Kristen Lillvis is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Metropolitan State University. She previously served as a Division Chair in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences and the Mary Alice Muellerleile '60 Endowed Chair in English at St. Catherine University and Director of Digital Humanities and Director of Graduate Programs in English at Marshall University. Her research explores inclusive pedagogy and issues of identity in texts across a range of media, including works of electronic literature.