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Dr. Kenneth Foster

Kenneth Foster, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Psychology Program
CFO 710
(940) 898-2308
kfoster@mail.twu.edu

Research/Professional Interests

Social Identity, Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Violence, School Reform

Courses Taught

Social Psychology, Human Development, Cross-Cultural Psychology

Education

Ph.D., Social Psychology, City University of New York

Recent Publications

Weis, L., Fine, M., Shepherd, T., & Foster, K. (1999). We need to come together and raise our kids and our community right: Black males rewriting social representations. Urban Review, 31, 125-151.

Selected Presentations

Foster, K. (2005, March). Social activism and empowerment: What’s racism got to do with it?  Paper presentation at the Conference on African American Political Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Government and Center for African and African American Studies, Austin, TX.

Foster, K. (2004, March). Image and reality: The new expectations of BMCC faculty. Panel presentation at the 2004 Joseph Doctor Colloquium, City University of New York, New York, NY.      

Foster, K. (2004, March). Correlates of identity. Paper presented at Third Annual CUNY Cross-Program Conference in Psychology, Graduate Center, City University of New York. New York, NY. 

Foster, K. (2004, February). Measuring black identity.  Paper presented at Third Annual Southeastern Conference on Cross-Cultural Issues in Counseling and Education, Savannah, GA. 

Foster, K. (2003, October). Measuring diversity in identity.  Paper presented at Boston College Diversity Challenge, Chestnut Hill, MA. 

Foster, K., & Cross, W. E., Jr. (Feb. 7, 2003). Diversity in black identity. Paper presented at conference on: “The State of Black Studies: Methodology, Pedagogy, and Research,” at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY. 

Foster, K. (2002, May). Black identity and well-being. Paper presented at the Teaching Learning Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY. 

Foster, K. (2002, June). African American activists’ perceptions of racism and empowerment. Paper presented at the Black Graduate Conference in Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association

Association of Black Psychologists

Phoenix Foundation Institutional Review Board

 

 
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