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Jennifer Kent 

Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Jennifer Kent

Email

jenniferkent@ufl.edu

Affiliations

  • School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
  • Education Policy Research Center
  • AI2 Center

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

  • 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.