Faculty Profiles
Dr. Deirdre Cobb-Roberts
Professor and Department Chair, Educational and Psychological Studies (EPS)
Email: cobbrob@usf.edu
Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Ph.D., is a professor in the Social Foundations Program in the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies. She also holds faculty affiliate appointments in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program and the Women and Gender Studies Program. A former McKnight Faculty Fellow, she earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research centers on higher education leadership, mentoring as critically engaged praxis, and institutional change. Dr. Cobb-Roberts has published extensively in leading academic journals, including History of Education Quarterly, American Educational Research Journal, Journal of Teacher Education, International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, Educational Considerations, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, and NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, among others. Her books include the co-edited ; the co-authored ; and the recently completed co-edited
Dr. Cobb-Roberts has served as Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator, and Co-Investigator on numerous funded research projects, including:
- Black Women Administrators in the U.S.: A Multi-Case Analysis of Their Experiences, Strategies, and Leadership as Critical Praxis
- The Impact of Mentoring on Persistence, Resilience, and Success Outcomes of Black Women Academics
- Advancing Leadership for Intersectional Equity
- WiSEN 鈥� Supporting Minoritized Women Students in STEM: Cultivating Pathways Using Mentoring Networks