Kristin Kenneavy is an associate professor of Sociology at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her research interests include sexual and interpersonal violence prevention, sexuality, gender roles, and media effects. Her current work takes an intersectional approach to the effects of gender, race, and class on bystander intervention to prevent violence. She teaches Social Research Methods, Social Statistics, Public Sociologies, Environmental Sociology, and Sociology of Media and Pop Culture. She is the recipient of Ramapo College’s Henry Bischoff Award for Excellence in Teaching and has served as the Center for Student Involvement’s Faculty Fellow for Civic Engagement.
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