Kate T.

Katherine E. Tirabassi is the Director of the Center for Research & Writing, Professor of Communication and Affiliate Faculty in English at Keene State College. She teaches professional communication & writing, research methods, creative nonfiction/writing, and co-coordinates an internship program for students in majors and minors in Communication/Philosophy, English, and professional writing. She has presented and published her research on writing center studies, archival research, critical reading strategies, composition pedagogy, and sixteenth-century French writer and editor Marie de Gournay. She has co-written a book on civic engagement with Darrell Hucks and Tanya Sturtz. In 2021, Dr. Tirabassi was awarded Keene State's Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award and in 2023, the Faculty Distinguished Service Award. She earned her PhD in English (2007) and MST in Teaching English (1998) from the University of New Hampshire.