Katy Gabryelczyk
Education
PhD, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (expected 2027) MA, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2023) BA, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2021)
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Fall 2021-Present) COM 101 – Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
Supplemental Instructor – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (August 2020-May 2021) Art 100 – American Art & Culture CRLA Advanced Certified Tutor
Professional Experience
Researcher for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Communication: Voices of Gun Violence (Fall 2019 – Present)
Academic Membership
Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Awards
Advanced Opportunity Program (AOP) Fellowship
Research Interests
My research interests are centered on interpersonal and family communication. I take a specific interest in one-child families. Other research interests include discourses of motherhood, advanced maternal age, asexuality, romantic relationships, identity, and storytelling/personal narrative, through qualitative methods.
Short Bio
Outside of academia, I enjoy spending time with my cat Louie, being active in nature, expressing my creativity in various ways, and experiencing all that Milwaukee has to offer.
Service
Judge – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Undergraduate Reserarch Symposium (April 2022; April 2023)
Awards Committee Representative – Communication Graduate Student Council (Present)
Presentations
Duchow, S. & Gabryelczyk, K. (April 2021). Voices of Gun Violence, 13th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium https://sites.uwm.edu/undergrad-research-symposium-2021/2021/04/09/voices-of-gun-violence/
Gabryelczyk, K. (August 2020). The Gun Violence Project: Narratives of violence in Milwaukee, Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Summer Program Symposium