Kenly Brown

Kenly Brown is a Researcher in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and completed her doctoral studies in African American Studies at UC Berkeley under the guidance of Dr. Nikki Jones.

Kenly’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder (summa cum laude). She pursued graduate studies at UCSB, earning an M.A. in Sociology in 2013. Her Master’s thesis examined the participation and transformation of justice-involved and high-risk youth in a cognitive-based mentoring program. She later transferred to UC Berkeley’s Department of African American Studies for her doctoral studies.

Her research focuses on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class, particularly as they relate to perceptions of Black girls and the impact of exclusionary disciplinary practices such as suspension and expulsion. She explores how systemic inequalities manifest in juvenile justice systems and the role of gendered racial stereotypes in shaping these outcomes.

Kenly has contributed to academic encyclopedias, including a co-authored entry on false rape allegations with Dr. Joanne Belknap in Sexual Violence and Abuse: An Encyclopedia of Prevention, Impacts, and Recovery, and a co-authored piece on women of color in feminist theories with Dr. Hillary Potter in the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Her advising and student mentorship activities are not detailed here. While no specific labs or teams are noted, her research aligns with interdisciplinary studies in critical race theory and juvenile justice reform.