Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Dr. Kahle is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. She is also affiliate faculty of the WVU Research Center on Violence, and the Laboratory for Youth Inequality and Justice. Dr. Kahle received her BA in Psychology and her MA in Sociology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, before pursuing her Ph.D. in Sociology at Virginia Tech. Her preliminary areas of specialization are in Criminology and Women’s and Gender Studies. Thus, her areas of teaching include: Criminology, Gender and Crime, Youth Violence, and Juvenile Delinquency. Her research interests focus primarily on the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation in youth inequality, and violence and victimization. Her dissertation, entitled: Examining Victimization in the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Questioning Youth, assessed the effects of bullying, homophobic bullying, dating violence, and sexual assault on school avoidance, substance use and poor mental health outcomes in LGBQ youth. Dr. Kahle’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as: Criminal Justice Studies, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Victims and Offenders, Sociological Spectrum, Violence and Victims, Gender, Place, and Culture, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Criminology, Sociology Compass, Encyclopedia of Research Methods and Statistical Techniques in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Bullying, Dating Violence (Teen), Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault)

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

LGBTQ victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE