Katherine Elizabeth Collier
Instructor of Psychology
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BS Mississippi State University; MS Mississippi State University
Research Areas: Romantic Relationships; Power; Gender; Role of Culture in Identity; Psychology within the Legal System
Katie is a social psychologist with an interest in the dark side of romantic relationships, power dynamics, and the role of culture on identity formation. She has a Masters of Science from Mississippi State University in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis on Social Psychology and Psychology and Law. Katie is an Instructor of Psychology at NYUAD. When she is not in the classroom, Katie stays busy with research on a vast array of topics within psychology. In conjunction with faculty at NYUNY, Katie has recently started interviewing adolescents in an asset based community on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. When she is not working, Katie is an avid reader and the mom of a 4 year old pitbull.