Jennifer Kent
Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
Affiliations
- School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
- Education Policy Research Center
- AI2 Center
Research Interests
Leadership Development, Policy Development, Principals / Assistant Principals, Public Education, Teacher Leadership, Teaching and Licensure
Education
- Ph.D. Educational Leadership & Policy - University of Florida
- M.Ed. Educational Leadership - American College of Education
- B.A. English; Political Science minor - University of North Florida
Activities and Honors
- Faculty Success Program Alumni ,2025
- Fall 2025 Affordable UF Badge, 2025
- AI Learning Academy Course Completion, 2024
- Teaching Excellence Academy (TEA) Badge, 2024
- UF Education Policy Research Center School Safety Data Micro-credential, 2024
- Boyd National Education Politics Workshop Participant, 2021
Selected Publications
Articles
- Kent, J. & Curran, F. (2021). Pulling the Trigger: The Decision of Arming School Staff in a Large, Diverse School District. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.
- Curran F., Kent J., Cotman, A. & Harris, K. (2023). Cops on Call: Potential Implications of Florida’s Expansion of Required Reporting of School Incidents to Law Enforcement. UF Education Policy Research Center Policy Research Report.
Presentations
- Harris, K., Curran, F., Cotman, A., Killingsworth, M., & Kent, J. (2024, Accepted 2023). Data-Driven School Safety: Assessing Stakeholder views of School Safety Data Use. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Roundtable Session - Learning within the School-Prison Nexus.
- Kent, J. & Curran, F. (2021) Pulling the Trigger: The Decision of Arming School Staff in a Large, Diverse School District. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Roundtable Session, Virtual.
- Kent, J., Curran, F. & Schachter, M. (2024) Safeguarding Schools: The Role of Data-Driven Leadership. Presented at the Florida Association of School Resource Officers Summer Conference, Breakout Sessions.
- Kent, J., Cotman A. & Schachter, M. (2024) Safeguarding Schools: The Role of Data-Driven Leadership. Presented at the Texas School Safety Summer Conference, Breakout Sessions.
- Kent, J., Cotman A. & Schachter, M. (2024) Safe Schools for Alex School Safety Data Dashboard. Presented at the Florida Association of School Safety Specialists, Exhibitor.
- Kent, J. (2024) Safe Schools for Alex School Safety Data Dashboard. Presented at the Florida Conservative Coalition of School Board Members.