Selected Research & Scholarship

selected publications -- higher education

Brooms, D. R. (2025). "Every day we wake up with something to prove": Black misandry and Black men's experiences navigating the college environment. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 11(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492241259982

Brooms, D. R. (2025). “It’s a continuing journey”: (In)validating and supporting Black men’s success at Hispanic-serving institutions. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15210251251397538

Brooms, D. R. (2024). Am I gon’ make it? Why didn’t I do this earlier? Discovering self: Black men’s academic orientations, mindset, and sense of empowerment at a Hispanic-serving institution. The Journal of Negro Education, 93(1), 4-18. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/968816

Brooms, D. R. (2024). Black men’s belongingness at Hispanic-serving institutions: Examining the campus environment and culturally engaging practices. Journal of College Student Development, 65(4), 373-389. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2024.a934799

Brooms, D. R. (2023). Educational desires and resilience among Black male students at a Hispanic-serving institution. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 16(6), 696-708. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000381 

Brooms, D. R. (2023). What’s going on here? Black men and gendered antiblackness at a Hispanic serving institution. Race Ethnicity and Education, 26(6), 681-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2022.2154371   

Brooms, D. R., & Druery, J. E. (2023). Between the world and us: Black men navigating antiblackness at historically white institutions. Educational Studies, 59(4), 382-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2023.2207696 

Brooms, D. R., Smith, M. L., & Blalock, D. N. (2023). The lived experiences of collegiate Black men. In E. M. Hines & E. C. Fletcher, Black males in secondary and postsecondary education (pp. 181-200). Emerald.

Clark, J. S., Brooms, D. R., Smith, M., & Franklin, W. (2022). Understanding the laws of harvest: Black and Latino male collegians enacting critical race care as youth workers. Teachers College Record, 123(12), 155-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681211070874 

Brooms, D. R. (2021). Black cultural capital, resistance, and leadership among Black male collegians. Journal of Minority Achievement, Creativity, and Leadership, 1(2), 218-247. https://doi.org/10.5325/minoachicrealead.1.2.0218 

Brooms, D. R. (2021). Connecting with my brothers: Exploring Black men’s community, bonding and identities in college. Gender & Education, 33(7), 798-813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2020.1837347 

Brooms, D. R., Clark, J. S., & Druery, J. E. (2021). “We can redefine ourselves”: Enhancing Black college men’s persistence through counterspaces. Journal of Black Studies, 52(3), 277-295. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021934720976410

Brooms, D. R., Franklin, W., Clark, J. S., & Smith, M. (2021). “It’s more than just mentoring”: Critical mentoring Black and Latino males from college to the community. Race Ethnicity and Education, 24(2), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2018.1538125 

Clark, J. S., Brooms, D. R., Smith, M., & Franklin, W. (2021). The laws of harvest: Black and Latino male collegians enacting critical race care as youth workers. Teachers College Record, 123(12), 155-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681211070874 

Martinez, E. Jr., Brooms, D. R., Franklin, W., Smith, M., Bailey, A., & Quarles, M. (2021). Systemic response: Developing a strategic response to support young men of color during COVID-19 pandemic. Educational Sciences, 11(12), 1-14. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/12/800 

Brooms, D. R. (2020). “Helping us think about ourselves”: Black men’s sense of belonging through connections and relationships with faculty in college. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 33(9), 921-938. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2019.1687956

Brooms, D. R. (2020). “It’s the person, but then the environment too”: Black and Latino males’ narratives about their college successes. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 6(2), 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649219884339

Brooms, D. R. (2019). Not in this alone: Black men’s bonding, learning, and sense of belonging through engagement in college. The Urban Review, 51(5), 748-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-019-00506-5

Brooms, D. R., & Goodman, J. (2019). Bonding beyond the university: Black males’ engagement and experiences on a sojourn to Atlanta. Journal of African American Males in Education, 10(1), 1-19. 

https://jaamejournal.scholasticahq.com/article/18100-bonding-beyond-the-university-experiences-of-black-males-on-a-sojourn-to-atlanta 

