Runstedtler, T. (2018). More Than Just Play: Unmasking Black Child Labor in the Athletic Industrial Complex. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 0193723518758458. African Americans’ hypervisibility in sports remains a frequent point of critique. There has been a tendency to blame Black youths for their supposed “sports fixation.” Complicating this… read more
Race, Sport, and Sociocognitive “Place” in Higher Education: Black Male Student-Athletes as Critical Theorists
Armstrong, K. L., & Jennings, M. A. (2018). Race, Sport, and Sociocognitive “Place” in Higher Education: Black Male Student-Athletes as Critical Theorists. Journal of Black Studies, 0021934718760721. The purpose of this research was to further examine the juxtaposition of race, sport, and higher education. It utilized an existential-phenomenological approach to… read more
Cracks in the Ceiling? Historical and Contemporary Trends of African American Deans of Schools of Social Work
Banks, L., Hopps, J. G., & Briggs, H. E. (2018). Cracks in the ceiling? historical and contemporary trends of african american deans of schools of social work. Research on Social Work Practice, 28(3), 288-299. This article presents data from an exploratory study of the demographic and published scholarship profiles of… read more
How Are African Americans Currently Represented in Various Social Work Venues?
Briggs, H. E., Holosko, M. J., Banks, L., Huggins-Hoyt, K. Y., & Parker, J. (2018). How are african americans currently represented in various social work venues? Research on Social Work Practice, 28(3), 275-287. Purpose: This study explored how African Americans are currently represented in social work journals, research, and schools.… read more