Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Georgia State University, 1998

M.S.Ed. in Counselor Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1993

B.A. in Wake Forest University, Psychology, 1991

Dr. Kevin Cokley's research is in the area of African American psychology, with particular interest in the roles of racial and ethnic identity and academic self-concept in the academic achievement of African American students. More recently he has been examining the impact of the impostor phenomenon in academic and mental health outcomes, especially among ethnic minority students and women. Broadly, Dr. Cokley considers racial and ethnic identity development, academic motivation, multicultural psychology and issues of race, ethnicity and culture, race relations, education, and mental health

Member, Search Committee: Senior Vice-President of Enrollment Management, University of Texas at Austin(2016 - 2017)

Member, Committee on Racial and Ethnic Equity and Diversity, University of Texas at Austin(2016)

Member, Faculty Committee on Committees, University of Texas at Austin(2016)

Member, Task Force on Race and Ethnicity, American Psychological Association(2015 - 2017)

Member, Fellows Committee, Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association(2015)

Cokley, K., Smith, L., Bernard, D., Hurst, A., Jackson, S., Stone, S., Awosogba, O., Saucer, C., Bailey, M. & Roberts, D. (2017). Impostor feelings as a moderator and mediator of the relationship between perceived discrimination and mental health among racial/ethnic minority college students.. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64(2), 141–154. doi:10.1037/cou0000198.

McClain, S. & Cokley, K. (2017). Academic disidentification in Black college students: The role of teacher trust and gender. Cultural Diversity And Ethnic Minority Psychology. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(1), 125–133. doi:0.1037/cdp0000094.

Cokley, K. (2015). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Academic Motivation Scale with Black college students.. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 48(2), 124–139. doi:10.1177/0748175614563316.

Cokley, K., Awad, G., Smith, L., Jackson, S., Awosogba, O., Hurst, A., Stone, S., Blondeau, L. & Roberts, D. (2015). The roles of gender stigma consciousness, impostor phenomenon and academic self-concept in the academic outcomes of women and men.. Sex Roles, 73(9-10), 414–426. doi:10.1037/cou0000198.

Cokley, K. (2014). The Myth of Black Anti-Intellectualism: A True Psychology of African American Students.: Praeger Publishers.

Cokley, K., Awosogba, O. & Taylor, D. (2014). A 12-year content analysis of the Journal of Black Psychology (2000-2011): Implications for the field of Black psychology.. Journal of Black Psychology, 40(3), 215–238.

Cokley, K. & Awad, G. (2013). In defense of quantitative methods: Using the "Master's Tools" to promote social justice.. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 5(2), 26–41.

Cokley, K., McClain, S., Enciso, A. & Martinez, M. (2013). An examination of minority status stress, impostor feelings and mental health among ethnic minority college students.. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 41(2), 82–95.

UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Texas System (2017)

Innovators and Trailblazers Scholar, Graduate Mentoring Center for Indiana University (2017 - 2017)

Oscar and Anne Mauzy Regents Professorship for Educational Research and Development, College of Education (2017)

Fred Williams African American Studies Visiting Research Scholar, Indiana University (2016 - 2016)

Regents' Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Texas at Austin (2014)

Fellow, Chair in African and African Diaspora Studies (2013)

Louis Spence Griffeth Fellowship for Excellence, University of Texas at Austin (2013)

Elizabeth Glenadine Gibb Teaching Fellowship in Education, University of Texas at Austin (2012)

Fellow, American Psychological Association Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) (2011)

Fellow, American Psychological Association Division 45 (Culture, Ethnicity, & Race) (2011)

Faculty Teaching Award, Warfield Center for African and African American Studies (2011)

Kevin Cokley