Beasley, S., Miller, K. & Cokley, K. (2015). Exploring the Impact of Increasing the Number of Black Men in Professional Psychology. 46(7), 704-722. The underrepresentation of Black men in professional psychology represents a critical issue, but this topic has received relatively limited coverage in the extant literature. Given the complex… read more
Do Men Need Empowering Too? A Systematic Review of Entrepreneurial Education and Microenterprise Development on Health Disparities among Inner-City Black Male Youth
Jennings, L. (2014). Do men need empowering too? A systematic review of entrepreneurial education and microenterprise development on health disparities among inner-city black male youth. Journal of Urban Health, 91(5), 836-850. Economic strengthening through entrepreneurial and microenterprise development has been shown to mitigate poverty-based health disparities in developing countries. Yet,… read more
Race, culture and agency: Examining the ideologies and practices of US teachers of black male students
Allen, Q. (2015). Race, culture and agency: Examining the ideologies and practices of US teachers of black male students. TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, 47, 71-81. This study examines teachers of Black male students in a United States secondary school setting. Qualitative methods were used to document teachers’ ideologies of and… read more
Perceptions of Body Figure Attractiveness Among African American Male College Students
Webb, T., Webb, D., Fults-McMurtery, R., & Fuller, T. (2014). Perceptions of Body Figure Attractiveness Among African American Male College Students. Journal of African American Studies, 18(4), 457-469. Historically, females who had large body figures and considered overweight were seen as the epitome of beauty within the African American culture.… read more