Dr. Kimberly A. Tyler is an associate professor in Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Her areas of research include child abuse and neglect, teen dating violence, high-risk adolescents, homeless youth, mental health outcomes, sexual victimization, HIV risk behaviors and social networks.

Dr. Tyler was awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study social networks and HIV risk behavior among homeless youth. This project began September 2007.

She recently completed a K01 Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, which supported five years of funding on her research project entitled, “Neglect and Abuse Histories Among Homeless Young Adults.”

In terms of teaching interests, Dr. Tyler has taught graduate seminars on High-Risk Youth and Adolescents, Child Abuse and Neglect, Family, and Aging. She has also recently taught advanced level classes in Contemporary Family Issues and and Family Theory and Research. This coming fall, Dr. Tyler will be teaching a course on Contemporary Family Issues.