He obtained his PhD from the School of Social Work at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. His research has focused on diverse topics in autism, HIV sexual risk, and most recently, learning in community technology groups. Dr. Adrian Kok's is interested in developing educational opportunities for service-learning to promote multi-disciplinary collaboration between social work and other health care professionals. His current interests focuses on evaluating programs in teaching older adults how to use computers and the Internet and developing approaches which enhances technology learning among older adults.