Areas of interest include: development of risk behaviors over the life course, particularly during childhood and adolescence; substance use and abuse and crime; individual, social, and neighborhood determinants of behavior and health. Current research is with the Woodlawn Project, a prospective study of a cohort of African Americans followed from 1966 (age 6) to 2002 (age 42).

life course development and health; substance use; crime; psychological, social, and economic determinants of health; adolescence; early intervention

Delta Omega Society, 2004

College on Problems of Drug Dependence Women and Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award, 2004

National Research Service Award, 2001-2004 (awarded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health)

Academic Scholarship, 1999-2002, provided by the Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD.

Fothergill, KE, Ensminger, E, Green, KM, Robertson, J, Thorpe, RJ, Kasper, JD, & Juon, HS. (in press). Living arrangements during childrearing years and later health of African American mothers. Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Fothergill, KE, Ensminger, E, Green, KM, Robertson, J, & Juon, HS. (2009). Pathways to adult marijuana and cocaine use: A prospective study of African Americans from age 6 to 42. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50: 65-81.

Easterling, D, Fothergill, K, Foy, CG, Leonard, L, & Holtgrave, DR. (2009). Assessing social capital in Kansas: Findings from quantitative and qualitative studies. The Journal of Kansas Civic Leadership Development, 1: 23-35.

Kasper, JD, Ensminger, ME, Green, KM, Fothergill, KE, Juon, HS, Robertson, J, & Thorpe, RJ. (2008). Effects of poverty and family stress over three decades on the functional status of older African American women. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 63B (4), S201-210.

Platt, R, Fothergill, K, & Wissow, LS. (2008). Talking with families about adolescent mental health. Adolescent Medicine Reviews, 19: 41-53.

Fothergill, KE, Ensminger, ME, Green, KM, Crum, RM, Robertson, J, & Juon, HS (2008). The impact of early school behavior and educational achievement on adult drug use disorders: A prospective study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92(1-3):191-199.

Fothergill, KE & Ensminger, ME. (2006). Childhood and adolescent antecedents of drug and alcohol problems in adulthood: A longitudinal study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 82: 61-76.

Crum, RM, Juon, HS, Green, KM, Robertson, J, Fothergill, K, & Ensminger, ME. (2006). Educational achievement and early school behavior as predictors of alcohol-use disorders: 35-year follow-up of the Woodlawn Study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67(1): 75-85.

Ensminger, ME & Fothergill, KE. (2003). A decade of measuring socioeconomic status: What it tells us and where to go from here. In: Bornstein, MH, & Bradley, RH, eds. Handbook of Parenting: Socioeconomic Status, Parenting, and Child Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Wissow, L, Fothergill, KE, & Forman, J. (2002). Confidentiality for mental health concerns in adolescent primary care. Bioethics Forum, 18(3/4): 43-54.

Ensminger, ME, Juon, HS, & Fothergill, KE. (2002). Childhood and adolescent antecedents of substance use in adulthood. Addiction, 97:833-844.

Fothergill, K. & Feijou, A. (2000). Family planning services at school-based health centers: Findings from a national survey. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27:166-169.

Fothergill, K. & Ballard, E. (1998). School-linked health care: A promising model of community-based care for adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 23:29-38.

Fothergill, K. (1998). Update 1997: School-Based Health Centers. Washington, DC: Advocates for Youth.

Fothergill, K., & Ballard, E. (1996). Update 1995: School-Linked Health Centers. Washington, DC: Advocates for Youth.

Brellochs, C. & Fothergill, K. (1995). Comprehensive School-Based Health Centers: Ingredients for Success. Bronx, NY: School Health Policy Initiative.

McCord, MT, Klein, J, Foy, JM, & Fothergill, K. (1993). School-based clinic use and school performance. Journal of Adolescent Health, 14:91-98.