About
Keenan Colquitt, Jr. is an enthusiastic educator with experience in student affairs administration, gender studies, assessment, and management. His research interests include gender identity development, masculinity, and gender socialization in college men. In addition, Keenan studies men’s violence, factors that motivate men to challenge toxic masculinity, and how discourse informs men’s gendered behavior.
Keenan received his BS degree in psychology from Grand Valley State University, his MS degree in human resource management from Stony Brook University, and his PhD in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University. In addition, Keenan has a graduate certificate in women’s studies from the Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Bowling Green State University.
Dr. Colquitt serves as the program manager for the Diversity Scholars Network with the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan. Keenan remains engaged in professional development through ASHE, NASPA, ACPA, and AMSA. You can follow Keenan on Twitter at @doc_kyc.
Current Work
Dr. Colquitt’s research interests include gender identity development, masculinity, and gender socialization in college men. In addition, Keenan studies men’s violence, factors that motivate men to challenge toxic masculinity, and how discourse informs men’s gendered behavior.
He has recently written on productive masculinity and is currently working on projects related to whiteness, masculinity and developing critical consciousness in leadership as well as a larger project focused on critical praxis in college masculinities. Dr. Colquitt anticipates projects centering on toxic masculinity and gender discourse in the media, black masculinity in sci-fi, and reconsidering hegemonic masculinity in higher education.
Research Area Keyword(s)
gender discourse, patriarchy, Gender socialization, men's violence prevention