Research Keywords
Book Publishing: millennial and GenZ media consumer behavior; AI and book publishing; self-publishing; literary festivals
Digital Literature: Instagram Poetry (“Instapoetry”); code poetry; global e-literature; open access academic publishing; literary games
Online Learning: virtual and embodied learning experiences; digital skills building; digital pedagogy toolkit
Biography
Dr. Kathi Inman Berens publishes peer-reviewed scholarship about contemporary book publishing, digital literature, and digital humanities. She publishes popular press articles, has appeared on a dozen podcasts, and led webinars on three continents. See: https://works.bepress.com/kathi-berens/
On the PSU faculty since 2015.
Academic Awards
- Hayles Prize in Criticism, Electronic Literature Organization, shortlist 2020
- U.S. Fulbright Scholar of Digital Culture, Norway, 2014-15
- Annenberg Innovation Lab Research Council, University of Southern California, 2012-14
- Digital Humanities Award nominee: Best DH Project for a Public Audience, 2012
- Mobile Technology Research Initiative, Washington State University Vancouver, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011
Teaching Awards
- John Eliot Allen Teaching Award (twice) – Portland State University
- Certification: Expert in Career Readiness for Humanists – Modern Language Association
- Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California, Distinguished Fellow, 2006-2009
External Grants
- $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Connections Award (2023-2026)
- $10,000 Modern Language Association Pathways Step Grant, funded by Mellon Foundation (2024)
- $40,000 Panorama Project Immersive Media Study, 2020. Funders: Overdrive , American Library Association, Book Industry Study Group, Independent Book Publishers Association
- $10,000 Co-Presence in Virtual Classroom Software, 2013. Funder: IBM J-Start Emerging Technologies
Media
Television
Podcasts
Recent Publications