Catherine T. Kenney
ckenney@bgsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2002 

Dr. Kenney's research focuses on changes in union formation and relationship quality; gender and power in couples; and intra-household or intra-family resource allocation.  A particular focus of her research is the role, meaning, and impact of money and economic exchanges in different kinds of family relationships, because, as Viviana Zelizer has argued, "in terms of evidence, to study money in the family is to enter largely uncharted territory... we know less about money matters than about family violence or even sex." 

Recent Publications:

Krivickas, K. M., Sanchez, L. A., Kenney, C. T., & Wright, J. D. (2010). Fiery wives and icy husbands: Pre-marital counseling and covenant marriage as buffers against effects of childhood abuse on gendered marital communication? Social Science Research, 39(5), 700-714.  doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.05.003

Clark, S. & Kenney, C.T. (2010). Is the U.S. experiencing a 'matrilineal tilt'?: Gender, family structures and financial transfers to adult children. Social Forces, 88(4): 1753-76.