Katherine Flowers

Expertise

Writing Studies, Language Policy, the English Language

Research Interests

Writing Studies, Language Policy, Journalism and Professional Writing, Composition, the English Language, Sociocultural Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Discourse Studies, Literacy Studies, Research Methods

Education

Ph.D.: English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
M.A.: English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
B.A.: English, University of Washington, 2010
B.S.: Oceanography, University of Washington, 2010

Biosketch

Katherine Flowers enjoys teaching first-year writing, journalism and professional writing, and courses about language and literacy. Her work has appeared in the "Journal of Sociolinguistics," "College Composition and Communication," "Language Policy," "Literacy in Composition Studies" and the "Journal of Language and Politics." In 2024, Cambridge University Press published her first book, "Making English Official: Writing and Resisting Local Language Policies." This open-access book received the Conference on College Composition and Communication Research Impact Award in 2025.