Poverty and class, in intersection withgender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity
Patterns of cumulative victimization and intimate partner violence,especially among adolescents and young adults
The relationshipsbetween victimization andstigma,mental health,school participation, and economic outcomes
Theoretical foundations (life coursetheory, stress process models, cumulative disadvantage, stress sensitization, stigma) and innovative methods (life history calendar, multilevel modeling, mixed methods)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Using the Life History Calendar to Examine Young Transgender Women's Trajectories of Violence, Mental Health, and Protective Processes.The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. 2021-2023.
Debt as a Control Tactic in Abusive Marriages: Its Characteristics, Legal Remedies, and Effects. National Science Foundation. 2019-2022.
Using the Life History Calendar to Assess IPV, Labeling, Stigma, and Mental Health across Relationships among Young Women. MSU School of Social Work. 2017-2021.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kennedy, A. C., Bybee, D., Adams, A. E., Moylan, C. A., & Prock, K. A. (in press). The effects of social location and situational factors on young women’s disclosure of intimate partner violence across relationships. Violence and Victims.
Kennedy, A. C., Meier, E., & Prock, K. A. (2021, March 20). A qualitative study of young women’s abusive first relationships: What factors shape their process of disclosure? Journal of Family Violence. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00258-5
Kennedy, A. C., Bybee, D., Moylan, C. A., McCauley, H. L., & Prock, K. A. (2021). Predictors of sexual violence across young women’s relationship histories. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(11-12), NP5944-NP5964.
Prock, K. A., & Kennedy, A. C. (2020, June 23). Characteristics, experiences, and service utilization patterns of homeless youth in a transitional living program: Differences by LGBQ identity. Children and Youth Services Review. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105176
Kennedy, A. C., & Prock, K. A. (2018). “I still feel like I am not normal”: A review of the role of stigma and stigmatization among female survivors of child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 19(5), 512-527.