Katie Shoaf

Katie is the Associate Director of Grants Resources & Services in the Office of Research and Innovation at Appalachian State University. She works with faculty and staff to provide guidance, expertise, and content necessary to support them in their research pursuits. This involves support for developing and submitting proposals for targeted funding opportunities, including large, collaborative proposals. She also develops and designs programs to advance faculty success in research and provides facilitation support for multidisciplinary and collaborative research collider and ideation events. Katie is a member, volunteer, and board member for the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP). She has extensive experience building curricula and programming for RD content and disseminating it in virtual and in-person formats. She has her PhD in Leadership Studies from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University where she focused on how research l