Dr. Kathy L. Guthrie is a Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida State University. In addition to teaching in the Higher Education program, Dr. Guthrie also serves as the director of the Leadership Learning Research Center and coordinates the Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership Studies. Her research focuses on leadership learning in higher education contexts. More specifically, culturally relevant and socially just leadership learning, learning outcomes and environment of leadership education, and professional development for Student Affairs Professionals.

Dr. Guthrie has authored and co-authored over 100 publications including refereed journal articles, book chapters, books, and co-edited several books and special journal issues on leadership learning. Dr. Guthrie speaks, researches, and teaches internationally and is a board member of the International Leadership Association. She is also an affiliated researcher with the Center for Arts, Business, and Culture at the Stockholm School of Economics in Stockholm, Sweden.

In her current role with Florida State University, she has taught courses in higher education including Introduction to Student Services, Leading Change in Higher Education, Practicum in Student Services, and Capstone in Higher Education. She has also taught courses in the undergraduate Leadership certificate including Leadership Theory and Practice, Leadership in Groups and Communities, Leadership and Change, and Leadership Experience. Over the course of her career, she has been honored with many awards, including the ACPA Diamond Honoree designation, Transformation through Teaching Award, Florida State University College of Education Teaching Award, Association of College Personnel Administrators’ Emerging Scholar, Seminole Faculty Award, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ Contributions to Student Affairs through Teaching, and NASPA's Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member.

Dr. Guthrie is the editor of the New Directions in Student Leadership series and editor of the Contemporary Perspectives in Leadership Learning book series in Information Age Publishing. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.