Dr. Kerri Kearney is a professor of higher education at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Her research and service over the last 12 years has primarily focused on hidden student populations (college going students with backgrounds of socially stigmatizing, complex trauma) and organizational issues in higher education.
Nationally, Dr. Kearney sits on the leadership team for Fostering Academic Achievement Nationwide (FAAN) and is the founder and leader of the National Collaborative for Hidden Student Populations (NCHP), which houses the nation’s first research conference on college students with foster care experience and other socially stigmatizing trauma. Dr. Kearney has an M.B.A. in management and an Ed.D., as well as multiple trauma and wellness-related certifications. She spent many years as an organizational consultant across varied industries before entering academia in 2005.
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