Kristen Brock-Petroshius studies interventions that strengthen democracy and build support for policies that advance racial, economic, and social justice. She is particularly interested in how community organizing tactics and message frames can effect attitude change in a pro-equity direction. Kristen also examines how interventions integrated within social service delivery can strengthen civic engagement. She has an interdisciplinary background with training in the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics and Political Psychology subfields of Political Science.
Kristen is an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University. Her research has been funded by the Russell Sage Foundation, Haynes Foundation, and Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). She is the recipient of the 2025 Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize from Social Service Review, the 2024 Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), and the 2023 Marie. O. Weil Best Article Award in Journal of Community Practice.
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