Pratt-Harris, N. C. (2013). Happy Kwanzaa? An Afrocentric Comparison of Black Male College Graduates and Black Male Jail/ Prison Releasees. African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies, 7(1/2), 1. This paper summarizes key findings of a qualitative dissertation study that involved interviews with black male college graduates (BMCs) and black male jail/prison… read more
Familial Influences (FI)
African American Fathers’ Involvement in their Children’s School-based Lives
Abel, Y. (2012). African American Fathers’ Involvement in their Children’s School-based Lives. Journal Of Negro Education, 81(2), 162-172. This research investigated African American fathers’ involvement in the school-based lives of their elementary-aged children using the Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler model of parent involvement and Epstein’s framework of involvement. Questionnaires were administered to 101… read more
The impact of family support on the success of black men at an historically black university: Affirming the revision of Tinto’s theory
Palmer, R. T., Davis, R. J., & Maramba, D. C. (2011). The impact of family support on the success of black men at an historically black university: Affirming the revision of Tinto’s theory. Journal of College Student Development, 52(5), 577-597. This qualitative study of 11 Black male students who entered a public… read more
The Good Father: African American Fathers Who Positively Influence the Educational Outcomes of Their Children
Ransaw, T. (2014). The Good Father: African American Fathers Who Positively Influence the Educational Outcomes of Their Children. A Journal on Black Men,2(2), 1-25. African American men are not commonly thought of favorably as fathers, especially in regard to their children’s education. Using an adapted qualitative version of the quantitative fathering involvement scale, which is… read more