• PhD, University of Massachusetts

My primary areas of research focus on young adult substance use and abuse and associated negative sexual events. Much of my prior and ongoing work has focused on substance use, social drinking contexts, and awareness of sexual assault cues associated with risk for sexual assault and sexual revictimization among community and college women. This area of research has evolved through survey and daily process studies, as well as the development of a video vignette risk perception measure designed to assess women’s perception of ambiguous and clear risk cues for alcohol-related sexual assault. Recently, we developed a preventive intervention, funded through a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), to reduce college women’s risk for sexual revictimization by reducing hazardous drinking, improving perception of sexual assault risk cues, and increasing the use of protective behavioral skills (dating and drinking). Preliminary testing of the intervention is promising. Ongoing studies will be used to further refine the intervention and test its efficacy. I am also collaborating with colleagues to adapt this intervention to be culturally specific for other populations of women (i.e., Black/African American, Alaskan Native) and to reduce polysubstance use and risky sexual behavior (e.g., hooking up, failure to use condoms, unwanted sexual events). Many of my students have looked at intentions to engage in bystander intervention behavior.

• Lewis, M. A., Zhou, Z., Fairlie, A. M., Litt, D. M., Geusens, F., Parks, K. A., & McCabe, S. E. (2024). Examining within-person associations between alcohol and cannabis use and hooking up among adolescents and young adults in the United States. Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108040
• Parks, K. A., Lewis, M. A. (2024). Opioid-focused Interventions on College Campuses. In W. Wieczorek & M. Waller, (Eds.), Responding to the Opioid Epidemic: A Guide for Public Health Practitioners (pp. 247-255). APHA Press.
• Lewis, M. A., Zhou, Z., Parks, K., Evans-Polce, R., Litt, D. M., Fairlie, A. M., LoParco, C., & McCabe, S. E. (2023). The role of polysubstance use in experiencing alcohol-related negative sexual consequences. Addictive Behaviors, 138, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107571
• Parks, K. A., Frone, M. R., & Muraven, M. (2020). The role of past and current medical use on nonmedical use of prescription drugs among college students: Exploring same-drug and cross-drug class associations. Substance Use & Misuse, 55(11), 1759-1764.
• Parks, K. A., Collins, R. L., Graham, K., Bernards, S., & Wells, S (2020). Drinking context as a risk factor for sexual aggression. In R. Geffner, V. Vieth, V. Vaughan-Eden, A. Rosenbaum, L. K. Hamberger, & J. White (Eds.), Handbook of interpersonal violence and abuse across the lifespan (pp. 4083-4120). Springer.
• Parks, K. A., Levonyan-Radloff, K., Przybyla, S. M., Darrow, S., Muraven, M., & Hequembourg, A. (2017). University student perceptions about the motives for and consequences of non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD). Journal of American College Health, 65, 457-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2017.1341895
• Parks, K. A., Frone, M. R., Muraven, M., & Boyd, C. (2017). Nonmedical use of prescription drugs and related negative sexual events: Prevalence estimates and correlates in college students. Addictive Behaviors, 65, 258-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.018
• Parks, K. A., Levonyan-Radloff, K., Dearing, R. L., Hequembourg, A., & Testa, M. (2016). Development and validation of a video measure for assessing women’s risk perception for alcohol-related sexual assault. Psychology of Violence, 6, 573-585. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039846
• Parks, K. A., Hsieh, Y., Taggart, C., & Bradizza, C. M. (2014). A longitudinal analysis of drinking and victimization in college women: Is there a reciprocal relationship? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 943-951. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036283
• Parks, K. A., Collins, R. L., & Derrick, J. (2012). The influence of marijuana and alcohol use on condom use behavior: Findings from a sample of young adult female bar drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26, 888-894. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028166
• Levonyan-Radloff, K., Parks, K. A., & Collins, R. L. (2012). Women bar drinkers’ discussions about birth control and risky sexual behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 987-93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9834-1
• Parks, K. A., Hsieh, Y., Collins, R. L., & Levonyan-Radloff, K. (2011). Daily assessment of alcohol consumption and condom use with known and casual partners among young female bar drinkers. AIDS and Behavior, 15, 1332-1341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9829-2
• Parks, K. A., Hsieh, Y., Collins, R. L., Levonyan-Radloff, K., & King, L. P. (2009). Predictors of risky sexual behavior with new and regular partners in a sample of women bar drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, 70, 197-205.
• Parks, K. A., Hequembourg, A. L., & Dearing, R. L. (2008). Women's social behavior when meeting new men: The influence of alcohol and childhood sexual abuse. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32, 145-158.
• Parks, K. A., Hsieh, Y., Bradizza, C. M., & Romosz, A. M. (2008). Factors influencing the temporal relationship between alcohol consumption and experiences with aggression among college women. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-164X.22.2.210