David A. Kenny

Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences Emeritus

Degree:	Ph.D., 1972, Northwestern University
Information:	Instructor, Data Analysis Training Institute of Connecticut (DATIC)
Webpages:	SPN\| Personal \| DATIC \| Google Scholar
Research Interests:	Person perception Small groups Methodology
Research synopsis:	Prof. Kenny is mainly interested in the study of naturalistic social behavior and models of such behavior. He has focused most of my research attention on dyadic models of person perception. In his research, he has ave mainly used the Social Relations Model and the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. He is also interested in improving statistical analysis with my DataToText project and has continuing interests in Structural Equation Modeling, longitudinal data analysis, mediation and moderation analysis, and the analysis of group data.
Students in Research:	This professor will not consider new students to enter the graduate program.
Recent News:	Former student Tessa West (now at NYU) and Dave Kenny awarded 2013 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Theoretical Innovation Prize! Awarded inaugural Methodological Innovation Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Awarded Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, 2012 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (see article in UConn Advance) Book, Dyadic Data Analysis, 2006, with Kashy and Cook. Recipient of the Donald T. Campbell Award for distinguished contributions in social psychology by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (see UConn Advance article) Named University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in 2002 and University of Connecticut Distinguished Alumni Professor for 2006-2009, titles held by a select group of UConn faculty members Awarded UConn research excellence award. Is named highly cited by ISI HighlyCited.com. Story regarding his research and career and TV appearance on 20/20.
Recent Publications:	Publications since 2010, indexed on Google Scholar
Representative Publications:	Kenny, D. A., Kashy, D. A., & Cook, W. L. (2006) Dyadic data analysis. New York: The Guilford Press. Campbell, D. T., & Kenny, D. A. (1999). A primer of regression artifacts. New York: The Guilford Press. Kenny, D. A. (1994). Interpersonal perception: A social relations analysis. New York: The Guilford Press. Kenny, D. A., & Garcia, R. L. (2012). Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to study the effects of group composition. Small Group Research, 43, 468-496. West, T. V., & Kenny, D. A. (2011). The truth and bias model of judgment (T&B). Psychological Review, 118, 357-378. Kenny, D. A. (2010). DataToText: Possibilities and problems. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 45, 1-20.

Email	david.kenny@uconn.edu
Phone	+1 860 486 4908
Mailing Address	Unit 3064