Professor Emeritus
Contact Information:
Email: maton@umbc.edu
Education:
Ph.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985
Area of Study:
Community-Clinical Psychology
Research Interests:
Dr. Maton focuses on the minority student achievement (ongoing evaluation and implementation assessment of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program). He also studies the psychology and social policy (national interview study of psychologists seeking to influence social policy) and Baltimore City Youth Relations with School Police (focusing on group study to obtain “youth voice” on police-student relations on schools).
Selected Publications:
Maton, K.I. (2008). Empowering community settings: Agents of individual development, community betterment, and positive social change. American Journal of Community Psychology, 41, 4-21.
Maton, K.I., Wimms, H.E., Grant, S.K., Wittig, M.A., Rogers, M.R., & Vasquez, M.J.T. (2011). Experiences and perspectives of African American, Latina/o, Asian American, and European American psychology graduate students: A national study. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 68-78.
Maton, K.I. Pollard, S.A., Weise, T.V.M., & Hrabowski, F.A. III. (2012). The Meyerhoff Scholars Program: A strengths-based, institution-wide approach to increasing diversity in STEM. Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine, 79, 610-623.
Maton, K.I. (2017). Influencing social policy: Applied psychology serving the public interest. New York,NY:Oxford University Press.