Lewis-McCoy, R. L. (2016). Boyz in the ‘burbs: Parental negotiation of race and class in raising black males in suburbia. Peabody Journal of Education, 91(3), 309-325. This paper explores the outlooks of black parents raising sons in a suburban school setting in a town that I call Rolling Acres. Dominant… read more
Familial Influences (FI)
(Re)defining the Narrative: High-Achieving Nontraditional Black Male Undergraduates at a Historically Black College and University
Goings, R. (2016). (re)defining the narrative: High-achieving nontraditional black male undergraduates at a historically black college and university. Adult Education Quarterly,66(3), 237-253. Using Harper’s anti-deficit achievement framework as a theoretical guide, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the academic and social experiences of four nontraditional, high-achieving, Black… read more
Exploring the Racial Divide in Education and the Labor Market through Evidence from Interracial Families
Arcidiacono, P., Beauchamp, A., Hull, M., & Sanders, S. (2015). Exploring the racial divide in education and the labor market through evidence from interracial families. Journal of Human Capital, 9(2), 198-238. We examine gaps between minorities and whites in education and labor market outcomes, controlling for many covariates including maternal… read more
Spiritual Borderlands: A Black Gay Male College Student’s Spiritual Journey
Means, D. R., & Jaeger, A. J. (2015). Spiritual borderlands: A black gay male college student’s spiritual journey. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 52(1), 11. This case study explored the spiritual journey and spaces of one Black gay male college student. Data collection included semi-structured interviews, field observations,… read more