Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Kathleen Fitzpatrick is an American scholar of digital humanities and media studies. She serves at Michigan State University, where official university pages describe her as a professor of English and Digital Humanities and a leader in the university’s digital humanities work.

Her writing often explores how scholarly communication, publishing, and higher education are changing in a digital world. On her official site, she lists books including Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University and Leading Generously: Tools for Transformation, along with earlier work on reading, authorship, and networked media.

Before joining Michigan State University, she held a senior scholarly communication role with the Modern Language Association. Across her work as an author, editor, and academic leader, she has become well known for making complex conversations about universities and digital culture feel practical, humane, and approachable.