Tryan L. McMickens is Professor of Higher Education and Coordinator of the MSEd in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University. Robert T. Palmer is Chair and Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Howard University.

"Until and unless administrators, staff, and faculty behave differently, Black men's mental health will remain highly susceptible to unnecessary and consequential attacks. Black male collegians deserve better. They deserve wellness. They deserve affirmation. They deserve institutional responsibility. They deserve to be whole." — From the foreword by Shaun Harper

• Foreword Shaun Harper Acknowledgments Part I: Identifying Problems and Advancing Solutions for Black Men in College 1. Framing the Context for This Volume Tryan L. McMickens and Robert T. Palmer 2. Black Disabled Lives Matter: Real Talk About Black College Men's Mental Health Terrell L. Strayhorn and J'Quen Johnson 3. Addressing the Academic Outcomes, Mental Health, and Well-being of Black Graduate Men: A Contextual, Strengths-Based ApproachSamuel T. Beasley, David C. Stanley Jr., Ryan Wright, and Trae Bell 4. Promoting Mental Health and Wellness on College Campuses Through Black Male Initiatives Jarrod E. Druery, DéLon Isom, and Jonathan A. McElderry 5. Black Men's Mental Health Matters in the Classroom Too: Utilizing the Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in Higher Education FrameworkJames Hairston, R. Jason Lynch, and Felix Morton 6. Black Men (Re)Presented: Rethinking the Role of Student Affairs in Supporting Black Men's Journey Through Their Masculinities Rafael Orlando Matos Part II: Exploring New Models and Approaches to Enhance College Mental Health Among Black Men 7. The Black Male Initiative at CUNY School of Medicine, a Model Par Excellence for Mental Wellness of Black Men Akeem Marsh and Brian Hodge 8. Who Taught You That? Healing Mental Injuries from Academe Through Black Life-making Christopher S. Travers and Edwin W. Lee II 9. Depression and Suicide Among Black Men in College Rebekah Schulze and Frank Kotey Part III: Resources 10. Making Mental Health Matter for Black Men in College: Highlighting Chapter Themes, Implications, and Resources for Support Christopher Walls, Nyasia Lloyd, Tryan L. McMickens, and Robert T. Palmer List of Contributors Index

Tryan L. McMickens is Professor of Higher Education and Coordinator of the MSEd in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University. Robert T. Palmer is Chair and Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Howard University.

"Until and unless administrators, staff, and faculty behave differently, Black men's mental health will remain highly susceptible to unnecessary and consequential attacks. Black male collegians deserve better. They deserve wellness. They deserve affirmation. They deserve institutional responsibility. They deserve to be whole." — From the foreword by Shaun Harper

• Foreword Shaun Harper Acknowledgments Part I: Identifying Problems and Advancing Solutions for Black Men in College 1. Framing the Context for This Volume Tryan L. McMickens and Robert T. Palmer 2. Black Disabled Lives Matter: Real Talk About Black College Men's Mental Health Terrell L. Strayhorn and J'Quen Johnson 3. Addressing the Academic Outcomes, Mental Health, and Well-being of Black Graduate Men: A Contextual, Strengths-Based ApproachSamuel T. Beasley, David C. Stanley Jr., Ryan Wright, and Trae Bell 4. Promoting Mental Health and Wellness on College Campuses Through Black Male Initiatives Jarrod E. Druery, DéLon Isom, and Jonathan A. McElderry 5. Black Men's Mental Health Matters in the Classroom Too: Utilizing the Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in Higher Education FrameworkJames Hairston, R. Jason Lynch, and Felix Morton 6. Black Men (Re)Presented: Rethinking the Role of Student Affairs in Supporting Black Men's Journey Through Their Masculinities Rafael Orlando Matos Part II: Exploring New Models and Approaches to Enhance College Mental Health Among Black Men 7. The Black Male Initiative at CUNY School of Medicine, a Model Par Excellence for Mental Wellness of Black Men Akeem Marsh and Brian Hodge 8. Who Taught You That? Healing Mental Injuries from Academe Through Black Life-making Christopher S. Travers and Edwin W. Lee II 9. Depression and Suicide Among Black Men in College Rebekah Schulze and Frank Kotey Part III: Resources 10. Making Mental Health Matter for Black Men in College: Highlighting Chapter Themes, Implications, and Resources for Support Christopher Walls, Nyasia Lloyd, Tryan L. McMickens, and Robert T. Palmer List of Contributors Index

Tryan L. McMickens is Professor of Higher Education and Coordinator of the MSEd in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University. Robert T. Palmer is Chair and Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Howard University.

"Until and unless administrators, staff, and faculty behave differently, Black men's mental health will remain highly susceptible to unnecessary and consequential attacks. Black male collegians deserve better. They deserve wellness. They deserve affirmation. They deserve institutional responsibility. They deserve to be whole." — From the foreword by Shaun Harper

• Foreword Shaun Harper Acknowledgments Part I: Identifying Problems and Advancing Solutions for Black Men in College 1. Framing the Context for This Volume Tryan L. McMickens and Robert T. Palmer 2. Black Disabled Lives Matter: Real Talk About Black College Men's Mental Health Terrell L. Strayhorn and J'Quen Johnson 3. Addressing the Academic Outcomes, Mental Health, and Well-being of Black Graduate Men: A Contextual, Strengths-Based ApproachSamuel T. Beasley, David C. Stanley Jr., Ryan Wright, and Trae Bell 4. Promoting Mental Health and Wellness on College Campuses Through Black Male Initiatives Jarrod E. Druery, DéLon Isom, and Jonathan A. McElderry 5. Black Men's Mental Health Matters in the Classroom Too: Utilizing the Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in Higher Education FrameworkJames Hairston, R. Jason Lynch, and Felix Morton 6. Black Men (Re)Presented: Rethinking the Role of Student Affairs in Supporting Black Men's Journey Through Their Masculinities Rafael Orlando Matos Part II: Exploring New Models and Approaches to Enhance College Mental Health Among Black Men 7. The Black Male Initiative at CUNY School of Medicine, a Model Par Excellence for Mental Wellness of Black Men Akeem Marsh and Brian Hodge 8. Who Taught You That? Healing Mental Injuries from Academe Through Black Life-making Christopher S. Travers and Edwin W. Lee II 9. Depression and Suicide Among Black Men in College Rebekah Schulze and Frank Kotey Part III: Resources 10. Making Mental Health Matter for Black Men in College: Highlighting Chapter Themes, Implications, and Resources for Support Christopher Walls, Nyasia Lloyd, Tryan L. McMickens, and Robert T. Palmer List of Contributors Index