Katherine (Katie) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and is mentored by Dr. Eric Hoover. Her research interests include assessing the unmet hearing healthcare needs of distinct populations and developing new hearing healthcare service delivery models to meet the needs of underserved communities.  Katie received her B.S. from Northeastern University in 2016 and worked as a research assistant in the Auditory and Speech Sciences Laboratory at the University of South Florida prior to joining UMD as a Ph.D. student.