Katie Lenger

My name is Katie Lenger and I am a clinical psychology graduate student at the University of Tennessee. I completed my undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, where I discovered my genuine love of research, particularly within the intersection of mindfulness and romantic relationships. Specifically, my research interests involve identifying mechanisms (e.g. mindfulness, gratitude, humility) related to achieving and maintaining individual and relationship health, among older and underserved populations. Currently, I am in the process of developing a brief-mindfulness intervention that will be delivered in the homes of 60 low-income couples. This intervention seeks to make this portable, low-cost, strategy more accessible to this population to help improve and maintain their individual and relationship health. Upon earning a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, I plan to be a professor at a university where I can continue to conduct intrinsically driven research and mentor students in the development of their own research passions.