The next psychology colloquium is scheduled for next Wednesday February 23rd at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Kevin Cokley from the Department of Educational Psychology of the University of Texas at Austin will be presenting a talk titled “African American Achievement & Mental Health: Negotiating Identity, Racism, and Impostor Feelings.” We hope that you will join us!
Event link for attendees:
https://zoom.us/j/94813222697?pwd=STdNTXNKMkpGRkxQR3lSRjI1cDVidz09
Meeting ID: 948 1322 2697
Passcode: 20220223
Abstract: This talk will review how a program of research examining racial identity and achievement led to a focus on the impostor phenomenon and mental health. Current research examining impostor feelings is discussed and data examining student-faculty interactions, university environment, and academic attitudes among Black students will be presented.
To learn more about Dr. Cokley, see here for the CV: https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/cv/2019-2020_CokleyCV.pdf
The remaining colloquium schedule is listed below. All talks will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday's unless otherwise noted. The mode (online/in-person) of each talk may differ, please see future email announcements.
March 23rd, 2022
Cross-Disciplinary Psychology Graduate Colloquium
March 30th 2022
Dr. Jeffrey Burke
Tenure Talk, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
April 20th, 2022
Dr. Mona Abo-Zena
College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts, Boston
For more information, contact: Merrisa Lin at merrisa.lin@uconn.edu