Bryan K. Hotchkins, Ph.D.
Email: bryan.hotchkins@ttu.edu
Phone: 806-834-7195
Office: Education 313
Bryan K. Hotchkins, Ph.D. is a tenured professor of Higher Education in the department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, & Counseling at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Broadly, Dr. Hotchkins uses his cyberbonding play theoretical framework (2023, 2026) to study how high school and undergraduate students navigate the geographies of school/college climate, context, and culture. His research primarily focuses on how learned video-game knowledge, in digital spaces, informs persistence strategies in physical places where academic outcomes, social integration and leadership development are key. Yet, how educational entities empower students to use video-game knowledgement for their holistic betterment is a secondary focus. Stated differently, when institutional retention practices and student persistence tactics align how are pathways to degree conferral impacted? Dr. Hotchkins' research is guided by questions related to how student use of video-game modding, comms and respawning influence educational involvement and engagement in and outside of class. With nearly 1,228 citations [since 2016], a h-index (15), an i10-index (21), and nearly 100 formal trainings/keynote lectures to his credit, he actively uses research to amplify rarely seen and/or heard life perspectives. As an aside, Dr. Hotchkins also utilizes his Belongingness as Organizational Emotional Intelligence™ trainings to teach people how to actualize thoughtful connectedness across organization practices, policies, and programs. In 2021, his book “My Black is Exhausted: Forever in Pursuit of a Racist-free World Where Hashtags Don't Exist” and “Becoming (Un)exhausted: An Interactive Journal for Moving Beyond Racism,” served as templates for teaching people how to better understand what it means to problem-solve in a world of difference.
Bryan earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah, a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU).
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Leadership & Policy – 2013, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Master of Human Relations – 2003, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Bachelor of Arts, Communication – 1993, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Areas of Expertise
- Cyberbonding Play of Black Collegiate Gamers
- Campus racial climate persistence issues
- Access, retention and college pathways across K-20 education
- African American student and faculty leadership identity development
- The role of students affairs in leader-follower relationships
- Qualitative methods
Selected Publications
Hotchkins, B. K. (2026). The use of cyberbonding play to navigate Antiblack racism at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Black Studies, 57(4), 403-430. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K., McNaughtan, J., Lujan, J., & Banks, L. (2024). Experiencing Racial Battle Fatigue at the Top: Perspectives of Black Community College Presidents. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 31(2), 18-32. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. (2023). Virtual Boy Gaming, an examination of cyberbonding play as navigation of PWI. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 36(3), 301-313. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K., McNaughtan, J. & Lujan, J. (2022). “The coalition of the willing”: Promoting anti-racism through empowering students. Community College Review, 50(4), 415-435. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. (2022). Responsive pedagogical love as mitigation against antiblackness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 36(6), 606-629. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. & McNaughtan, J. (2021). Examining the continuum of Black student leadership: From community to college and beyond. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29(42), 1-23. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. & Smith, P. (2020). Translanguaging as a gateway to Black immigrant collegians’ leadership literacies. Teachers College Record, 122(13), 1-29. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. (2017). Black collegians practicing resistance in the midst of chaos: Applying transgenerational activist knowledge to navigate predominantly White institutions. Journal of Negro Education, 86(3), 269-282. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. (2017). Black women students at predominantly White universities: Narratives of identity politics, well-being and leadership mobility. NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 10(2), 144-155. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. & Dancy, T. E. (2017). A House Is Not A Home: Black Students’ Responses to Racism in University Residential Halls. Journal of College and University Student Housing, 43(3), 40-51. (Download PDF)
Hotchkins, B. K. (2016). African American males navigate racial microaggressions. Teachers College Record, 118(6), 1-36. (Download PDF)
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