Katie Spencer

Katie Spencer is an assistant professor, licensed psychologist, codirector of the National Center for Gender Spectrum Health, and director of Advocacy and Public Policy at the Program in Human Sexuality, U of M. Her clinical practice focuses on transgender and gender nonconforming adolescents and adults, women’s sexuality and sexual health, and LGBT sexuality and well-being. She trains therapists and medical providers in sexual health and transgender health care. She is the founder and chair of the Minnesota Transgender Health Insurance Taskforce. Dr. Spencer received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and was a postdoctoral fellow in human sexuality at the Program in Human Sexuality.