selected media
2024 Weissman, Sara (September 9). “Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs.” Inside Higher Ed.
2024 Wise, Alana. (June 7). “With Maybelline Mocha and an Afro wig, white author explores ‘Blackness’ in a new book." National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/nx-s1-4984973/sam-forster-author-black-disguise-seven-shoulders
2024 Herder, Liann. (May 28). “Love is the Critical Ingredient for Black Men.” Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15673631/love-is-the-critical-ingredient-for-black-men
2023 Byrd, Nathan and Rachel Weaver (March 8). “Chicago South Side Sociologist.” Black Menaces Podcast. Black Menaces. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bmp-35-chicago-south-side-sociologist/id1626952486?i=1000602371156
2022 Richards, Theodore (November 1). “Black Men in Higher Education.” The Re-Imagining Podcast. Wisdom Projects, Inc. & ReImagining Magazine. https://reimaginingmagazine.com/project/derrick-brooms/
2022 Guzman-Lopez, Adolfo (September 16). “It’s My First Time Sending a Son Off to College and I Might Be a Mess.” (podcast interview). https://laist.com/news/education/anxiety-hope-fathers-first-sons-college-transition?utm_campaign=20220916+LAist+How+To+LA&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc_&utm_content=&utm_term=148020995
2021 Monks, Michael (April 7). “20 Years After Unrest, Some in Cincinnati Still See Economic Divides.” Cincinnati Public Radio. https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2021-04-07/20-years-after-unrest-some-in-cincinnati-still-see-economic-divides
2020 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Author Q&A with Julia Slater (May 14). “SAGE Publications Spotlight with Derrick Brooms: ‘It's the Person, but Then the Environment, Too’: Black and Latino Males’ Narratives about Their College Successes” (podcast interview). https://journals.sagepub.com/page/sre/podcasts
2019 Lusher, Katelyn (November 26). “Humanities Unbound: Research Spotlight on Derrick Brooms.” Talking with Taft (podcast interview). https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/humanities-unbound-969560/episodes/humanities-unbound-research-sp-48624426
2019 Sheffer, Jolie (April 8). “Black Males, College, and College Success.” BG Ideas (podcast interview). https://icsbgsu.podbean.com/e/106-dr-derrick-brooms/
2019 Hanson, John L. (March 10). “Sociologist Derrick Brooms on Assisting Black Men through College.” In Black America (radio interview). https://www.kut.org/post/sociologist-derrick-brooms-assisting-black-men-through-college
2017 University Business, Author Interview with Tim Goral (October 12, 2017). “Changing the Narrative on Race in Higher Education.” https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/changing-narrative-race-higher-ed
2017 The Chronicle, Author Interview with Nell Gluckman (June 21, 2017). “What Are the Pathways? Listening to Black Men on Campus.” http://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Are-the-Pathways-/240343
2017 Inside Higher Education, Author Q & A with Emily Tate (February 9, 2017). “Being Black, Being Male on Campus.” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/09/qa-author-book-about-black-male-students
Selected Podcast Discussions
Black Men in Higher Education with Theodore Richards
Re-Imagining Magazine (2022)
Black and Latino Males’ Narratives about Their College Successes | Author Q&A with Julia Slater
Black Males, College, and College Success with Jolie Sheffer
BG Ideas (2019)
Assisting Black Men Through College with John L. Hanson
KUT: In Black America (2019)