Dr. Kennel is an assistant professor and industrial organizational psychologist in the Department of Allied Health Professions Education, Research, and Practice at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed her graduate education in industrial organizational psychology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her passion is integrating industrial organizational psychologists into all aspects of health care delivery to optimize individual and care team performance and improve quality and safety.

As both a principal investigator and collaborative scientist, she has led and collaborated on research, quality improvement, and training projects funded by the AHRQ, the NIGMS through the Great Plains IDeA-CTR, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the American Heart Association, and the U.S. Public Health Service. Her work on these projects focuses on team development and performance improvement in traditional and virtual care settings.

Dr. Kennel delivers experiential education to health professions students and professionals on quality and process improvement and teamwork training to develop team and team science skills. She also supports interprofessional education and leadership development initiatives, and serves as a coach in the Creative Coaching program at UNMC.