Heather R. Kennedy

Assistant Professor of Family Studies

Heather R. Kennedy
Location

Latham 211

Phone
(319) 273-4313

Heather R. Kennedy

Assistant Professor of Family Studies

Education

B.S. from University of Nebraska, Omaha.
M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Research Interests

The development, health and well-being of underrepresented and marginalized individuals and families. Most recently her research has focused on the welfare of the LGBT community and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Professional Accomplishments

Kennedy, H. R. & Gruber, A. M. (2020).  Critical thinking in a service-learning course: Impacts of information literacy instruction. Communications in Information Literacy, 14(2).

Kennedy, H. R., & Dalla, R. L. (2020).  “It may be legal, but it is not treated equally”: Marriage equality and well-being implications for same-sex couples.  Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 32(1), 67-98.  DOI: 10.1080/10538720.2019.1681340

Kennedy, H. R., Dalla, R. L., & Dreesman, S. (2018).  “We are two of the lucky ones”: Experiences with marriage and well-being for same-sex couples.  Journal of Homosexuality, 65(9), 1207-1231.  DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1407612

Dalla, R. L., & Kennedy, H. R. (2015). “I Want to Leave—Go Far Away—I Don’t Want to Get Stuck on the Res[ervation]”:  Developmental Outcomes of Adolescent-Aged Children of Navajo Native American Teenage Mothers. Journal of Adolescent Research, 30(1), 113-139.

Kennedy, H. R. & Dalla, R. L. (2014). Examining identity consolidation processes among ethnic minority gay men and lesbians. The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 26(4), 465-501.

Dalla, R.L., Xia, Y., & Kennedy, H. (2003). “You just give them what they want and pray they don’t kill you.” Violence Against Women, 9(11), 1367-1394.