• PhD, University of Massachusetts

I currently have two primary areas of focus in my research. The first involves the ongoing focus on young women’s alcohol use/abuse and risks for sexual assault. 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. We are currently developing 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).

My second primary area of research focuses on the assessment of negative consequences associated with college students’ nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and polydrug use. Preliminary research in this area was funded through a SUNY/RF Collaborative Award. UB and University at Albany undergraduates were surveyed to assess rates of NMUPD (i.e., stimulants, benzodiazepines/ sedatives, opioid analgesics) and associated negative consequences. A larger multi-site study is planned assess and mitigate negative events associated with polydrug use in college students.

• 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), 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. Springer.
• Przybala, S., Parks, K., Bleasdale, J., Sawyer, J., & Morse, D. (2019). Awareness, knowledge, and attitudes toward Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among pharmacy students. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 11, 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2019.01.011
• 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. PMID: 27567398 | DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.018
• Ellis, E. M., Collins, R. L., Hommish, G. G., Parks, K. A., & Kiviniemi, M. T. (2016). Perceived controllability of condom use shifts reliance on implicit versus explicit affect. Health Psychology, 35, 842-846. PMID: 27505204 | DOI: 10.1037/hea0000336
• 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. PMID: 27747131 | PMCID: PMC5061459  | DOI: 10.1037/a0039846
• Testa, M., Parks, K. A., Hoffman, J. H., Crane, C. A., & Leonard, K. E., & Shyhalla, K. (2015). Do drinking episodes contribute to sexual aggression perpetration in college men? Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, 76, 507-515. PMID: 26098025 | PMCID: PMC4495069
• 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. PMID: 25134028 | PMCID: PMC4274186 | DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.2.210