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Bio<\/h2>\n

Dr. Katherine \u201cKatie\u201d Martin joined the Augsburg faculty in 2021 as an assistant professor. In 2023, she became the program coordinator of the Health Commons<\/a> and the Director of the BSN program.<\/p>\n

Katie\u2019s research experience is primarily with qualitative methods and critical discourse analysis. As a PhD student, she was able to learn from experts in qualitative methodology and worked on various projects in pediatrics and public health. Her dissertation was a critical discourse analysis of the communication between nurse midwives and pregnant people on risk and responsibility. Katie was recently the lead investigator of a study entitled \u201cEvaluating student learning at the Augsburg Health Commons,\u201d which evaluated what the nursing students were learning from their experiences at the Health Commons. She was also a sub-investigator on a research project exploring barriers and facilitators of health for those with housing instability.<\/p>\n

Currently, Katie teaches Nursing Research (Nur 520) in the Masters of Arts in Nursing program. She also teaches Paradigms in Nursing: Evidence-Based Practice and Theory (Nur 306) and Culture, Context, and Family-Centered Care (Nur 403) in the BSN Completion program. She also advises students in their doctoral studies as they complete their final projects.<\/p>\n

Katie\u2019s clinical experience began right after graduation from a post-baccalaureate nursing program when she followed her passion for gender-related health and obstetrics to the Birthplace at University of Minnesota Health (UMMC), Riverside campus. She began as a postpartum and nursery nurse and soon became a labor and delivery nurse. After completing the Midwifery program at the University of Minnesota, she began working as a full-scope certified nurse midwife for the University of Minnesota Physicians at UMMC. She has also practiced midwifery at Regions Hospital on a casual basis.<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n