Katie Warden, JD, PhD, is the Director of the Northwest ADA Center. Prior to joining the ADA Center, Katie worked as a disability rights attorney in the Protection and Advocacy System. She earned her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Oregon. Katie has worked extensively in the field of special education, both representing clients and conducting sociolegal research on inclusion and advocacy experiences. In addition, her legal research contributed to legislative changes that protect the voting rights of people with disabilities in her home state of Oklahoma. Other areas of interest include guardianship reform, disability identity, and employment discrimination.
She is also a person with a disability and the proud owner of a former service-animal-in-training.