Ashley Mckenzie

Dr. McKenzie’s research explores the relationship between attitudes and beliefs, such as stigma, gender role ideologies, victim blaming, and rape myths, and a variety of sexual health issues.

Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie is an assistant professor of health communication at Clemson University. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Ph.D. in media and communication and a M.A. in mass communication. Dr. McKenzie’s research explores the relationship between attitudes and beliefs—such as stigma, gender role ideologies, victim blaming, and rape myths—and a variety of sexual health issues, including cervical and breast cancer prevention, sexual violence prevention, HIV prevention, and human trafficking education. She is particularly interested in using online spaces and digital health interventions to change attitudes, beliefs, and health outcomes.