Collegiate Black Men and Leadership Learning for Liberation

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Leadership learning is a compelling activity to a wide range of stakeholders, yet often loosely discussed in educational discourses. Phrases such as ‘leadership’ and ‘liberation’ are flexible tropes that can contain various politics, values, and representations. This symposium will gather scholars whose work is critically engaged with the intersection of Black Male Initiatives (BMI’s) and leadership learning. This symposium will explore the politics that shape leadership education across the educational ecosystem of collegiate Black men. These ecosystems include but are not limited to institutions of higher education, non-profits, public agencies and even corporations. This symposium will explore the necessary politics and pedagogies to be centered for 21st century Black men leaders to tackle modern problems.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 1: College Student Learning and Development in College and Beyond

Chair

• Jacques P. Lesure, Brown University

Papers

• Advancing the Conversation: Leadership Development as a Vital Element of Black Men’s Collegiate Socialization - Jesse Randall Ford, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; D'Angelo Gillam, University of North Carolina - Greensboro

• Engaging Black College Men’s Leadership Identity Through Pedagogy - Cameron C. Beatty, Florida State University; Darius Robinson, Florida State University; Johnnie L. Allen, Florida State University

• The "Man of Character" as Anti-Feminist Formation in Leadership Learning - Jacques P. Lesure, Brown University

Discussant

• Derrick R. Brooms, Morehouse College