Druery, J. E., & Brooms, D. R. (2019). “It lit up the campus”: Engaging Black males in a culturally enriching environment on campus. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 12(4), 330-340. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000087 

Brooms, D. R. (2018). “Building us up”: Supporting Black male college students in a Black male initiative program. Critical Sociology, 44(1), 141-155. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920516658940

Brooms, D. R. (2018). Exploring Black male initiative programs: Potential and possibilities for supporting Black male success in college. The Journal of Negro Education, 87(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.87.1.0059

Brooms, D. R., Clark, J., & Smith, M. (2018). Being and becoming men of character: Exploring Latino and Black males’ brotherhood and masculinity through leadership in college. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 17(4), 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192717699048 

Clark, J. S., & Brooms, D. R. (2018). “We get to learn more about ourselves”: Black men’s engagement, bonding, and self-authorship on campus. The Journal of Negro Education, 87(4), 391-403. https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.87.4.0391

Brooms, D. R., & Davis, A. R. (2017). Exploring Black males’ community cultural wealth and college aspirations. Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men, 6(1), 33-58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/spectrum.6.1.02 

Brooms, D. R., & Davis, A. R. (2017). Staying focused on the goal: Peer bonding and faculty mentors supporting Black males’ persistence in college. Journal of Black Studies, 48(3), 305-326. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934717692520 

Brooms, D. R. (2016). Encouraging success for Black male collegians: Support, brotherhood and bonding on campus. Issues in Race & Society: An International Global Journal, 4(1), 36-61. 

Brooms, D. R., Goodman, J., & Clark, J. (2015). “We need more of this”: Engaging Black men on college campuses. College Student Affairs Journal, 33(1), 105-123. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/601457 

selected publications -- urban education

Toney, K. N., & Brooms, D. R. (2025). “We’re not taught the full story”: Black students’ mistrust of secondary school U.S. history curricula. Race Ethnicity and Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2025.2459946

Wint, K. M., Clark, J. S., & Brooms, D. R. (2025). Knowing we can be something in this world: Counter-stories of Black boys’ schooling experiences and educational possibilities.” Race Ethnicity and Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2025.2599097

Clark, J. S., Wint, K. W., & Brooms, D. R. (2024). Conceptualizing Black boys’ possibilities in the educational continuum. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 37(6), 1720-1735. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2023.2181461

Brooms, D. R. (2022). “I didn’t want to be a statistic”: Black males, urban schooling and educational urgency. Race Ethnicity and Education, 25(3), 351-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2020.1803821

Wint, K. M., Opara, I., Gordon, R., & Brooms, D. R. (2022). Countering educational disparities among Black boys and Black adolescent boys from pre-K to high school: A life course-intersectional perspective. The Urban Review, 54(2), 183-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-021-00616-z

Brooms, D. R. (2021). “He wanted everybody to succeed”: Black male students’ perceptions and relationships with their counselor. Professional School Counseling, 25(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X211040035 

Brooms, D. R., & Wint, K. M. (2021). Caring now and later: Black boys’ schooling experiences and relational care. Teachers College Record, ­123(9), 112-143. https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=23832

Clark, J. S., & Brooms, D. R. (2021). Unapologetic Black inquiry: Centering Blackness in education research. In C. E. Matias (Ed.), The handbook of critical theoretical research methods in education (pp. 303-318). Routledge. 

Rogers, L. O., & Brooms, D. R. (2020). Ideology and identity among white male teachers in an all-Black, all-male high school. American Educational Research Journal, 57(1), 440-470. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831219853224

Brooms, D. R. (2019). “I was just trying to make it”: Urban Black males’ sense of belonging, schooling experiences, and academic success. Urban Education, 54(6), 804-830. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085916648743

Brooms, D. R. (2019). Preparing Black males for collegiate success: Exploring Black males’ experiences in precollege summer programs. In A. R. Washington, R. Goings, & M. S. Henfield (Eds.), Creating and sustaining effective K-12 school partnerships: Firsthand accounts of promising practices (pp. 23-43). Information Age.

