Health Psychology

Tenured

Faculty

Education

• Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2003

Research Interests

As a mixed-methods social psychologist, Dr. Case examines how academics contribute to intentional creation of belonging and flourishing within workplace and educational settings. Currently, Dr. Case's research focuses on the impact of workplace factors on how faculty navigate job demands with particular attention to health, performance, and retention outcomes. Her research investigates how workplace norms, policies, and applied practices result in positive or negative experiences for scholars deeply involved in mentoring, service, and community collaborations, for example, by invalidating or rewarding their work in faculty promotion. Her national and international faculty development work focuses on support for faculty career engagement and success by tackling topics such as job crafting, values alignment, invisible labor, self-worth in the academy, imposter feelings, and defining “enough.”

Select Publications

• Lukes, L., Abbot, S., Wheeler, L., Henry, D., Baum, L., Case, K., Wells, M., & Brantmeier, E. J. (2024). Strategic planning tools for educational developers supporting SoTL cultures and programs at their institutions. To Improve the Academy, 43(1), 1-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.3492
• Rios, D., & Case, K.A. (2020). Unlikely alliances from Appalachia to East L.A.: Insider without and outsider within. In Y. Flores Niemann, G. Gutierrez y Muhs, & C. G. Gonzalez (Eds.), Presumed Incompetent Volume 2 (pp. 131- 142). Utah State University Press.
• Williams, J. W., & Case, K. (2019). Filling a gap in professional development: Midcareer faculty peer mentoring. In V. L. Baker (Ed.), Success after tenure: Supporting mid-career faculty (pp. 249-262). Stylus.
• Case, K. (2017). Insider without: Journey across the working-class academic arc. Journal of Working-Class Studies, 2, 16-35.

Affiliations

• American Psychological Association
• Association for Psychological Science

Awards

• Presidential Award (PACME), Faculty Recipient, VCU, 2024
• Society for Teaching of Psychology Awardee, 2024
• Trailblazer Faculty Award, College of Humanities and Sciences, VCU, 2024
• Distinguished Leadership Award, Committee on Women in Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2019
• Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award, Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2), 2018