Prof. Shavonnie R. Carthens is an Assistant Professor of Law in the J. David Rosenberg College of Law at the University of Kentucky. Her scholarly interests examine issues of public health law, environmental health law, and health equity, with a focus on how legal interventions might improve access to healthy living environments for marginalized communities.
Her commitment to community engaged scholarship is evidenced through her work as a partner of the Louisville’s Environmental Health Literacy Coalition, as a member of the Kentucky Resources Council’s Environmental Health and Justice Working Group, and investigator for the Universal Basic Neighborhood Project sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Prof. Carthens also researches and writes at the intersection of legal literacy, patient protections, and health disparities among incarcerated populations.