 20th-century American literature, discourses of emotions, technology studies, and age studies. Her work bridges literary criticism, cultural theory, and interdisciplinary humanities.
- Affiliations: Simpson Center Director since 2000, former Director of UW’s English Department, and former President of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes.
- Education: B.A. Economics (Smith College, 1966), Ph.D. Literature (UC San Diego, 1976).
Research: Explores intersections of emotion, technology, and aging through publications like Statistical Panic (2009) and Aging and Its Discontents (1991). Current projects include risk analysis in global aging contexts.
Grants & Leadership: Secured grants from Mellon, NEH, and Rockefeller. Served on boards of Imagining America, National Humanities Alliance, and HASTAC. Co-edited Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture (1986–1995).
Labs/Initiatives: Founded and led the Center for Twentieth Century Studies at UW-Milwaukee (1981–2000). Active in campus-community partnerships and digital humanities collaborations.
