Dumas, M., & Nelson, J. (2016). (re)imagining black boyhood: Toward a critical framework for educational research. Harvard Educational Review, 86(1), 27-47. Drawing on critical childhood studies, Michael J. Dumas and Joseph Derrick Nelson argue that Black boyhood is socially unimagined and unimaginable, largely due to the devalued position and limited… read more
Teacher Education and African American Males Deconstructing Pathways From the Schoolhouse to the “Big House”
Townsend Walker, B. L. (2012). Teacher education and african american males: Deconstructing pathways from the schoolhouse to the “Big house”. Teacher Education and Special Education, 35(4), 320-332. In this study, the author focuses on the exclusionary school and societal practices that route American males from schools to juvenile detention and… read more
Scale of Teacher Empathy for African American Males (S-TEAAM): Measuring Teacher Conceptions and the Application of Empathy in Multicultural Classroom Settings.
Nebbitt, V. E., Lombe, M., Lavelle‐McKay, C., & Sinha, A. (2014). Correlates of academic performance among school-age african american males in public housing. Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 65-71. This study contributes to ongoing effort to understand correlates of academic performance in school age African American male adolescents in… read more
Examining the Effects of Urban Neighborhoods on the Mental Health of Adolescent African American Males: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
Perry, D. M., Tabb, K. M., & Mendenhall, R. (2015). Examining the effects of urban neighborhoods on the mental health of adolescent african american males: A qualitative systematic review. The Journal of Negro Education, 84(3), 254-268. Residing in high-risk urban neighborhoods has a significant impact on the optimal psychosocial development… read more