Faculty & Staff Affiliates

Ixchel Rosal , MPA
Director, Gender and Sexuality Center
Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

Ms. Rosal has over 12 years of experience planning, implementing and managing community-based cultural programs. She is also a diversity trainer, with experience conducting workshops on the elimination of racism, sexism, homophobia, and class-based oppression.

Shane Whalley, LMSW
Education Coordinator, Gender and Sexuality Center
Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

Shane Whalley’s areas of expertise include: women's issues, gay, lesbian, bisexual/bisexuality, and gender identity issues, and social justice issues. Shane is adjunct faculty in the School of Social Work and recently created an innovative course and peer educator program, Peers for Pride, which utilizes powerful monologues to build awareness of LGBT issues.

Kevin Cokley, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Faculty affiliate, Center for African and African American Studies

Dr. Cokley’s research can be broadly categorized in the area of African American psychology, with a focus on racial and ethnic identity development and correlates of academic achievement such as academic self-concept. His publications have appeared in professional journals such as the Journal of Black Psychology, the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and the Harvard Educational Review.