Degree: Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1985

Area: Community-Clinical Psychology

Office: MP313 x (410) 455-2567
Lab: SS403 x (410) 455-3110
Fax: (410) 455-1055

E-mail: maton@umbc.edu

Website: not provided by instructor

Research Interests

Minority student achievement; Empowering community settings; Strengths-based research and policy; Community psychology of religion.

Selected Publications

Maton, K. I., & Salem, D. (1995). Organizational characteristics of empowering community settings: A multiple case study approach. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 631-656.

Hrabowski, F.H., Maton, K.I., & Greif, G. (1998). Beating the Odds: Raising academically successful African American males. Oxford University Press.

Maton, K. I. (2000). Making a difference: The social ecology of social transformation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 25-57.

Maton, K.I., Hrabowski, F.A. III, & Schmitt, C.L. (2000). African-American college students excelling in the sciences: College and post-college outcomes in the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 37, 629-654.

Mankowski, E., Maton, K.I., Burke, C.K., Hoover, S.A., & Anderson, C.W. (2000). Collaborative research with a men's organization: Psychological impact, group functioning, and organizational growth. In E. Barton (ed.), Mythopoetic perspectives of men's work: An anthology for therapists and others (pp. 183-203). Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.

Maton, K.I. (2001). Spirituality, religion, and community psychology: Historical perspective, positive potential, and challenges. Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 599-613.

Hrabowski, F.H., Maton, K.I., Greene, M.L., & Greif, G. (2002). Overcoming the Odds: Raising academically successful African American females. New York: Oxford University Press.

Maton, K.I., Schellenbach, C., Leadbeater, B., & Solarz, A. L. (Eds.) (2004). Investing in children, youth, families, and communities: Strengths-based research and policy. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Graduate Student Mentees

Amy Carillo
Jackie King
George Leary
Metin Ozdemir
Shauna Pollard
Keondra Phillips
Thais Rogatko
Tara Smith
Harriette Wimms
Nicole Yi

Current Student Research Projects

Media influences on African-American youth; Mentoring program for African American youth; Racial identity; Baraka Program for at-risk youth; ManKind Project; Meyerhoff Program

Teaching

Community Psychology; Prevention; Public Policy

Survey Links:
:Meyerhoff Survey

NSF Survey