Photograph by Carlos G. Vertanessian

Kate Shannon is an associate professor at The Ohio State University Mansfield. Through making, teaching, writing, and curating, her work critically engages our relationship to photographs. Her creative work has been exhibited widely, including at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Elmhurst Art Museum, and Masur Museum of Art. She has received support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Grant, and Ohio State University’s Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning. She has also received Ohio State University Mansfield’s awards for both Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research. In 2025–26, she served as The Ohio State University’s Artist Laureate, traveling across Ohio to connect with underserved communities through photography. She is currently engaged in a curatorial project centered on the Floyd and Marion Rinhart Collection of Early American Photographs at Ohio State’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Library. In 2024, she presented on the collection at The Daguerreian Society Symposium in Houston, Texas, and she is currently curating an exhibition drawn from the collection to take place at Ohio State’s Thompson Library Gallery in autumn 2027. Kate lives in Hilliard, Ohio, with her husband, children, and cat.

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​Contact: kateannshannonATgmailDOTcom