Students of color are disproportionately affected by exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), racial trauma, and traumatic stress. Trauma-informed interventions in schools can promote healing among ACE-impacted students of color. These interventions require collaboration with family members to decide upon services and referrals; however,…

Black women experience higher rates of unwanted sex, assault, and harassment, yet rarely report these incidents to police or campus officials (Slatton & Richard, 2020; Washington, 2001). To date, most research on campus sexual assault reporting focuses on white, heterosexual, cis-gendered women at elite institutions (Brubaker et al., 2017;…

The impact of online racial discrimination (ORD) for students is an understudied area. This research aims to explore the effects of online racial discrimination on adolescent and young adult students' academic outcomes and social-emotional well-being with a focus on Black, Asian, and White racial groups. Most adolescents and young adults in the…

White supremacy culture is the foundation for the lived experience of nice, White, Christian people in the United States. This autoethnographic study provides an intimate perspective into the complexities of living within White supremacy culture and the complicity of White people in perpetuating ongoing racial injustice. The research question asks…

As the field of psychology increases its focus on diversity, there continues to be a disproportionate underrepresentation of Black psychologists. Understanding Black psychologists' exposure to Racial Battle Fatigue as graduate students provides a unique opportunity to consider the cumulative impact of racial microaggressions during graduate…

For more than a decade, critical service-learning and community-engagement authors and scholar-activists have been pushing for a more race aware, critically informed view of the work of community-based learning. These calls encourage, support and validate the hard work of individuals across campuses who teach and practice in ways that support…

Inequity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education between white and racially minoritized college students continues to persist evident in the racial disparity of students educational outcomes. Scholars have examined this problem of racial inequity in STEM education outcomes from a variety of perspectives, yet their…

Wrestling with issues of racism and colonization in the classroom requires significant nuance from dominantly positioned educators. In this article, we weave together a narrative unpacking of an uncomfortable experience in a graduate level class with an exploration of relevant theoretical literature. Our reflection on practice takes up the…

How scholars name different racial groups has powerful salience for understanding what researchers study. We explored how education researchers used racial terminology in recently published, high-profile, peer-reviewed studies. Our sample included all original empirical studies published in the non-review AERA journals from 2009 to 2019. We found…

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which white fear governs school discipline policies and practices in Alabama. Specifically, we advance white fear as a conceptual framework through which school discipline policies implementation, interpretation, and data reporting can be understood. We focus here on the case of Alabama public…

The academic outcomes for high-profile Black Athletes (HPBAs), the young men participating in men's basketball and football, continue to trail those of their peers, especially in college. Researchers have uncovered ample evidence that dispels beliefs about reduced intellect, instead pointing to systemic injustices that result in academic…

Many previous studies have focused on the aggressive homophobic discrimination and harassment that LGBTQ students face on college campuses, as well as measures taken to improve their situation. However, few studies have explored the unique forms of sexual and racial discrimination encountered by Black male homosexual and bisexual college students…

The hyper-surveillance of Black students has been well documented by educators and researchers across disciplines and reflects an increase in calls for research that examines the reproduction of racial inequality in educational spaces. To contend with the presence of antiblackness in the classroom is fundamentally about recognizing the humanity of…

Most White people have learned to ignore the way that the social construct of race benefits them or harms people of Color, myself included. In this way, people take for granted that race is not real, but rather the invention of White supremacists. Moreover, researchers who are responsible for generating knowledge far too often depend on…

In recent years, the call to diversity law enforcement departments generated attention to the challenges of recruiting and retaining minorities. Understanding the perspectives of minority law enforcement officers' transitional phases from civilian to front-line enforcement responsibilities has not been fully assessed. The purpose of this study was…