Tia Zebe

Tia recently graduated with her Bachelors degree in Communication Studies from Utah State University. Her undergraduate minors were in Mental Health Advocacy and Awareness, as well as Family and Human Development. She wants to become a health communication specialist or become a professor of Health Communication. She hopes to pursue a Masters of Communication Studies with an emphasis on Health Communication.

Tia became a research and training assistant for the IDRPP in January of 2025 upon graduating with her Bachelors. Tia has worked at the IDRPP since October 2022. She has been on multiple projects, some of which are ongoing. These projects have been related to mental health and intellectual/developmental disabilities, SNAP-Ed research adapted for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, COVID-19 disparities for people with disabilities, or researching the developmental outcomes for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.