Whatley, J. K. (2018). Implicit Bias as a Contributing Factor to Disproportionality of African Americans In Special Education: The Promise of a Bias Literacy Intervention (Doctoral dissertation, Mercer University). With the extensive research on disproportionality of African Americans in special education, the researcher explored implicit bias as a contributing factor.… read more
Special Education (SPE)
‘Me Against the World’: Autoethnographic poetry
Robinson, S. A. (2017) ‘Me Against the World’: Autoethnographic poetry, Disability & Society, 32(5), 748-752. The existing literature on race and ethnicity overlooks learning disability (LD), and the latter often overlooks Black males and segregated schooling. Thus, this poetic account embodies the voice of a Black male with LD. As… read more
Creative Works “Can’t C Me.”
Robinson, S. A. (2016). “Can’t C Me.” Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal. 4. 1-4. I contextualize my poetry by using the lyrics of the song “Can’t C Me” written by Lesane Parish Crooks. As a Black male with a learning disability (i.e., dyslexia), I was warehoused in an… read more
Remediating the Learning Disabilities of Black Males: Implications for PK–12 Teaching
Robinson, S. A. (2016). Remediating the Learning Disabilities of Black Males: Implications for PK–12 Teaching. Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, 15(1), 159-173. Scholarship on Black males with learning disabilities continues to emphasize contributing factors relating to the achievement gap, their over-representation in special education programmes, and their… read more