Kimberly bender, Ph.D.

Dr. Bender is a Professor at the University of Denver and currently serves as the Interim Associate Provost for Research, as well as the Associate Dean for Doctoral Education in the Graduate School of Social Work. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, her masters from Colorado State University, and her Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, 2002, and 2008 respectively. She is passionate about partnering with young people facing adversity, and the community-based agencies that serve them, to co-create solutions that increase wellbeing.

Kim has experience with funded and unfunded research, upon which she will draw as she supports DU faculty and their research agendas. She has brought in nearly $1.3M of external funding through such sponsors as National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Kim served as an NIH fellow and earned a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Early Career Social Work Research Scholarship. Kim has published more than one-hundred peer-reviewed archival journal publications and three books.

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