Kevin O. Cokley

Kevin Cokley was born in Pilot Mtn., North Carolina to Angelo and Elma Cokley. He graduated from Wake Forest University and later received his doctorate in counseling psychology from Georgia State University. He is the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Psychology and Associate Chair for Diversity Initiatives at the University of Michigan. He is the past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology, past Director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis and past Chair and Professor of Educational Psychology and African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and recipient of the University of Texas System 2014 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. He has been a Fellow of the University of Texas System and University of Texas Academy of Distinguished Teachers.