Brooms, D. R., Clark, J. S., & Druery, J. E. (2020). “We Can Redefine Ourselves”: Enhancing Black College Men’s Persistence Through Counterspaces. Journal of Black Studies. Black college men are constantly repositioned in higher education discourse as problems and in crises. However, there is much to be learned from… read more
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‘Building Us Up’: Supporting Black Male College Students in a Black Male Initiative Program
Brooms, D. R. (2018). ‘Building Us Up’: Supporting Black Male College Students in a Black Male Initiative Program. Critical Sociology, 44(1), 141–155. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920516658940 Efforts to enhance the academic performances and educational experiences of Black males in college has exploded in the past 15 years, including institutional, state, system-level, and national programs, policies,… read more
Black Football Student-Athletes’ Perceived Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services
Wilkerson, T. A., Stokowski, S., Fridley, A., Dittmore, S. W., & Bell, C. A. (2020). Black Football Student-Athletes’ Perceived Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 55–81. Black male student-athletes have endured frequent stereotyping on college campuses (Hawkins, 2010). Additionally, Black student-athletes have experienced… read more
Ensuring Success Among First-Generation, Low-Income, and Underserved Minority Students: Developing a Unified Community of Support
Holcombe, E., & Kezar, A. (2019). Ensuring Success Among First-Generation, Low-Income, and Underserved Minority Students: Developing a Unified Community of Support. American Behavioral Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764219869413 Recent research has demonstrated the value of comprehensive, integrated programs that combine and align several interventions to create a seamless learning environment for undergraduate students in… read more