Tom Kennedy

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Tom Kennedy

Associate Professor / Director of Academic Affairs

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About

Thomas D. Kennedy, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor / Director of Academic Affairs in the College of Psychology at Nova Southeastern University. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Miami and his M.A. in Clinical Psychology, specializing in neuropsychology, from Southern Methodist University. He has served as faculty at NSU for ten years and has developed and taught multiple courses including: Methods of Inquiry, Statistics, Mixed Methods, Program Evaluation, Survey and Measurement and Testing. His clinical experience consists of providing neuropsychological assessments, behavioral medicine interventions, and child and adolescent therapy in inpatient and outpatient settings including: the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, UM Mailman Center for Child Development, Jackson Memorial Hospital, UM Institute for Individual and Family Therapy, and the Dallas County Jail.

Before coming to NSU, he spent five years at the Mailman Center for Human Development, where he trained and supervised school psychologists and assessed children throughout Miami-Dade County Schools. He is Board Certified in Biofeedback (BFB). His research interests include two convergent forensic tracks, one focused on at-risk children and adolescents, and the other on domestic violence, human trafficking and false confessions.  He has procured grant funding and served as lead evaluator for multiple organizations including Catholic Charities, Miami Dade-Schools Police, and national Bullying programs. He has published books and book chapters, and written articles in the areas of juvenile crime, intimate partner violence, forensic assessments, bullying, emotional intelligence, psychophysiology and research design.

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Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D., University of Miami

1999 → 2005

Experimental Psychology, M.A., Southern Methodist University

1997 → 1999

Major: Finance & Religion, B.A., Emory University

1990 → 1994

External positions

Adjunct Professor--Department of Educational & Psychological Studies, University of Miami

Jan 2005 → Jan 2006

Research Coordinator Active Chiropractic Clinics

Aug 2004 → Aug 2005

Research Director, Mailman Center, University of Miami

Aug 2003 → Aug 2005

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Outpatient Pediatric Center, University of Miami

Aug 2003 → Jul 2005

Research Director, Behavioral Medicine, University of Miami

Jul 2003 → Aug 2005

Research Project, University of Miami

Jul 2003 → Aug 2005

Research Team Supervisor-Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami

Sep 2002 → Aug 2005

Voluntary Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Miami

Aug 2002 → Jun 2003

Psychology Chief Intern – Pediatric Behavioral Medicine Consult/Liaison & Rehabilitation , University of Miami

Jul 2002 → Jul 2003

Practicum Student Supervisor-Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami

Apr 2002 → Jul 2002

Teaching Assistant--Department of Educational & Psychological Studies, University of Miami

Feb 2001 → May 2001

Staff Therapist in Trauma Prevention Program, University of Miami

Aug 2000 → Jul 2002

Staff Clinician in Community Mental Health– Doctoral Practicum, University of Miami

Aug 2000 → May 2001

Assistant Supervisor - Department of Educational & Psychological Studies, University of Miami

Feb 2000 → May 2000

Research Team Member, University of Miami

Aug 1999 → Aug 2005

Staff Clinician in Outpatient Pediatric Center- Doctoral Practicum, University of Miami

Aug 1999 → Aug 2001

Staff Therapist in Marriage and Family Counseling , Southern Methodist University

Oct 1998 → May 1999

Research Team Member, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Aug 1998 → May 1999

Staff Therapist in Outpatient Mental Health Program– Masters Practicum, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Aug 1998 → May 1999

Research Team Co-Supervisor-Department of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Aug 1998 → May 1999

Research Team Member, Southern Methodist University

Dec 1997 → May 1999

Teaching Assistant—Experimental Psychology, Southern Methodist University

Feb 1997 → Jun 1997

Teaching Assistant—Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University

Jan 1997 → May 1999

Research Assistant, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dec 1996 → Dec 1997

Disciplines

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychology
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  • 13 Other
  • 4 Membership of network
  • 1 Editorial activity
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