Vivian Afi Dzokoto, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

A clinical psychologist by training and a cultural psychology researcher in practice, her work centres on the cultural shaping of emotion, mental health, cognition, and money behaviours primarily in West African and African diaspora settings. She uses quantitative and qualitative approaches in her work.

Collaborations include the Mind and Spirit project (https://themindandspiritproject.stanford.edu), the Ghana Values Project, the Development of Teaching and Social Learning Across Cultures, The Coexistence of Scientific and Religious Explanations Across Cultures and Development Project, and the Ghana Religion and Wellbeing project. Vivian was a fellow of the Institute of Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion.