African Americans in Higher Education

James L. Conyers, Jr., (Ph.D. in African American Studies, Temple University) is Director of the African American Studies Program, Director of the Center for African American Culture and University Professor of African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author or editor of thirty-five books; serves on various editorial boards; and edits two book series. Crystal Edwards (Ph.D. in Africology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) a Visiting Scholar in the African American Studies Program at the University of Houston. Her research and teaching interests include: Intersectional identities, lived experiences of Black women and girls, Black girls in educational settings, Microaggressions, Black Feminist Theory and Africana frameworks. Dr. Kevin Thompson is the Program Manager and Adjunct Professor for the African American Studies Program at the University of Houston. His research interests include African American male educational experiences within urban and rural environments, African American male teacher attrition, and Afrocentric pedagogical practices.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. James Earl Davis, Black Male YouthIdentity and the Schooling of Peril and Possibility2. Reuben A. Buford May, African Americans and Social Life at Predominantly White Institutions: The Case of Urban Nightlife3.TaNeisha Page, Challenges Faced by African American Adult Students: Within Higher Education4. Abul Pitre and Tanya Hudson, A Critical Perspective on Leadership in Historically Black Colleges and Universities5. Kevin B. Thompson, Where Am I: An Analysis of the Incongruence Between Black Men & the Teaching Profession 6. James L. Conyers, Jr., Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Reflexive Analysis7. Crystal Edwards, "You have to get your mind right for this:" Black Women's Graduate School Experiences8. Joshua Hughes, Black Men and Single Parenting9. Corey LeFevers, Afrocentric Analysis in Brazilian Music10. Monique Liston, Resistance and Resilience: Black Graduate Students and the Collaborative Construction of Counter-spaces in the Community11. Selena Tate, Counseling Psychology of African Americans: A Review of Literature12. Autumn Raynor, Anti-Black Ontological Violence in Undergraduate Textbooks13. Deidra Lawson, Vertically Integrated: African American Studies Instruction as Co-requisite to Education-Based Ontological Manipulation14. Leah McAlister Shields, Laveria Hutchinson, and Donna Stokes, Teaching Through Culture15. Detra Johnson, Visionary and Social Justice Leaders16. Katina Thomas, The Dimensions of a Departmentalized Literacy Classroom Infused with Culturally Responsive Practices: Its Impact on African American Second GradersBiography