Kenneth Ghee
My areas of specialization are community and social psychology, youth attitudes and Black popular culture, sociocultural interventions, and student retention.
My research interests include: psychosocial influences on achievement motivation and college retention; educational and cultural developmental factors in African American students; and developing community and media-based intervention methods with educational and cultural identity development applications for at-risk, urban and disadvantaged youth.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Interpersonal Processes
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
Journal Articles:
- Evans, R. I., Turner, S. H., Ghee, K. L., & Getz G. J. (1990). Is androgynous sex role related to cigarette smoking in adolescents? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20(6), 494-505.
- Ghee, K. L. (1990). Enhancing educational achievement through cultural awareness in young black males. The Western Journal of Black Studies,14(2), 77-89.
- Ghee, K. L. (1990). The psychological importance of self definition and labeling: Black versus African American. The Journal of Black Psychology, 17(1), 75-93.
- Ghee, K. L., Walker, J., & Younger, A. (1997). The RAAMUS Academy: Evaluation of an edu-cultural intervention for young African-American males. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 16(2), 87-102.
- Iobst, E. A., Ritchey, P. N., Nabors, L. A., Stutz, R., Ghee, K., & Smith, D. T. (2009). Children's acceptance of a peer who is overweight: Relations among gender, age and blame for weight status. International Journal of Obesity, 33, 736-742.
Courses Taught:
- Black Creative Expression
- Black Popular Culture
- Culture, Mythology and Human Behavior
Kenneth Ghee
Department of Africana Studies
3611 French Hall, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-037
United States of America
- Phone: (513) 556-5553
- Fax: (513) 556-4446