Katherine Ambroziak’s research examines how designers and users become conscious of their built and natural environments and what this may mean to the generation of healthy perceptions and memory. She focuses on spatial theory related to sensory response and body perception, ritual theory, and contemporary memorial theory. A licensed architect in the State of Tennessee, Ambroziak is active in community engagement as both an academic and civic pursuit. Since 2009, she have served as the primary researcher, designer and coordinator of the Odd Fellows Cemetery Reclamation Project, a public space initiative that aims to engage and support the communities of East Knoxville through the design and implementation of a sustainable memorial landscape.