Dr. Kevin Cokley

Biography

Kevin Cokley is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education and a Courtesy Professor at the College of Literature, Science, and Arts. His research primarily explores African American psychology through an emic approach. Key inquiries guiding his work include how psychological environmental factors affect the academic outcomes of African American students and the nature of the impostor phenomenon and its repercussions for the academic outcomes and mental health of African American minoritized students. His scholarship addresses significant educational issues, particularly the underachievement among African American students. Current projects involve examining the role of school racial composition in shaping the academic attitudes of Black college students and investigating the phenomenon of academic disidentification among minoritized groups. Cokley is also a co-principal investigator on an NIH grant aimed at addressing diversity threats in the health science workforce. He has authored the book "The Myth of Black Anti-Intellectualism," which challenges prevailing stereotypes about African American students, and is the editor of "Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism."

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