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. Katie A. 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.
In addition to her own research, while at Purdue, Dr. Cahill has worked on a task force that developed a $3 million public policy research institute, conducted assessments to overcome a $67 million shortfall in the university budget, acted as the deputy director of a civic engagement project that was the recipient of a $1 million grant, assisted in the organization of an inaugural Washington D.C. practicum with C-SPAN, independently taught courses on public policy and women in politics, advocated for graduate students as the president of the Political Science Graduate Student Association, and for two years held the editorial assistant position for the Western Political Science Association’s new official journal, Politics, Groups, and Identities.
Dr. Cahill has also held a variety of research positions with projects across campus on issues such as violence against women, diversity and inclusion, as well as emergency planning and response. Her participation in all of these projects was driven by a passion to improve the quality of academic engagement and to further the development of the discipline.
Prior to working at The Baker Center, Dr. Katie A. 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.
In addition to her own research, while at Purdue, Dr. Cahill has worked on a task force that developed a $3 million public policy research institute, conducted assessments to overcome a $67 million shortfall in the university budget, acted as the deputy director of a civic engagement project that was the recipient of a $1 million grant, assisted in the organization of an inaugural Washington D.C. practicum with C-SPAN, independently taught courses on public policy and women in politics, advocated for graduate students as the president of the Political Science Graduate Student Association, and for two years held the editorial assistant position for the Western Political Science Association’s new official journal, Politics, Groups, and Identities.
Dr. Cahill has also held a variety of research positions with projects across campus on issues such as violence against women, diversity and inclusion, as well as emergency planning and response. Her participation in all of these projects was driven by a passion to improve the quality of academic engagement and to further the development of the discipline.