English Precapstone: The Novel and Its Contexts

Katherine Kennedy teaches writing and negotation for the Harvard College Writing Program during the academic year and at the Harvard Kennedy School during their summer session. She received a PhD in English and American literature from Rutgers University, an AB from Harvard College, an MA from the University of Utah, and, most recently, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. Her interests are British Romantic and Victorian literature, American nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, children's literature, policy analysis, negotiation, and leadership. Her dissertation focused on representations of women's bodies in British literature from 1770-1840. Before coming to Harvard, she served as an elected member and vice chair of the Salt Lake City School Board for eight years. After receiving her MPA, she was a fellow in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory at the Center for Public Leadership. She has taught writing and literature at Harvard, Rutgers, the University of Utah, and Randolph College, and she coaches negotiation students at the Harvard Kennedy School.