He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati where he was Graduate School Dean’s Distinguished Fellow and a Yates Scholar. Dr. Kennedy's research explores issues of crime and deviance within corporations, with a particular focus on issues of employee theft, behavioral business ethics, the multi-level antecedents to corporate crime, and product counterfeiting. He also has a special focus on small and medium enterprises, working to link empirical research with practical business solutions to issues of crime and deviance. His research has been featured in several news and media outlets, including Business Insider, Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal, and the Cincinnati Inquirer. Jay is available at (517) 353-2162 and jpk@msu.edu