1st Edition
Linking Health and Education for African American Students' Success
Part I: Health Behaviors and Educational Outcomes Chapter 1. A Dream Deferred: How Trauma Impacts the Academic Achievement of African-American Youth - Larry J. Walker & Ramon Goings Chapter 2. Addressing Racism’s Effects on African American Males from Womb to Classroom – Roland J. Thorpe, Jr & Derek M. Griffith & Marino A. Bruce & Lawrence Brown Chapter 3. Drinking and Learning While Black: The Effect of Family Problem Drinking on Children’s Later Educational Attainment - Stacey Houston, II Chapter 4. Anxiety and Grade Retention among African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents - Theda Rose & Nadine M. Finigan-Carr & Sean Joe Chapter 5. Community Violence, Adolescent Aggression and Academic Achievement – Nadine M. Finigan-Carr & Tanya L. Sharpe Part II: Interventions with an Impact on Both Health Behaviors and Educational Outcomes Chapter 6. Schools as Re-Traumatizing Environments – Wendy E. Shaia & Shanda C. Crowder Chapter 7. Peace, Be Still: Black Educators Coping with Constant School Reforms in Philadelphia - Camika Royal Chapter 8. Promoting Culturally Responsive Practice to Reduce Disparities in School Discipline among African American Students - Katrina J. Debnam & Jessika H. Bottiani & Catherine Bradshaw Chapter 9. On Some Types and Consequences of Afterschool Activities in Low-Income Neighborhoods - Brad Lian Epilogue About the Contributors
Biography
Nadine M Finigan-Carr, is a prevention research scientist focused on the application of behavioral and social science perspectives to research on contemporary health problems, especially those which disproportionately affect people of color. Currently, Dr. Finigan-Carr is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland: School of Social Work
