Boyhood to Manhood

C. Spencer Platt is Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina. He received his PhD in higher education administration from the University of Texas at Austin.Darryl B. Holloman is Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Georgia State University and has worked in student and academic affairs for over twenty years. His research examines the progression and persistence of underrepresented populations on college campuses.Lemuel W. Watson is Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Carolina and Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies and Executive Director for the South Carolina Center for Educational Partnerships.

• Contents: Patrick E. Turner: First-Year Experience: Engaging and Supporting Millennial Black Males During the First Year of College – LaGarrett King: Am I Not a Man and a Brother? I Am a Man – Darren D. Kelly: All Eyes on Me: High-Profile African American Male Student-Athletes’ Social Transition into Predominantly White Institutions of Higher Education – Richard J. Reddick/James Thomas: Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Black Male Academics Negotiating Mentorship, Fatherhood, and Partnerhood in a Community Context – Juanita J. Chinn/Andrea K. Henderson: The State of Health Among Black Men in the United States: Implications of Demographic Heterogeneity – C. Spencer Platt: Everyday Struggle: Critical Race Theory and Black Male Doctoral Student Experience – Stanley Ellis: Pimp or Pauper: An Autoethnography of Black Gangstaism’s Prevalence with College-Going Black Males at One Historically White Institution.