Nancy Jo Kepple

- Associate Professor
- MSW Program Director
Contact Info
Lawrence
Education —
Research —
Social consequences of the availability, distribution, and use of psychoactive substances; substance use behaviors among parenting populations; the role of parent substance use in child welfare decision-making; and racial/ethnic disparities within the child welfare system.
Selected Publications —
Freisthler, B., & Kepple, N. J. (2019). Types of substance use and punitive parenting: A preliminary exploration [Journal Articles]. Journal of Social Work Practice in Addictions. Published.
Wolf, J. P., Kepple, N. J., & Freisthler, B. (2019). Understanding the role of parental opiate and marijuana use in child welfare substantiation decisions [Journal Articles]. Journal of Social Work Practice in Addictions. Published.
Kepple, N. J. (2018). Does parental substance use always engender risk for children? Comparing incidence rate ratios of abusive and neglectful behaviors across substance use behavior patterns [Journal Articles]. Child Abuse & Neglect, 76, 44–55.
Kepple, N. J., & Parker, A. (2018). Moving Towards a More Responsive Substance Use Disorder Continuum of Care: A Comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area [Reports]. University of Kansas.
Freisthler, B., Wolf, J. P., Wiegmann, W., & Kepple, N. J. (2017). Drug Use, the Drug Environment, and Child Physical Abuse and Neglect [Journal Articles]. Child Maltreatment, 22(3), 245–255.
Freisthler, B., Kepple, N. J., Wolf, J. P., Curry, S. R., & Gregoire, T. (2017). Substance use behaviors by parents and the decision to substantiate child physical abuse and neglect by caseworkers [Journal Articles]. Children & Youth Services Review. Published.
Lloyd, M., & Kepple, N. J. (2017). Unpacking the Parallel Effects of Parental Alcohol Misuse and Low Income on Risk of Supervisory Neglect [Journal Articles]. Child Abuse & Neglect, 69, 72–84.
Kepple, N. J., & Freisthler, B. (2017). Place over traits? Purchasing edibles from medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, CA [Journal Articles]. Addictive Behaviors, 73.
Kepple, N. J. (2017). The complex nature of parental substance use: Examining past year and prior use behaviors as correlates of child maltreatment frequency [Journal Articles]. Substance Use & Misuse, 52(6), 811–821.
Wolf, J. P., Ponicki, B., Kepple, N. J., & Gaidus, A. (2016). Are community level prescription drug overdoses associated with child harm? A spatial analysis of California zip codes, 2001-2011 [Journal Articles]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 166(1), 202–208.
Kepple, N. J., Mulholland, E., Freisthler, B., & Schaper, E. (2016). Correlates of amount spent on medical marijuana during a discrete purchase: Results from a pilot study [Journal Articles]. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 48(1), 50–55.
Kepple, N. J., Freisthler, B., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2014). Non-response bias in child maltreatment self-reports using interactive voice response [Journal Articles]. Child Abuse & Neglect. Published.
Kepple, N. J., & Freisthler, B. (2012). Exploring the ecological association between medical marijuana dispensaries and crime [Journal Articles]. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73(4), 523–530.
Selected Presentations —
Awards & Honors —
University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
2017
National Data Archive of Child Abuse and Neglect
2016
Regents of University of California, Los Angeles
2009 - 2013
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
2011 - 2013