The practice of duty rounds (also called community rounds or simply duty) is overdue for critical assessment, particularly because of its reliance on surveillance culture and the potential hazards of such surveillance to building authentic community. In this collaborative autoethnography, one Black residential life professional's experience with…

To document the change over time in African-American/Africana/Black Studies (AABS) librarianship in the United States, this study analyzed 71 position announcements published in physical and digital sources beginning in 1970 through 2019. Using content analysis, the author found that most AABS librarians should expect to have an MLIS and work in…

This study explored how black housing staff at predominantly white colleges in the Midwest that have their own campus police departments, engage, and interact with police and make sense of their beliefs about police in their work and personal lives. The existing literature on-campus police, student housing staff roles, the role of housing staff…

The Strong Black Woman Archetype has been found to have both benefits and liabilities for Black women. The liabilities, subsequently, have increased levels of stigma, stress, and negative mental and physical health outcomes resulting in higher rates of anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and stroke. The benefits relate to…

The purpose of this research was to examine the perceived leadership frames of Thomas Lakin Institute graduates. This study sought to determine if the independent variables, demographic characteristics (gender and age) and academic experiences (academic discipline and years of administrative experience) relate to the perceived leadership frames…

A large body of research suggests that the academy presents a negative environment for Black faculty. These faculty often have their research dismissed by peers (Ross & Edwards, 2018), are more likely to be second-guessed in the classroom (Patton, & Catching, 2009), and, Black women especially, are overburdened with service commitments…

This study explored the role of race in the negative job acquisition outcomes of African American graduates of a federally funded multi-institution doctoral training program. Because the credentials of African American graduates were similar, equal to, and/or, in some cases, exceeded those of their white peers, qualifications were ruled out as…