Katie Dieter
kdieter@indiana.edu

Admitted: 2009
(dual PhD Gender Studies & AAADS)

MA 2009 - Indiana University
African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS)

BA 2006 - Indiana State University
Studio Art (Metal and Furniture Design) and African and African American Studies

Katie Dieter is pursuing a duel Ph.D. in Gender Studies and African American and African Diaspora Studies.  She holds a MA in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington (2009) and a Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art (Metal and Furniture Design) and African and African American Studies from Indiana State University (2006).  Katie's research interests include skin tone hierarchy among African American women and the intersectionality of these issues with other identity markers, such as sexuality and gender.  She is also interested in violence against women of color, and more particularly, intra-racial violence against black lesbians and its relation to skin tone hierarchal issues. As a visual artist, her research tends to inform her artwork.  Katie is highly invested in using her artwork as a means to produce knowledge and she tries to show her work whenever possible. 

Recent Exhibitions (from AAADS page)