Roundtable: Black Male Retention in Graduate Programs: Implications for the Discipline

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

This roundtable brings scholars of varying backgrounds together to discuss the gender disparities in graduate program completion within racial groups. The discussion will also offer best practices and recommendations to improve retention.

Section

• 85. Status Committee: Racial & Ethnic Minorities

Cosponsor

• 69. Professional Development

Chair

• Breanca Merritt, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Participants

• K. Juree Capers, Georgia State University

• Jonathan Edward Collins, Brown University

• Alisa Hicklin Fryar, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

• Kimberly A. Mealy, American Political Science Association

• Cullen Merritt, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis