Katharine Keenan

Kate is a graduate of Boston University (CAS ’04) and Columbia University (MA Teachers College ’09, PhD GSAS ’13). She taught at Carthage for three years as a postdoctoral fellow of Western Heritage and for two years as a visiting assistant professor of classics and history, after which she established a private academic editing and research consultancy.

Having studied anthropology throughout her undergraduate and graduate degrees, Kate is a “trained people person” with a key ability to identify and communicate other people’s core values and goals. Her research focus was on post-conflict urban transformation in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and she has published extensively on the role of community art in peace building.

Education

• PhD Columbia University in the City of New York (2006 — 2013)
• M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University (2006 — 2009)
• B.A. Boston University (2000 — 2004)

Companies

• Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations Carthage College (2021)
• Adjunct Professor University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2021)
• Consultant Self-employed, Research Consulting and Academic Editing (2019)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Carthage College (2017 — 2019)
• Postdoctoral Fellow Carthage College (2014 — 2017)
• Instructor of Contemporary Civilization Columbia University (2013 — 2014)
• Adjunct Instructor Fordham University (2013 — 2013)
• Preceptor of Contemporary Civiliziation Columbia University (2011 — 2013)
• Ethnographic Consultant Virginia Commonwealth University (2011 — 2012)