Kathleen Rose Dillon
Lecturer English University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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ANDR 203
Lincoln, NE 68588-0333 - Phone
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402-472-3191 On-campus 2-3191
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kdillon9@unl.edu
Kathleen 'Kat' Dillon (they/she) is a Lecturer for the UNL English department and a graduate of the department’s English: Composition & Rhetoric doctoral program. Kat’s dissertation and associated classroom study focused on how pedagogical practices inspired by Slow Pedagogy and Participatory Action Research, which center collaboration and co-creation, can support student writing and well-being.
During their time as a doctoral student at UNL, Kat served as the Assistant Director of Composition, Assistant Director of the Writing Center, and Writing Specialist for the TRIO Student Support Services program. Kat was a 2025 recipient of the UNL’s Office of Graduate Studies’ Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
Education
- PhD (2026) University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- MA (2015) Loyola University Chicago
- BA (2011) North Park University
Selected Publications:
“Practicing a Slow Resistance.” Radical Transparency: Perspectives on Graduate Education in Writing Studies, edited by Justin H. Cook and Skye Roberson, UP Colorado Press, March 2027.
Selected Conference Presentations:
“From Theory of Labor to the Practice of Slow Work in the Writing Classroom,” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Cleveland, OH. (March 2026)
“Slowness as Resistance to Capitalism in Academic Practice,” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Cleveland, OH. (March 2026)
“Tales from the Trenches: Academic Labor Organizing in Troubled Times,” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Cleveland, OH. (March 2026)
“Co-Creating Wellbeing in the Writing Classroom,” Conference on Writing & Wellbeing. Tucson, AZ (Jan 2026)
“Discerning Our Values & Decoding Neoliberal Logics During Disaster Capitalism,” Feminisms & Rhetorics. Durham, NH (July 2025)
“'Which Side Are You On?': Anti-Capitalist Composition Pedagogy at the Neoliberal University,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Baltimore, MD (April 2025)
“'Solidarity Forever!': Academic Labor, University Austerity, and Student Movements,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Baltimore, MD (April 2025)
“Utilizing a Slow Participatory Action Research to Co-Plan a TRIO Writing Class with Students,” MKN Annual Conference. Kansas City, MO. (April 2025)
“Practicing a Slow Resistance in Building a New Union,” Modern Language Association Convention. New Orleans, LA. (January 2025)
Areas of Interest:
Slow Pedagogy
Collaborative Pedagogies
Participatory Action Research
Activist & Labor Rhetorics
Courses Recently Taught:
ENGL 150: Writing & Inquiry
ENGL 151: Writing & Argument
ENGL 151: Writing for Change
ENGL 254: Writing and Communities