Derrick R. Brooms, PhD
@drbrooms7
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Exec Director, Black Men’s Research Institute @Morehouse | Co-Editor @JAAME_Journal | Editor- Critical Race Studies in Education @SUNYPress
Joined May 2012
🚨New Pub Alert🚨 Humbled to share this new pub on Black men’s exps navigating HWIs & HSIs in @SREJournal What does it mean for #HigherEd that Black men feel “every day we wake up with something to prove”? We need greater focus on inst servingness https://t.co/SG6BF1ivSz
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57 years ago, January 20 1969, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense held their first Free Breakfast for School Children Program at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Oakland
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🚨Registration Open 🚨 Scan the QR code to register for the DuBois/Atlanta Sociology symposium next week. Whether you are with us in person or watching online, you will not want to miss this event that includes some of your favorite scholars.
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A warm welcome to our 33 new faculty members! It was great to spend time with all of you during New Faculty Orientation. Your expertise and passion will enrich our campus and empower our students. We are excited to see the impact you will have this year. Welcome to Spelman!
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Happening now! First Black woman ASA President, Patricia Hill Collins, in conversation with current ASA President, Asia Harvey Wingfield! 35 years of #BlackFemSoc!! 🤎✨ #ASA2025 #SocTwitter #SocAF
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One of the most comprehensive textbooks on advising and counseling Black males in K-12 and Higher Education ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🚨New Book Alert! One of the most comprehensive books addressing the needs of Black males in various educational contexts-now available for purchase! Link to book information: https://t.co/Ed2ahzmWkL See thread below for chapter topics and authors.
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🚨New Book Alert! One of the most comprehensive books addressing the needs of Black males in various educational contexts-now available for purchase! Link to book information: https://t.co/Ed2ahzmWkL See thread below for chapter topics and authors.
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Join the Celebration: Positive Math Merch is Here!
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Welcome to Solution Spaces! We specialize in positive math clothing to shift the narrative around math teaching & learning. Our line, The Celebration Series, highlights learner traits necessary for...
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Honored to serve as the keynote speaker for RTC's Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Commemoration Week. Focusing my talk on the importance of building community. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" -- Rev. Dr. King
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📢 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT Faculty mentorship is wanted and needed among Latinx First-Gen college students at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Let’s build ways to foster it. My FIRST collaboration with the great @AlmanzarPhD. Here’s to many more! https://t.co/TjFNd6WfV6
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This chapter explores the mentoring experiences of Latinx first-year first-generation college students (FGCS) at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), emphasizing the pivotal role of faculty mentor...
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A Totally Different Form of Living On the Legacies of Displacement and Marronage as Black Ecologies, Justin Hosbey and JT Roane . Southern Cultures. https://t.co/8HjdTGQKI7
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for LA residents who are unhoused and in dire need of information or Aid (especially near the areas of the fire) here is a link with different locations for shelters both for ppl and animals
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In September 2025 @CAU will celebrate the founding of the W. E. B. Du Bois led Atlanta Sociological Laboratory Through a Du Boisian Lens-Informing Public Policy Through Empirical Social Research: A Symposium Honoring the 130th Anniversary of Sociology at Atlanta University 1/2
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This event features leading Du Bois scholars like @dr_lori_latrice @drrobtwms @KalasiaOjehPhD @thisismarcusb @Prof_Evans @drbrooms7 @BBrianFoster @karida_leigh, Aldon Morris, William Darity, Phillip Sinitiere, Alondra Nelson, and yours truly! SAVE THE DATE - September 2025 2/2
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My new book From Foster Care to College is out NOW! 🚀 I’m so excited to share this work that lifts up the stories of resilient young people navigating HIED against the odds. Grab your copy through the link or wherever you get your books! 📖✨@TCPress
https://t.co/tInEv6xdSy
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Day 1 of #ICBME24 is underway in Pittsburgh! View the full agenda here: https://t.co/ubdQcuBarF
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I am extremely excited that the @_icbme has relaunched its in-person convening.
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Honored to be a featured speaker at the 2024 Int'l Colloquium on Black Males in Education. My talk stems from my book: Stakes is High: Trials, Lessons, and Triumphs in Young Black Men's Educational Journeys (@SUNYPress) Looking forward! #ICBME24 #BBBMOC
https://t.co/bCpDIfR6YM
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