Lauren Kelly

Lauren Kelly received her doctorate in HDFS/Forensic Science from Texas Tech University. She also completed training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center where she developed skills related to crime scene investigation, trauma-informed counseling, lie detection, victim advocacy and profiling. She also worked for a non-profit in New Mexico as a clinician assisting children who experienced the most severe forms of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect. Dr. Kelly teaches family law and public policy, courtship and marriage, families in crisis and families, communities, schools. Dr. Kelly's research focuses on child abuse and outcomes, romantic relationships, sexism, forensic interviewing, and breastfeeding awareness.

• Kelly, L. (2019). Courtship, Marriage, and the Changing American Family. Kendall Hunt  Publishing: Dubuque, IA
• Christopher, S. D., Sharp, E. A., Kelly, L. T. (in press) Disrupting students’ misunderstandings (and misgivings) about feminism through a popular press book: A feminist research team’s practices as a site of analysis. Journal of Research on Women and Gender. 
• Henderson, J.L, Harris, J., Jackson, S., Kelly, L., &  Mulsow, M. (2017).  Campus climate: Knowledge and attitudes about breastfeeding and breastfeeding support. Clinical Lactation, 8(4). 
• Kelly, L., Christopher, S.,  &  Sharp, E A. (Under Review). Injecting Feminism into Undergraduate Research: In Defense of Jessica's Valenti's Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Women's Guide to Why Feminism Matters. Feminist Teacher.  
• Mulsow, M., O’Neal, K.K., Thompson, L., &  Gladrich, C. (2014). Physical and sexual abuse during adolescence (2nd ed). New York, NY: Springer for the Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention.