Kate Niehaus

Evaluation Specialist

Kate Niehaus, Ph.D., is a Research Administrative Coordinator at the University of Kentucky Evaluation Center. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation from the University of Louisville in 2012 and served as an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology and Research at the University of South Carolina from 2012-2016. Recently, Kate has worked as a program evaluation coordinator for a non-profit organization implementing violence prevention curriculum in schools. She utilizes quantitative methodologies to study the impact of school connectedness on students’ academic and behavioral outcomes.