Kathryn Showalter
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- SW124
- SW322
- SW470
- SW519
- SW750
Highlighted Publications
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071147
- https://doi.org/10.1891/VV-2024-0131
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2024.2312101
Current Projects
- The Kentucky Nursing Study
Student & Research Availability
- Accepting Students in Programs: Bachelors | Doctoral | Masters
- Available Student Positions: Independent Study | Other Opportunities
- Research or Interest Area Key Words: Intimate partner violence, economic abuse, employment sabotage, women's employment, financial stability, family violence
Alma Mater
The Ohio State University, The University of Kansas
Get to Know Kathryn
Kathryn Showalter, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky. She conducted a Postdoctoral Fellowship at The University of Michigan and attended The Ohio State University for her doctorate education. Her masters and bachelor education were both completed at the University of Kansas. Dr. Showalter is interested in the intersection of intimate partner violence and employment stability. Themes of family financial well-being and employer support of intimate partner violence survivors are consistent throughout her published work. For more than ten years, she has been building knowledge to help survivors of intimate partner violence maintain financial control. She has developed a technology-inclusive measurement of IPV and abuser-initiated workplace disruptions to better understand how survivors in various sectors of employment suffer from abuse. In a series of studies focused on nursing professionals, technology abuse or the use of texting and calling emerged as a prominent type of abuser-initiated workplace disruptions. Dr. Showalter is motivated to study and create IPV survivor-focused policy that protects all women from discrimination in the workplace because of personal violence across the U.S. Lastly, Dr. Showalter is committed to mentoring the next generation of social work scholars and policy researchers.