Contributors
- Contributors
Kwame J. A. Agyemang (kagyemang@lsu.edu) is an assistant professor of Sport Management in the School of Kinesiology at Louisiana State University (LSU). He earned his PhD from Texas A&M University and his Master’s and Bachelor degrees from the University of Oklahoma. He is interested in the perception of organizations and personalities in industries that have their foundation in individual creativity, skill, and talent. His research attempts to understand how to effectively manage perception and how managers can develop successful strategies to enhance the perception of the organizations or personalities they manage.
Blossom A. Barrett (barrett.690@osu.edu) is a doctoral student in Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include (a) alternative programs to finance postsecondary education, (b) equity and access in higher education, and (c) the relationship between salient social identities and college student retention and success. As a member of the 2004 cohort of Gates Millennium Scholars, Blossom’s future aspirations include a career in higher education advocacy for underrepresented students.
Juan Battle (jbattle@gc.cuny.edu) is a professor of Sociology, Public Health, and Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is also the coordinator of the Africana Studies Certificate Program. With over 70 grants and publications—including books, book chapters, academic articles, and encyclopedia entries—his research focuses on race, sexuality, and social justice. In addition to having delivered lectures at a multitude of academic institutions, community-based organizations, and funding agencies throughout the world, professor Battle’s scholarship has included work throughout North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Carlene Buchanan Turner (carlene.turner@morgan.edu) is an assistant professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Morgan [End Page 125] State University. Her current research interests include aging; health and illness; LGBT issues; gender, race, and ethnicity; and social demography with GIS mapping.
Jessie Daniels (jdaniels@gc.cuny.edu) is professor of Public Health, Sociology, and Critical Psychology at the Graduate Center and Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She is an internationally recognized expert on the Internet manifestations of racism. Daniels is the author of two books about race and various forms of media, White Lies (1997) and Cyber Racism (2009), as well as dozens of peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. Her latest project is JustPublics@365, an initiative funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation that is intended to reimagine scholarly communication in the digital era for the public good.
Alexis Espinoza (aespinoza1@gc.cuny.edu) is a first-year Sociology PhD student at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). She has worked on several projects as a research consultant, research assistant, and quantitative analyst. Espinoza’s most recent work is with the Social Justice Sexuality Project and her other projects were funded by the Freedom Center for Social Justice. Her research interests include social justice; identity formation in racial/ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities; and the intersection of race, class, and sexuality (particularly in Latino immigrant communities).
Royel M. Johnson (johnson.5363@osu.edu) is a doctoral student at The Ohio State University in Higher Education and Student Affairs. He received both his Bachelor’s (Political Science) and Master’s degree (Educational Policy Studies) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, he serves as a graduate research associate for the Center for Inclusion, Diversity, and Academic Success (IDEAS). His research interests center on three major streams of scholarly inquiry: (a) student access and achievement, (b) the study of inequality and diversity in education, and (c) race/racism in higher education.
Atika Khurana (atika@uoregon.edu) is an assistant professor of Counseling Psychology and Human Services in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on understanding the role of families and communities in protecting youth from involvement in health risk behaviors, especially drug abuse and sexual risk-taking. She is particularly interested in [End Page 126] examining the interplay of individual and contextual risk and protective factors in the lives of minority and underprivileged youth.
Amanda Magora (amandamagora@gmail.com) holds a Bachelor...
