Kayla Hoskins, PhD

Kayla M. Hoskins, PhD is a NIDA-funded T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Yale School of Medicine (Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry). Trained as a criminologist and in community psychology, Dr. Hoskins conducts interdisciplinary research to promote psychological/behavioral health equity and wellbeing among criminal legal system and substance-involved populations with a specific emphasis on the intersection of gender, victimization and trauma. She centers critical feminist theoretical perspectives and methods to 1) investigate socio-structural inequalities in connection to the service needs of marginalized (i.e., gendered, racialized, criminalized, victimized) individuals; and 2) applies principles from the field of implementation science to analyze and enhance interventions designed to interrupt cycles of victimization and illegal behavior, promote resiliency and recovery, and ameliorate disparities in the praxis of justice. Her research considers internal and external influences on individual wellbeing, reentry and desistance. She primarily utilizes qualitative, intersectional and mixed methodologies, which produce a wealth of data to promote the voices of diverse communities.

Dr. Hoskins's work has been published in Sex Roles, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Feminist Criminology, the Journal of Community Psychology, Crime & Delinquency, and Women & Criminal Justice. A first-authored paper published in Feminist Criminology received the journal’s Dr. Helen Eigenberg Best Article of the Year Award for 2020.