Katie Hippen
Senior Technology Specialist, Office of Strategic Initiatives
Katie Hippen is a Faculty Specialist at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Katie serves as the Senior Technology Specialist at the Center on Young Adult Health and Development (CYAHD) and at the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI; formerly the Office of Planning and Evaluation).
Areas of Interest
Core FacultyIntimate and Familial Relationships; Sexuality; Aging, Human Development, and Life Course; LGBTQ Families; Mental Health
Katie Hippen is a Faculty Specialist at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Katie serves as the Senior Technology Specialist at the Center on Young Adult Health and Development (CYAHD) and at the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI; formerly the Office of Planning and Evaluation). Katie holds an MA in Sociology from Georgia State University with a concentration in family, health and life course. Her master's thesis was titled, “Attitudes Toward Marriage and Long-term Relationships Across Emerging Adulthood.” She also holds a BS in Family Science from the University of Maryland with minors in Human Development and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
MA, Sociology, 2016
Georgia State University
BS, Family Science, 2013
University of Maryland College Park
Hippen, K. A. (2016). Challenges faced by LGBT families with children. In M. Stombler & A. Jungels (Eds.), Focus on social problems: A contemporary reader. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hippen, K. A. (2016). Attitudes toward marriage and long-term relationships across emerging adulthood (Master’s thesis). Atlanta, GA: Georgia State University.