Katherine Perry
Associate Professor English- Education
Ph.D. from Auburn University
M.A. from University of Texas
- Specializations
Poetry (creative writing), American women writers, feminist theories, and prison education.
- Biography
Katherine D. Perry is a professor of English at the Decatur campus, a co-founder of the GSU Prison Education Project, and a practicing poet. Her book, Long Alabama Summer, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2017. Some of her more recent poems can be found in The Coop: A Poetry Cooperative, Capsule Stories, and Last Leaves.
- Recognitions and Awards
2024-2026 NEH grant award “Discovering Where We Are: Place-Based Experiential Learning on Two-Year Commuter Campuses”
Team Innovation Grant, Summer 2022
Dean's Writing Grant, Summer 2022
- Committees and Organizations
Georgia State University Prison Education Project
Honors Program faculty
- Publications
“Upon Watching Notre Dame Burn,” “Astrophysical Singularity,” and “Undistinguished Miraculous,” The Coop: A Poetry Cooperative, March 2023 https://150kansaspoems.wordpress.com/2023/03/02/three-poems-by-katherine-d-perry/
• “Out of the Woods,” Capsule Stories, September 2022
• “Resides Beside a Pear Tree,” Last Leaves, Issue 5, Fall 2022 https://www.lastleavesmag.com/_files/ugd/dccfc8_88b991023bc845f180be7def8e01249c.pdf
• “Love Song for Daffodils,” 2022 WordFest Anthology, September 2022
• “Love Song for the In-Between Years,” InScribe: Journal of Creative Writing, Issue 4 (Time), August 2022
• “Time to Swarm” (poem), Deep Overstock, Issue 17: Beekeeping, July 2022 https://deepoverstock.com/2022/07/01/time-to-swarm-katherine-d-perry/
• “Love Song for the Nebulae” and “Love like a Beatles Song and a Mary Oliver Poem,” (poems) Fresh Words, June 2022 (online and print). Online: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G9eVgBt1ZS1syN9RruNQLzt7-JVq04sY/view
• “Changing the Landscape of Our Prisons One College Course at a Time,” (essay) Saporta Report, Higher Education, November 26, 2018. https://leadership.saportareport.com/higher-education/2018/11/26/changing-the-landscape-of-our-prisons-one-person-and-one-college-course-at-a-time/
• “Death of the Canaries” (poem), Writers Resist, September 20, 2018, http://www.writersresist.com/2018/09/20/deaths-of-canaries/