Black males face several active and inactive discriminations across society. In education, they encounter stiffer disciplinary actions such as out of school suspension and expulsion than their White peers, are overrepresented in special education programs as well as over diagnosed; are underrepresented in gifted in talented programs; advanced placement and honors courses; and have the lower college graduation rates compared to other racial groups. Although these issues are barriers to Black male success, we know that for every challenge, there is a solution to improving academic, career, and life outcomes for Black males.
Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education contributes to the existing literature on this population with a focus on teaching, mentoring, advising, and counseling Black boys and men, from preschool to graduate/professional school and beyond into their careers. The chapter authors address the gap on research from a strengths-based perspective, around implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black male educational attainment, the increased anti-black racism around police racial profiling and disciplinary issues in education, and academic and career outcomes of Black males. More importantly, the chapter authors provide recommendations for policy, practice and research.
Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education contributes to the existing literature on this population with a focus on teaching, mentoring, advising, and counseling Black boys and men, from preschool to graduate/professional school and beyond into their careers.
Foreword; Chance W. Lewis
Part I. Primary and Secondary Settings
Chapter
1. Getting Graphic: Resisting Anti-Blackness via the Visual
Narratives of Black Boys; Christian M. Hines and LaNorris D. Alexander
Chapter
2. The Career Academy as a Vehicle to Promote Black Male Student
Interest in STEM College and Career Pathways; Edward C. Fletcher Jr., Erik M.
Hines, Donna Y. Ford, and James L. Moore III
Chapter
3. A Perfect Storm: Educational Factors that Contribute to
Miseducation and Underachievement Among Black Students; Donna Y. Ford, James
L. Moore III, and Ezekiel Peebles
Chapter
4. Exploring Group Counseling Interventions for Black Boys in Middle
School: Using the ASE Group Model for Racial and Mathematical Identity
Development; Sam Steen and Canaan Bethea
Chapter
5. Creating Mirrors of Reflection and Doorways of Opportunity:
Engaging and Supporting Elementary Black Males in Language Arts; Christopher
L. Small
Chapter
6. Promoting Positive Academic and Social-Emotional Development for
Black Boys: Focus on Strengths-Based Protective Factors; Marcel Jacobs and
Scott L. Graves Jr.
Chapter
7. An Antiracist Approach to Counseling Gifted Black Boys with
Disabilities; Renae D. Mayes, E. Ken Shell, and Stephanie Smith-Durkin
Chapter
8. Creating Positive Academic Outcomes for Black Males: A School
Counselors Role as Advocate and Change Agent in Elementary, Middle, and High
School; Bobbi-Jo Wathen, Patrick D. Cunningham, Paul Singleton III, Dejanell
C. Mittman, Sophia L. Angeles, Jessica Fort, Rickya S.F. Freeman, and Erik M.
Hines
Chapter
9. Counseling Black Male Student-Athletes in K-16; Paul C. Harris,
Janice Byrd, Hyunhee Kim, Miray D. Seward, Araya Baker, Alagammai Meyyappan,
Deepika Nantha Kumar, and Tia Nickens
Part II. Postsecondary Settings
Chapter
10. The Lived Experiences of Collegiate Black Men; Derrick R. Brooms,
Marcus L. Smith, and Darion N. Blalock
Chapter
11. The Overlooked Conversation: Black Male Success in Community
Colleges; Jasmin L. Spain and Nicholas T. Vick
Chapter
12. Promoting Black Affirmation in Advising and Coaching for
First-Generation Black Male College Students' Success; DeOnte Brown, Rose-May
Frazier, David Kenton, and Derrick Pollock
Chapter
13. Living, Learning (and Legacy) Community: A New Living and
Learning Community Model for Black Males; Monique N. Golden, Paul Singleton,
II, Dakota W. Cintron, Michael Reid, Jr., and Erik M. Hines
Chapter
14. College Sports Teams: An Incubator for Black Men Student
Leadership Identity Development; Jesse R. Ford, Brittany N. Brewster, and
Jordan Farmer
Chapter
15. Advising And Engaging Black Male Veterans For Postsecondary
Success; Louis L. Dilbert
Chapter
16. Calling All Brothas: Recruiting and Retaining Black Males within
Teacher Preparation Programs; Mia R. Hines
Chapter
17. How Black Males in Undergraduate Engineering Programs Experience
Academic Advising; Brandon Ash, Ivory Berry, Tyron Slack, Le Shorn Benjamin,
and Jerrod A. Henderson
Chapter
18. Career Development and Black Men; Guy J. Beauduy, Jr., Ryan
Wright, David Julius Ford, Jr., Clifford H. Mack, Jr., and Marcus Folkes
Chapter
19. Engaging Black College Mens Leadership Identity, Capacity, &
Efficacy through Liberatory Pedagogy; Darius Robinson, Johnnie Allen, Jr.,
and Cameron C. Beatty
Afterword; James L. Moore, III
Erik M. Hines is a Professor in the Counseling Program located in the Division of Child, Family, and Community Engagement at George Mason University, USA. Dr. Hines prepares pre-service school counselors, and his research agenda focuses on the academic and career outcomes of Black males. He is a proud American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow and recipient of the Al Dye Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work.
Edward C. Fletcher Jr. is an EHE Distinguished Professor of Workforce Development and Education in the College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE) at The Ohio State University, USA. He serves as Editor for the Career and Technical Education Research journal and Co-Editor for the Journal of Career and Technical Education.
