Lynden Bond
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- SW-124, Intro to Social Work and Diverse Populations
Highlighted Publications
- Bond, L., Elder, K., and Donate, A. 2025. “Unsheltered Homelessness Through the Joint Transitional Housing-Rapid Rehousing Program”. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
- Bond, L., Curran, L., Chikwati, G. Austin, S.R.^ & Manuel, J. (2026) Factors associated with wait time to substance use treatment among pregnant women in the United States. Substance Use & Addiction Journal.
- Bond, L., Krenn, C., & Padgett, D. (2025). How and why do people use behavioral health services? A qualitative exploration of service use among people experiencing housing insecurity. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research.
Student & Research Availability
- Accepting Students in Programs: Bachelors | Doctoral | Masters
- Available Student Positions: Independent Study | Other Opportunities | Practicum
- Research or Interest Area Key Words: homelessness, housing insecurity, mental health, substance use, service use, implementation science, community engaged research
Alma Mater
PhD, New York University MSW, New York University BA, University of Washington
Get to Know Lynden
Lynden Bond, PhD, MSW is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work. Her research uses community-engaged, qualitative, and mixed-methods to examine our homelessness response systems, with the goal of improving systems of care for people who use them. She is particularly interested in strategies to address unsheltered homelessness and the intersection of mental health, substance use, and housing insecurity.
Current and recently completed projects include a community needs assessment of older adults in Lexington KY, with funding from A Caring Place and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, and an examination of Joint Component Transitional Housing-Rapid Rehousing Programs in the United States, funded the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Dr. Bond is currently an ASCEnD Program Scholar at the University of Kentucky, where she focuses on community-engaged research methods and is PI a pilot project entitled “Increasing Behavioral Health Services Engagement through Homeless Outreach: A Participatory Pilot Study”.
Prior to joining the College of Social Work, Bond was a Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC where she focused on policy-relevant research and dissemination. Her practice experience includes working as a clinical supervisor in homeless outreach and permanent supportive housing settings and as an organizer in New York City. She holds a PhD and MSW from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University.