Black Men in the Academy

T. Elon Dancy II, The University of Oklahoma, USA. Terence Hicks, East Tennessee State University, USA.  Christopher C. Jett, University of West Georgia, USA. Willis A. Jones, University of Kentucky, USA. John Michael Lee, Jr., North Star Educational Consulting Eric Love, University of Notre Dame, USA. Ferlin McGaskey, Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center Christopher Newman, The University of San Diego, USA. Keon M. McGuire, Arizona State University, USA. Don C. Sawyer III, Quinnipiac University in Hamden, USA. J.T. Snipes, Indiana University, USA. Jameel Alexander Scott, Lucille Education Solution Consulting, LLC Michael Steven Williams, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA.

"This important text moves us beyond bad news about black men in higher education. The editors generously offer rich insights into their lives and trajectories toward success. This book speaks powerfully to a nation that has long failed to acknowledge black men's brilliance. It is a refreshing, inspiring read." - Shaun R. Harper, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA "Black Men in the Academy presents compelling narratives of black males from all around the country. Throughout the volume, the contributors highlight salient educational, social, economic, and familial obstacles that they had to overcome to achieve success. This volume, in my opinion, is an important contribution to the scholarly literature on black males. It offers a realistic but contemporary glimpse of what black males often endure to achieve success in American society." - James L. Moore III, EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and Executive Director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male, The Ohio State University, USA "As a complement to the body of writing that supports the anti-deficit perspective on African-American males' educational success, this book provides strong evidence of the good that can result from positive influences. These inspiring stories describe the determination, spirit, and occasional good luck of seventeen individuals sometimes with, sometimes without, the positive support of their parents, teachers, community leaders, academic administrators, and church members. Combined with empirical research and outcomes from successful programs, these stirring narratives provide the 'third leg of the stool' demonstrating black male postsecondary success and should be required reading for every black man in college." Michael J. Cuyjet, Professor Emeritus, University of Louisville, USA

• 1. Reframing Black Male Success in Education: Narratives of Resiliency, Inspiration, and Success; Brian L. McGowan, Robert T. Palmer, J. Luke Wood, and David Hibbler, Jr. 2. The College Graduate: My Life Translated by Kanye West; J. T. Snipes 3. The Experience of a Black Male Doctoral Reentry Student after Attrition: A Self Reflective Study; Ferlin G. McGaskey 4. Pursuit of Happiness: Reflections From a Young Man; Jameel Scott 5. Family First: Exploring the Connection between Supportive Relationships and Self-Efficacy; Michael Steven Williams 6. Building on Our Mathematical Legacy of Brilliance: A Critical Race Reflective Narrative; Christopher C. Jett 7. He Became a WHAT?!? Memoirs of a Somewhat Unlikely Journey into Academia; Willis Jones 8. Am I Special? Rethinking Notions of Exceptionality in Black Male Success Narratives; Keon M. McGuire 9. An Inspirational and Onerous Journey from the Great Migration to the Academy; Christopher B. Newman 10. Projects to PhD: Falling through the Cracks and Finding Success; Don C. Sawyer III 11. The Black Male Body and The (Post?) Colonial University: Identity Politics and the Tyranny of Meritocracy; T. Elon Dancy II 12. Nobody knows the Trouble I've Seen in the Academy; John Michael Lee, Jr 13. Integrating Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice as a Practitioner in Higher Education; Eric Love 14. Exploring the Resiliency, Achievement, and Academic Success of a Direct Descendant of the Prince Edward County, Virginia (1959-1964) School Lockout; Terence Hicks