Poster #7 - Expressing Care Through the Lens of Black Male School Administrators

• In Event: 79.052 - MTCC Poster Session 19
  In Poster Session: 79.052-1 - Division A Section 1 Posters: Leadership in a Modicum of Contexts

Abstract

This proposed study aims to address the leadership of African-American male leaders and their operationalization of care in their practice, by analyzing the educational leadership of African-American men through an ethic of care lens. Such a lens is appropriate because, although the literature shows that caring practices are effective in raising levels of achievement in African-American and other disenfranchised populations (Delpit, 2006; Noddings, 1984; Walker & Snarey, 2004), scant research has examined caring styles from various perspectives, particularly considering Black male school administrators.

Authors

• Antonio Latrell Ellis, Howard University

• Lisa Maria Grillo, Howard University

• DeMarcus A Jenkins, The University of Arizona

• Chaz Gipson, Howard University

• Janeula M. Burt, Bowie State University