Kendra Bowen, Ph.D.

• Comer, B., Burns, R., Diamond, B., & Bowen, K. (2025). Examining racial dyads and the odds of conviction for sexual assault: Evidence from a Southern District Attorney's Office. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287251316527

• Nichols, L.M., & Bowen, K.N. (2025). “It’s Like We Never See the Light at the End of the Tunnel”: Law Enforcement Perceptions on Stakeholder Collaboration and Resources at CACs in a Southern State. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2025.2473493

• Huck, J.L., Lee, D, Homer, M., Bowen, K. N., & Spraitz, J.D. (2025). Student perceptions of stigma, shame, and pape myths in the context of #MeToo. Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly,17(3), 33-46.

• Juarez, A., Bowen, K.N., & Nhan, J. (2024). Communication inhibitors: Dilemmas in  community partnerships amidst mental health crises in Texas. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. https://doi.org/10.21428/88de04a1.8f82f079

• Burns, R., Diamond, B., & Bowen, K. (2024). Does type of counsel matter? A comparison of outcomes in cases involving retained- and assigned counsel. Journal of Crime and  Justice, 47(3), 376–389. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2023.2273379

• Nichols, L.M., & Bowen, K.N. (2024). Law enforcement perceptions of job stress and barriers to supportive resources when working child sexual abuse cases in the southern United States. Policing: An International Journal, 47(2), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-09-2023-0121

*Denotes work with graduate student

For a complete list of publications, please see my CV.

• Juarez, J., Bowen, K., & Nhan, J. (2023). Communication inhibitors: Dilemmas in community      partnerships amidst mental health crises in Texas. American Society of Criminology-    Philadelphia, PA.

• Nhan, J., Bowen, K., Bartula, A., & Mabry, T. (2023). Roundtable: Conducting research and        building a relationship with a police department. American Society of Criminology-   Philadelphia, PA.

• Bowen, K., Nichols, L., Young, B., & Nhan, J. (2023). Law enforcement perceptions of time &  resources in child abuse cases. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences-Washington D.C.

• Bowen, K., Diamond, B., & Burns, R. G. (2022). An exploratory analysis of harassment in adult sexual assault. charging through sentencing in a large southern county. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences–Las Vegas, NV. Panel Chair.

• Nhan, J., Helfers, R., & Bowen, K.N. (2019). Roundtable: Issues in advertising and operating an Online Master’s Program. The American Society of Criminology –San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2019.

• Diamond, S., Bowen, K., & Burns, R. (2019). A preliminary investigation of sexual assault cases in Tarrant County: 2015-2017. DA of Tarrant County. November 8, 2019.
• Bowen, K. N. (2019). Global perspectives on children of the incarcerated. TCU Department of Journalism & The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. TCU, March 28, 2019.

2022 Outstanding FAculty Mentor-AddRan College, Office of Graduate Studies

2014 Sage Junior Faculty Professional Development Teaching Award

• American Society of Criminology (ASC)
• Academy of Criminal Justices Sciences (ACJS)
• Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ)

• Pinwheel Society, Alliance For Children
• Board Member, Fort Worth Police Department Motor Support Group
• Board Member, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Dept. TCOLE Compliance