Nancy J. Kenney
Associate Professor of Women Studies and Graduate Program Coordinator
Associate Professor of Psychology
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Email: nkenney@u.washington.edu
Background
Professor Kenney has been a member of the Women Studies faculty since 1976. She was also a faculty member of the Physiology-Psychology Joint Program at the University of Washington from 1979-1990.
  • Ph.D., Psychology, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, 1974
  • M.A., Psychology, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, 1972
  • B.A., Psychology, PsyWilkes College, Summa Cum Laude, 1970

Research Interests
Motherhood, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Egg Donation, Role of Reproduction on Women's Lives, Social Attitudes, Experiences, Bio-Ethics of Reproductive and Contraceptive Technology

Publications
  • Tomoyasu, N., and Kenney, N. J. Response to palatability after area postrema lesions: An effect of learned aversions. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 26), 1989, 257, R1075-R1082.

  • Kott, J. N., Bhatia, A. J., Bhatia, A. M., and Kenney, N. J. Response to chronic insulin administration: Effect of area postrema ablation. Physiology and Behavior, 1989, 46, 971-976.

  • Kenney, N.J., Brot, M.D., Moe, K.E., and Dahl, K. (Eds). Complexities of Women: Integrative Essays in Psychology and Biology. Kendall/Hunt Publishers: Dubuque, 1992.

  • Kenney, N.J., Tomoyasu, N., and Burkhart, M.K. Food aversion induced by area postrema ablation. Appetite, 1994, 22, 205-220.
Awards and Honors
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington, 1988
  • Scholarly Development Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, 1977-1978
  • National Institutes of Health Research Fellow, 1974-1976
  • Institute of Neurological Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1976

Courses
Psychology of Gender (Women 257)
Psychobiology of Women Women 357)
Advanced Psychobiology of Women (Women 490)
Motherhood Women 590)
Psychobiology of Gender and Gendered Behaviors (Women 590)

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Send mail to: nkenney@u.washington.edu
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