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Outstanding Service Award, Urban Education Journal Editorial Board

William J. Davis Award, Division A, AERA

Outstanding Service Award, Center for Urban Education, University of Pittsburgh

Distinguished Graduate Student Teacher Award, University of Maryland College Park Center for Teaching Excellence

Professional Service Award, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

American Educational Research Association : Divisions E, G, J, & K 

Society of Research on Adolescence  

National Association of Multicultural Education

Critical Race Studies in Education Association

Black adolescent boys’ perceived school mattering: From marginalization and selective love to radically affirming relationships

“Whatever you become, just be proud of it.” Uncovering the ways families influence Black and Latino adolescent boys’ postsecondary future selves

Foregrounding family: How Salvadoran American boys formulate college‐going mindsets at the nexus of family, school, and the self

‘And school won’t teach me that!’ Urban youth activism programs as transformative sites for critical adolescent learning

Making Black boys and young men matter: Radical relationships, future oriented imaginaries and other evolving insights for educational research and practice

Roderick L. Carey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware. His current interdisciplinary research serves to make sense of the school experiences of black and Latino adolescent boys and young men in urban contexts, drawing upon critical theories, sociological tools, and constructs from developmental psychology. Dr. Carey employs primarily qualitative approaches in researching and writing about both macro and micro issues related to families and schools, teacher education, professional development for equity, and the ways black and Latino adolescent boys and young men conceptualize their post-secondary school futures and enact college-going processes.

Dr. Carey received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration on Minority and Urban Education, from the University of Maryland College Park; his Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education; and his B.A. in Secondary Education and English from Boston College.

Prior to joining the University of Delaware, