Odih, P. (2002). Mentors and role models: Masculinity and the educational ‘underachievement’ of young afro-caribbean males. Race Ethnicity and Education, 5(1), 91-105. The British government developed a program that assigned mentors to help secondary students overcome barriers to individual learning. This coincides with increasing calls within the black community and… Continue Reading Mentors and Role Models: Masculinity and the educational ‘underachievement’ of young Afro-Caribbean males
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Band of Brothers: A New Group of Young Black Scholars Hopes to Parlay Connections Into Tenure
Wilson, R. (2002). Band of brothers: A new group of young black scholars hopes to parlay connections into tenure. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 49(14), A.8. Wilson discusses Brothers of the Academy, founded by Lee Jones, associate professor of educational leadership at Florida State University. The goal of the organization… Continue Reading Band of Brothers: A New Group of Young Black Scholars Hopes to Parlay Connections Into Tenure
Race, Gender, and Sexuality: (Un)Doing Identity Categories in Educational Research
Davis, J. E. (2002). Race, Gender, and Sexuality: (Un)Doing Identity Categories in Educational Research. Educational Researcher, 31(4), 29-32. Book Review of Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity by Ann A. Ferguson; Subject to Identity: Knowledge, Sexuality, and Academic Practices in Higher Education by Susan Talburt. Full article can be found here:… Continue Reading Race, Gender, and Sexuality: (Un)Doing Identity Categories in Educational Research