Katherine M. Adams has a B. S. in Science with a major in mathematics from Mississippi University for Women, 1988; an M. S. in Mathematics from University of Missouri-Rolla, 1991; and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Missouri-Rolla, 1998.

She is a member of the American Mathematical Society, Association for Women in Mathematics, and the Mathematical Association of America. She has published in Colloquium Mathematicum and the Publications de L'Institut Mathematique.

Adams has taught a wide range of mathematic courses from beginning algebra to differential equations, linear algebra, and modern geometry. Particularly enjoys teaching the history of mathematics. Research interest is in analysis with emphasis on abstract harmonic analysis.