Katherine Tilghman is Ph.D. Candidate in Hispanic Studies with a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research focuses on representations of kinship, community, and care in contemporary novels by Mexican and Argentine women published from the 2010s-present, and how these representations dialogue with issues raised by contemporary Latin American feminisms.
Katherine received her B.A. in Spanish from Indiana University with minors in Portuguese, French, and Music Studies. At WashU, she has taught multiple levels of Spanish grammar, in addition to Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a self-designed 300-level Spanish course, “Gender and Feminism in Contemporary Latin American Fiction.” Katherine has collaborated extensively with WashU’s Center for Teaching and Learning and is currently a graduate fellow at the Writing Center. She is also the co-founder and primary convener of the Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Latin American Literature Reading Group, funded since 2022 by WashU’s Center for the Humanities.
In her free time, Katherine enjoys exploring the beautiful parks of St. Louis, playing the violin, and catching movies at local theaters.