Poco Kernsmith

Poco Kernsmith is a professor of social work at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in social welfare in 2002 from UCLA with a study of gender differences in intimate partner violence perpetration. She’s also currently pursuing a master’s degree in public health, with a focus on epidemiology. Kernsmith has worked in domestic violence and sexual assault victim services agencies in crisis intervention, legal advocacy, and community education, including developing prevention programs for high schools and universities to address dating violence and sexual assault.