Kristen Brock Petroshius, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
E-mail: kristen.brock-petroshius@stonybrook.edu
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, California, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare, 2023
MSW University of California––Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare, 2018
BA University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Sociology (with Comprehensive Honors), Gender & Women’s Studies Minor, 2005
AREAS OF INTEREST
Community Organizing & Policy Practice, Racial Justice Policies, Anti-Carceral Social Work, Attitude Change Interventions, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, Field Experiments
PUBLICATIONS
Brock-Petroshius, K., Wray-Lake, L. (2022). Organizing through Stories: The Role of Emotions in Increasing Support for Decarceration. Journal of Community Practice, 1-21.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2033376
Brock-Petroshius, K., Garcia Perez, J., Gross, M., Abrams, L.S. (2022). Colorblind Attitudes, Empathy, and Shame: Preparing White Students for Anti-Racist Social Work Practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2045233
Brock-Petroshius, K., Mikell, D., Washington, Sr., D.M., James, K. (2022). From Social Justice to Abolition: Living Up to Social Work’s Grand Challenge of Eliminating Racism. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2022.2070891
Abrams, L.S., Garcia Perez, J., Brock-Petroshius, K., Applegarth, M. Racism, Colorblindness, and Social Work Education: An Exploratory Study of California MSW Student Beliefs and Experiences. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. (2021) doi: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/714830
Brock-Petroshius, K., Keum, B. Carceral Justification Scale: Development and Initial Validation. (Invited to Resubmit)
Brock-Petroshius, K. Dangeorus, Deserving, or Harmed: Understanding the Formation of Anti-Carceral Policy Attitudes Among Urban, Liberal Voters. Journal of Policy Practice and Research. (Accepted for Publication)
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Brock-Petroshius, K., Diebold, J., and Frey, W. (November 12, 2022) Strategies to Eliminate Racism at the Source: A Collective Brainstorming Workshop. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting – Anaheim, CA.
Brock-Petroshius, K., (April 7, 2022) Dangerous, Deserving, or Harmed: Understanding the Formation of Carceral Reform Attitudes Among Urban, Liberal Voters. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference – Chicago, IL.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Wray-Lake, L. (January 13, 2022) Organizing through Stories: The Role of Emotions in Increasing Support for Abolition. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference – Washington, DC.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Mikell, D., Washington, D., James, K. (January 14, 2022) From Social Justice to Abolition: Living Up to Social Work’s Grand Challenge of Eliminating Racism. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference – Washington, DC. Due to Covid-19, this presentation was canceled.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Wray-Lake, L. (November 4, 2021) Organizing through Stories: The Role of Emotions in Increasing Support for Decarceration. Accepted for Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting – Orlando, FL. Due to Covid-19, this presentation was canceled.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Diebold, J., and Frey, W. (November 5, 2021) Strategies to Eliminate Racism at the Source: A Collective Brainstorming Workshop. Accepted for Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting – Orlando, FL. Due to Covid-19, this presentation was canceled.
Brock-Petroshius, K. (January 20, 2021) Organizing Majority White Communities Towards Carceral Abolition: Reflections on Participatory Action Organizing-Research. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference – Online Conference.
Brock-Petroshius, K. (April 11, 2020) Understanding Liberal Carceral Attitudes: The Roles of Racial Discourse and Emotional Attachment in Constructing Boundaries of Belonging. Accepted for Presentation at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting – Los Angeles, CA. Due to Covid-19, this conference was canceled.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Garcia-Perez, J., Gross, M., Abrams, L.S. (January 17, 2020) Colorblind Attitudes and White Shame: Barriers to White Student Engagement in Critical Race Praxis. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference – Washington, DC.
Brock-Petroshius, K. (January 17, 2020) Conceptions of Social Welfare: A Tipping Point for Carceral Policy Opinions. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference – Washington, DC.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Garcia-Perez, J. (October 27, 2019) Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses of MSW Students to Racial Issues. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting – Denver, CO.
Brock-Petroshius, K., Gross, M. (May 31, 2018) MSW Student Engagement with Racial Issues: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses. Presented at the Diversity, Differences, and Disparities (D3) Grantee Showcase. Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA - Los Angeles, CA.
Brock-Petroshius, K. (April 20, 2018) Community Organizing Towards the Abolition of Mass Incarceration. Presented at Resistance through Research Conference. Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA - Los Angeles, CA.
Brock-Petroshius, K. (June 1, 2017) Women’s March Participation and Racial Justice. Presented at Rapid Response Research in the Time of Trump Event. Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA - Los Angeles, CA.
GRANTS
Changing Dominant Carceral Attitudes: A Deep Canvass Field Experiment. Funded by the Russell Sage Foundation program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality with co-funding by the JPB Foundation. Role: Co-Investigator* (PI: Martin Gilens). $142,531 (December 2021-December 2023). *Note: This grant was based on my dissertation. I conceptualized, wrote, and led the proposal with Marty Gilens serving as PI and advising support.
Carceral Reform: Understanding Influences on the Attitudes of Angelenos. Funded by the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. Role: Co-Investigator* (PI: Martin Gilens). $251,254 (December 2021-September 2023). *Note: This grant included and expanded on my dissertation. I conceptualized, wrote, and led the proposal with Marty Gilens serving as PI and advising support.
Changing Dominant Carceral Attitudes: A Community Organizing Field Experiment. Funded by the Marvin Hoffenberg Fellowship in American Politics & Public Policy. Role: Principal Investigator. $1,200 (2021-2022).
Changing Dominant Carceral Attitudes: A Qualitative Exploration of Causal Mechanisms. Funded by the Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. Social Justice Award. Role: Principal Investigator. $900 (2020-2021).
Changing Dominant Carceral Attitudes: A Community Organizing Evaluation. Funded by the Marvin Hoffenberg Fellowship in American Politics & Public Policy. Role: Principal Investigator. $1,500 (2019-2020).
Changing Dominant Carceral Attitudes: A Community Organizing Field Experiment. Funded by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Applied Social Issues Internship Grant. Principal Investigator. $500 (2019-2020).
Changing Dominant Carceral Attitudes: A Community Organizing Field Experiment. Funded by UCLA Graduate Division’s Graduate Research Mentorship Program. Principal Investigator. $36,850 (2019-2020).
Changing Anti-Black and Carceral Attitudes through Community Organizing. Funded by UCLA Graduate Division’s Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program. Principal Investigator. $6,000 (2019).
Towards the Elimination of Structural Racism: Community Organizing to End Mass Incarceration. Funded by the Institute on Inequality and Democracy Student Research Award. Principal Investigator. $2,000 (2018).
Building Evidence of Racism-Induced Psychological Barriers to Effective Racial Equity Social Work Practice. Funded by the Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. Social Justice Award. Role: Co-Investigator. $1,500 (2018-2019).
Building Evidence of Racism-Induced Psychological Barriers to Effective Racial Equity Social Work Practice. Funded by the UCLA Luskin Diversity, Disparities, and Differences (D3) Grant. Role: Co-Investigator. $2,000 (2018-2019).
