Kim S. Ménard

Professional Bio

Kim S. Ménard is a professor of criminal justice at Altoona Penn State. She previously served as an assistant professor at San José State University and, most recently, as a senior lecturer at Penn State's University Park campus, where she earned Teacher of the Year honors from the Justice Association. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence, specifically gender differences in the victimization and perpetration of these crimes, as well as victim reporting and involvement in the criminal justice system. Her work appears in a host of journals, including Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Law and Human Behavior, and Violence and Victims.