Brooms, D. R. (2017). Black otherfathering in the educational experiences of Black males in a single-sex urban high school. Teachers College Record, 119(11), 1-46. https://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=21968

Purifoye, G. Y., & Brooms, D. R. (2025). Without risk reduction: How Black men’s well-being and humanity are compromised in mobile public spaces. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 11(3), 318-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492241287164 (open access)

Brooms, D. R. (2021). Black males as “problems”? Black men’s experiences, meanings, and strategies to resist deficit framings. Issues in Race & Society, 10(1), 209-237.

Brooms, D. R., & Brice, D. A. (2021). A Du Boisian approach to making Black lives matter in the classroom (and beyond). In J. Cohen & D. Mack (Eds.), Teaching Race in Perilous Times (pp. 299-318). SUNY Press.

Purifoye, G. Y., & Brooms, D. R. (2021). Transit affinities: The distinctiveness of Black social interactions on public transportation. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 17(2), 389-410. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X2000017X

Brooms, D. R., & Clark, J. S. (2020). Black misandry and the killing of Black boys and men. Sociological Focus, 53(2), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2020.1730279 

Castle, B., Wendel, M., Kerr, J., Brooms, D. R., & Rollins, A. (2019). Public health’s approach to systemic racism: A systematic Literature review. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 6(1), 27-36. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-018-0494-x 

Brooms, D. R. (2018). “They don’t really care about us”: Policing Black and Brown lives and futures. In S. E. Weissinger & D. Mack (Eds.), Law enforcement in the age of Black lives matter: Policing Black and Brown bodies (pp. 137-152). New York, NY: Lexington.

Jordan, E. A., & Brooms, D. R. (2017). Black and blue: Analyzing and queering Black masculinity in “Moonlight”. In T. Rajack-Talley & D. R. Brooms (Eds.), Living racism: Through the barrel of the book (pp. 137-156). Lexington.

Brooms, D. R., & Perry, A. R. (2016). “It’s simply because we’re Black men”: Black men’s experiences and responses to the killing of Black men. Journal of Men’s Studies, 24(2), 166-184. https://doi.org/10.1177/1060826516641105 

Brooms, D. R. & Medford, M. M. (2025). Introduction to the special issue: The lives (and futures) of Black children and youth. Social Problems, 72(1), 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae039 

Lesure, J. P., & Brooms, D. R. (2024, June 25). Let’s discuss the complexities of Black masculinities. SPARK Magazine. https://medium.com/national-center-for-institutional-diversity/lets-discuss-the-complexities-of-black-masculinities-ce09b157701f

Brooms, D. R. (2022, November 10). Stakes is high: Young Black men’s college endeavors and educational desires. Re-Imagining Magazine: Education, Culture, World. https://reimaginingmagazine.com/project/stakes-is-high/

Brooms, D. R. (2021, April 2). Standing in solidarity against anti-Asian violence. https://drbrooms7.medium.com/standing-in-solidarity-against-anti-asian-violence-9265e0cbcac3 

Castillo-Montoya, M.,, Ramirez, J., Wright-Mair, R., Sotto, S., LePeau, L., & Brooms, D. R. (2020, March 31). Movidas: Globalizing strategies for advancing racial equity. Diverse Issues in Higher Education. https://diverseeducation.com/article/170618/

Brooms, D. R. (2018, July 24). Positioning ourselves to support college success for males of color. Diverse Issues in Higher Education. http://diverseeducation.com/article/120538

Brooms, D. R. (2016). Innocent until proven Black: A eulogy for Black males… but, can we live? In T. Richards (Ed.), I can’t breathe: Mass extinction & mass incarceration. ReImagining Magazine: Education, Culture, World. https://reimaginingmagazine.com/project/innocent-until-proven-black/ 

Brooms, D. R. (2016, March 31). Un[der]heard voices from Ferguson. In D-A. Davis & B. C. Williams (Eds.), On the ground: Fieldnotes on Black lives matter and racialized police violence (Series). Anthropology-News. http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/03/31/underheard-messages-from-ferguson/