Black Male College Students' Mental Health

Providing Holistic Support in Higher Education
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-67874-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 151 mm, Gewicht: 314 g

This important book explores the intersection between mental health and Black college students, providing a crucial resource for higher education administrators and educators. 

Chapter authors provide invaluable insights into the experiences, joys, challenges, and the needs of Black male college students grappling with their mental health. Chapters cover the most timely topics such as understanding masculinity, providing meaningful career services, supporting Black male student athletes, confronting stigmas, and supporting Black trans men and transmasculine persons.

Full of practical examples and strategies, this contributed volume discusses the ways faculty, administrators, and student affairs educators can support and help Black men to navigate problems stemming from mental health issues to help better facilitate and maximize their success in higher education.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Robert T.

McMickens, Tryan L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Charting the Course: Contextualizing the Experience of Black Male Collegians with Mental Health Challenges 2. Black Student Fathers: Filling Gaps to Fulfill Potential 3. Navigating Black Masculinity: A Journey Through Hip-Hop and Mental Health 4. Integrating Mental Health Counseling And Career Services For Black College Men: A Psychology Of Working Perspective 5. Intrinsic Needs and Extrinsic Demands: A Balancing Act 6. The Barbershop Connection: A Culturally Relevant Mental Health Approach to Supporting Black Men in College 7. Lived Experiences Within Collegiate Athletics: Black Male Student-Athletes & Mental Health 8.Incorporating Affirmations to Support Black College Male Mental Health 9.Black Male Mental Health in College: A Sexual Minority Experience 10. Toward Black Men’s Everyday Resistance: Black Men’s Resistance Knowledge Amid Psychological, Social, Political, And Material Oppressions 11. Chill Out; You Don’t Kno Me: A Conversation on Two Black Male Educators' Mental Health 12. Black Transgender Men and Mental Health: Navigating Intersectionality and Healing

Über Autor(innen)

Tryan L. McMickens is Director and Associate Professor of the Higher Education Administration program at North Carolina Central University, USA. 

Robert T. Palmer is Chair and Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Howard University, USA.