This dissertation examines the lived experiences of Black men credentialed to be assistant principals and principals within a southeastern, urban public school district based upon the philosophies of equity and social justice. Through a qualitative constructivist approach, this research explores their experiences in and with education and how it…

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…

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…

In this paper we examine how business cycles affect labor market outcomes in the United States. We conduct a detailed analysis of how cycles affect outcomes differentially across persons of differing age, education, race, and gender, and we compare the cyclical sensitivity during the Great Recession to that in the early 1980s recession. We present…

Many African Americans experience low-grade depression, referred to as dysthymia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). After more than 250 years of enslavement, prejudice, and discrimination, dysthymia is reflected in chronic low-grade sadness, anger, hostility,…