Katie A. Cahill, PhD
Dr. Katie A. Cahill is the Associate Director of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Director of the Leadership and Governance Program. Through education, research, and student initiatives, The Baker Center works to promote a participatory democracy and public service grounded in the principles of civility and integrity.
Prior to working at The Baker Center, Dr. Cahill was the Associate Director of the Purdue Institute for Civic Communication (PICC) at Purdue University. Made possible by a long partnership with C-SPAN and with funding from the Daniels Fund of Denver, the PICC promotes student success through innovative teaching, mentoring, and real-world application of their education. Students find success as they learn a greater appreciation for the shared values of citizenship, civic participation, and integrity in words and actions.
Dr. Cahill also holds a doctorate in political science from Purdue. Her major field is public policy, with minor concentrations in comparative politics and public health. Her research uses an interdisciplinary, multi-method, and puzzle-driven approach to examine public health policies and outcomes in developing contexts. Dr. Cahill is highly motivated to conduct research that has both theoretical and practical implications. For her research on child immunization, she conducted over 9 months of fieldwork interviewing public health officials and representatives of international organizations in the countries of India and Bangladesh.
She is recipient of a Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, a Global Synergy Grant, a Global Policy Research Institute Graduate Student Fellowship, the Frank L. Wilson Dissertation Award for International Research, a Purdue Research Foundation Summer Grant, and the Devin Roberson Memorial Award for Dedication to Political Science.
Prior to working at The Baker Center, Dr. Cahill was the Associate Director of the Purdue Institute for Civic Communication (PICC) at Purdue University. Made possible by a long partnership with C-SPAN and with funding from the Daniels Fund of Denver, the PICC promotes student success through innovative teaching, mentoring, and real-world application of their education. Students find success as they learn a greater appreciation for the shared values of citizenship, civic participation, and integrity in words and actions.
Dr. Cahill also holds a doctorate in political science from Purdue. Her major field is public policy, with minor concentrations in comparative politics and public health. Her research uses an interdisciplinary, multi-method, and puzzle-driven approach to examine public health policies and outcomes in developing contexts. Dr. Cahill is highly motivated to conduct research that has both theoretical and practical implications. For her research on child immunization, she conducted over 9 months of fieldwork interviewing public health officials and representatives of international organizations in the countries of India and Bangladesh.
She is recipient of a Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, a Global Synergy Grant, a Global Policy Research Institute Graduate Student Fellowship, the Frank L. Wilson Dissertation Award for International Research, a Purdue Research Foundation Summer Grant, and the Devin Roberson Memorial Award for Dedication to Political Science.