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College of Psychology
Professor - Psychology/Director, Academic Affairs
Clinical and School Psychology
College of Psychology
Thomas D. Kennedy, Ph.D. is a Professor and the Director of Academic Affairs for the College of Psychology at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). He serves as a representative for the NSU IRB and co-facilitates the forensic concentration. He co-created and serves as clinical director of the Consortium for Research and Treatment (CRT) in partnership with the Veterans Trust, which now provides a practicum experience for students interested in working with veterans, active-duty military, and first responders. He recently developed a forensic practicum for students interested in conducting forensic evaluations for ChildNet and the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Broward County Courthouse. He received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Miami, where he completed an APA-accredited internship as Chief Intern at Jackson Memorial Hospital, following his MA in experimental psychology from Southern Methodist University. He is a licensed psychologist in Florida, a board-certified biofeedback fellow, and certified in clinical hypnosis.
He developed and is the faculty advisor for the student organization Forensic Advocates for Rehabilitation and Reintegration (FARR). He directs the RESOLVE lab (Research on Legal and Veterans Experiences) and mentors doctoral students in forensic and military psychology. His independent practice centers on forensic evaluation and expert testimony.
His research interests span two convergent tracks: forensic psychology and novel therapeutic interventions for veterans, first responders, and active-duty military personnel. The forensic line includes juvenile offending and recidivism, psychopathy, intimate partner violence, human trafficking, malingering assessment, and child and adolescent forensic evaluation. The clinical line includes heart-rate variability biofeedback, psychological skills training, and simulated-racing interventions for PTSD, including work examining these approaches as adjuncts to ketamine treatment. He has secured grant funding and served as the lead evaluator for multiple organizations, including Catholic Charities (Head Start, Early Head Start, and elder brief-intervention programs), Miami-Dade Schools Police, SAMHSA-funded addiction and recovery services, and national bullying-prevention programs, with awards also from the Farris Foundation, the Wawa Foundation, and NSU’s Quality of Life and President’s Faculty Research programs.