Dr. Katie Roeher is the program coordinator and associate professor for the Business Program. Before coming to Pierpont in January 2017, Katie served in both student affairs and grant administration roles at West Virginia University and Marshall University Research Corporation. She graduated summa cum laude with her B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Marshall University and completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from West Virginia University in May 2024. Her research focuses on educational policy, specifically looking at tuition-free community college grant programs and their impact on non-traditional student persistence. Her courses taught at Pierpont include Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Introduction to Business, Macroeconomics, and Fundamentals of Human Resource Management.