Black Americans in Higher Education: Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research, Volume 8

Book info: Black Americans in Higher Education: Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research, Volume 8 (Hardcover, 178 pages) – Routledge, 2020. Language: English.

Narrating the realities of teacher burnout, the reception of a Black intelligentsia, and HIV awareness in local communities, Black Americans in Higher Education, the eighth volume of Africana Studies, explores higher education across the United States as inextricably related to contemporary issues facing African Americans.

Featuring the work of Terrell M. Thomas, Gwendolyn D. Alfred, Kevin B. Thompson, Jasmine Williams, TaNeisha R. Page, Drew D. Brown, Grace A. Loudd, Derek Wilson, DaVonte Lyons, Jacqueline Gerard, Tanisha Stanford, Lanetta Dickens, Brittany C. Slatton, and James L. Conyers, Jr., this collection presents a deeper, cross-cultural understanding of higher education that conveys the many ways its intersections can promote the agency of Black Americans.

James L. Conyers, Jr., PhD, is university professor of African American Studies and director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Houston. Additionally, he is the editor of the series Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science and Research at Taylor & Francis Group. His most recent publication is Africology: Interdisciplinary Thought and Praxis.