Katherine (Katie) Lightfoot grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL, and graduated with a BA in International Studies and German from The University of Alabama (UA). As an undergraduate student, she spent one year in Hamburg, Germany, on an academic exchange through the Federation of German-American Clubs. She then decided to begin her MA in German Literature and completed a Master’s in German at UA. During the 2021-2022 academic year, Katie lived in Cuxhaven, Germany, and taught English and German on a Fulbright grant. In June of 2023, Katie traveled to Berlin to participate in the “German Literary Institutions: The Berlin Seminar”.
Her research interests include migration studies and transnational literature published in the German-speaking world, as well as second-language acquisition and reflective teaching and learning.