Jennifer Schinke Kendrick is a Ph.D. student at the University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work and Family Sciences and a researcher at the Center for Family and Community Well-being. She has over a decade of experience in community-based services, where she has worked with the autism and intellectual/developmental disability community. Jennifer is a Board-approved supervisor in social work for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor. She is the 2022-23 Chairperson for the Kentucky Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Indiana and Kentucky) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Kentucky), Jennifer has implemented training programs regarding parenting skills for teens and parents with low literacy and social skills curricula for adolescents with intellectual/developmental disabilities. She has specialized training in administering the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills, Revised (ABLLS-R), the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP), the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and implicit bias. While serving as a therapist for the intellectual/developmental disability community, Jennifer obtained specialized training as a loss doula. She has presented on eating disorders, organizational workforce sustainability, autism spectrum disorder, and marriage and family therapy ethics at the state and national levels. Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Sciences and Sociology from Purdue University, a Master of Arts in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, a Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies from the University of Louisville, and a Master of Science in Social Work with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Louisville.