Before becoming a professor, Dr. Kohel was employed as a student personnel administrator – advising individual students on academic, career, and personal concerns; overseeing the development of student organizations, student leaders, and student staff; and facilitating diversity programming.

Dr. Kohel likes to be playful in her classes, and she’s also known to be serious. She strongly believes that every student brings with her a rich history and body of knowledge all her own, and she sees teaching and learning as a shared process among everyone in a classroom. Additionally, she strongly believes in helping students to develop their life skills, especially in regard to communicating, perspective-taking, critical-thinking, and acting in a responsible manner.

Dr. Kohel’s research interests include: teaching for multicultural competence and exploring the role of social categorization in social inequality.