Dr. Jenkins received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Northern Illinois University.  She is a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of School Psychology. Dr. Jenkins was awarded the Early Career Award from the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Bullying Abuse Prevention.

Dr. Jenkins is currently working with a team of students on bullying and childhood trauma prevention research. You can learn more about the team and their research initiatives here. Click here to link to her Google Scholar page.

Dr. Jenkins is a faculty member in the M.S./Ed.S. School Psychology program (click here for more information) as well as the Combined Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and School Psychology (click here for more information). Dr. Jenkins is accepting doctoral students for the 2022-2023 school year for the combined Ph.D. program in Counseling and School Psychology.  Click here for more information about applying to the program.