Karen Huxtable began teaching in 1988 at The Ohio State University, where she earned her master's degree and Ph.D. in Psychology. She earned a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Huxtable served as associate director of The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Teaching and Learning when it launched in January 2016 and became director in 2022. She joined the Academy while serving as a senior lecturer for the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and is now Professor of Instruction where she teaches Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. She has taught over 13,000 students since starting at UT Dallas as a lecturer in 2000. For the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, she served as teaching support coordinator from 2012-2015 and received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005 and the Seniors' Choice Award in 2009. In 2013, Huxtable was awarded the UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, and in 2019 was named a Piper Professor of Texas.