Faculty

Working at the intersection of cultural studies and media studies, Kate has authored multiple books, including The End of Forgetting (Harvard University Press, 2019), Content (The MIT Press, 2022), and School Yearbook: The Untold Story of a Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife (University of Chicago Press, 2025). Her writing on technology, youth cultures, and education has also appeared in publications such as MIT Technology Review, WIRED, Literary Hub, and Times Higher Education.

In addition to her research and teaching, Kate has held academic leadership positions at the department chair, associate dean, and dean levels. She also maintains an active consulting practice, partnering with organizations and leaders across technology, media, and design to conduct consumer and cultural research, inform strategic decisions, and develop research-driven communications.

PhD, York University 

MA, Simon Fraser University

BA, Trent University 

Influence without Power (The MIT Press, forthcoming)

School Yearbook: The Untold Story of a Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife (University of Chicago Press, 2025)

Content (MIT Press, 2022) 

The End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media (Harvard University Press, 2019).

Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth Century (The MIT Press, 2016)

The Archival Turn in Feminism (Temple University Press, 2013)

Selected Essays and Reviews - Wired, The MIT Technology Review, Science, Literary Hub, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Times Higher Education Supplement.  

Series Editor  - Page and Screen, a book and media studies series published by the University of Massachusetts Press