Collins, K. M. (2011). Discursive positioning in a fifth-grade writing lesson: The making of a “Bad, bad boy”. Urban Education, 46(4), 741-785. In this article the author draws on the concept of positioning to examine how language is used during one particular fifth-grade writing lesson to construct both the lesson… read more
Psychological Health (PSH)
“Making Space” for Ourselves: African American Student Responses to Their Marginalization
Venzant Chambers, T. T., & McCready, L. T. (2011). “Making space” for ourselves: African american student responses to their marginalization. Urban Education, 46(6), 1352-1378. Drawing from two separate case studies, one on lower track African American students and another on gay and gender nonconforming African American male students, this article… read more
Self-Reflection and the Reflected Self: African American Double Consciousness and the Social (Psychological) Mirror
Andrews, V. L. (2003). Self-reflection and the reflected self: African american double consciousness and the social (psychological) mirror. Journal of African American Studies,7(3), 59-79. Utilizing examples from sport and everyday interactions, the author interrogates a sample of social theories that deal with situated social activity. The goal is to continue… read more
Racial and Gender Identity Among Black Adolescent Males: An Intersectionality Perspective
Rogers, L. O., Scott, M. A., & Way, N. (2015). Racial and gender identity among black adolescent males: An intersectionality perspective. Child Development, 86(2), 407-424. A considerable amount of social identity research has focused on race and racial identity, while gender identity, particularly among Black adolescents, remains under examined. The… read more