Katherine Martin

Bio

Dr. Katherine “Katie” Martin joined the Augsburg faculty in 2021 as an assistant professor. In 2023, she became the program coordinator of the Health Commons and the Director of the BSN program.

Katie’s 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 “Evaluating student learning at the Augsburg Health Commons,” 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.

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.

Katie’s 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.

Education

• PhD, Nursing (2021) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• MS, Nurse-Midwifery (2011) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Nursing (2006) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• BS, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI

Areas of Teaching Responsibility

• Nursing Research
• Nursing Theory
• Cultural Safety
• Family Nursing

Presentations & Publications

• Martin K, Vogel R., Nagler R, WymanJ., Raymond, N., Deanna Teoh; Alicia M Allen, PhD, MPH; Kristine M.C. Talley, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC; Susan Mason, PhD, MPH; Anne H. Blaes “Mammography Screening Practices in Average-Risk Women in Primary Care: A Comparison of Physician and Non-physician Providers.” Journal of Women’s Health. Published Online: Ahead of Print: 16 Jul 2019 https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2018.7436
• McKechnie AC, Rogstad J, Martin K, Pridham KF. An exploration of co-parenting in the context of caring for a child prenatally diagnosed and born with a complex health condition. J Adv Nurs. 2017;00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13415

Oral Presentations

• Martin, K, Nelson, A, Clark, K, Rubio Mendoza, C, Hess, R. “The Augsburg Health Commons: Using Research and Experiential Learning to Address Structural Inequities in Care.” Nursing World Conference, Boston, MA (virtual: October 2023)
• Martin, K, Jimenez, A, Nelson, A, Clark, K. “The Augsburg Health Commons: Teaching Transcultural Nursing While Caring for Those Who Experience Marginalization.” Transcultural Nursing Society Conference. Charleston, SC. (October, 2023)
• Martin K, “How Certified Nurse Midwives Legitimize Lifestyle Recommendations to Pregnant People with a BMI of 30 or Higher“ as an in-person podium talk at Midwest Nursing Research Society 46th Annual Research Conference: Innovative Solutions: Re-Imagining Nursing Research and Scholarship. (April 2, 2022)
• Martin K, “Exploring person-centered care in nurse-midwifery: a critical discourse analysis” as a virtual podium talk at the 43rd Annual International Association for Human Caring (IAHC) Virtual Conference, Inclusive Caring Theory Guided Evidenced Based Practice. (June 2022)
• Garwick, A., Martin, K, Looman, W. School Nurses’ Perspectives on Engaging Families of Children with Asthma and ADHD in Care Coordination. University of Minnesota School of Nursing Research Day. (April 12, 2019)

Posters

• Martin K. “Risk talk: A critical discourse analysis of Prenatal appointments with midwives “at the ACNM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Together Again: Creating Unity, Growth, and Diversity in Midwifery. (May 2022)
• Martin K. “Communicating Risk and Responsibility in Prenatal Appointments.” Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting. (Virtual: March 26th, 2021)
• Martin, K.  Vogel R., Nagler R, Wyman J, Raymond N, Teoh D, Allen A, Talley K, Mason S, Blaes A. “Mammography Screening Practices in Average-Risk Women in Primary Care: A Comparison of Physician and Non-physician Providers.” University of Minnesota School of Nursing Research Day. April 12th. 2019 Minneapolis, MN. 
• Martin K. Risk and Responsibility to Perform the “Right” Health Behavior in Pregnancy: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting March 28th, 2019. Kansas City, MO. 
• Martin, K.  Vogel R., Nagler R, Wyman J, Raymond, N, Teoh D, Allen A, Talley K, Mason S,. Blaes A. “Mammography Screening Practices in Average-Risk Women in Primary Care: A Comparison of Physician and Non-physician Providers.” Annual Women’s Health Research Conference, Oct 1, 2018, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Martin, K .“Caring Nurse Midwives and the Discourse of Risk” International Association for Human Caring Conference.  May, 2018 Minneapolis
• McKechnie AC, Rogstad J, Martin KM, Pridham KF “An exploration of co-parenting in the context of caring for a child prenatally diagnosed and born with a complex health Condition” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference. April 2016 Minneapolis

Current Certifications

• Public Health Nursing
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Certified Nurse Midwife