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Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • PhD, Political Science, University of Kentucky<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Graduate Certificate, Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Kentucky<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • MA, Political Science, University of Kentucky<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • BA, Political Science & History, Louisiana Tech University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Awards and Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • 2024. Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Graduate Fellowship.University of Kentucky, College of Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2024. Crum Emerging Scholar in American Politics. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2024. Ken Griffin Graduate Research Fund. University of Kentucky, Department of PoliticalScience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2024. Coleman, Gorman, and Miller Graduate Summer Fellowship. University ofKentucky, Department of Political Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2024. Endowed Doctoral Research and Travel Fund. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2023. Coleman, Gorman, and Miller Graduate Summer Fellowship. University ofKentucky, Department of Political Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2023. Endowed Doctoral Research and Travel Fund. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2022. Endowed Doctoral Research and Travel Fund. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2020-2023. Emerging Scholar Research Fund. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Recent Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Riggle, E.D.B., Z. Clements, K. Hales and P. Galup, \u201cContextualizing Personal Pronoun Use in the LGBTQ Community: They, She, He,\u201d Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity<\/em>, forthcoming, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Hales, K., \u201cA Qualitative Approach to Understanding LGBT People\u2019s Sense of Linked Fate,\u201d Sexuality Research and Social Policy<\/em>, forthcoming, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Hales, K. and E.D. Riggle, \u201cOne LGBT Community or Many? Linked Fate in LGBT People,\u201d Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy<\/em>, vol. 25, no. 2, e70024, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • LGBTQ+ Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • American Political Science Association LGBTQ Caucus<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • American Political Science Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Southern Political Science Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Midwest Political Science Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Kentucky Political Science Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Areas of Specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          • LGBTQ+ politics, political psychology, political sociology, research methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10741,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[21,3],"class_list":["post-10413","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nHales, Kay - Transylvania University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/khales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hales, Kay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Academic History Awards and Honors Recent Publications Riggle, E.D.B., Z. 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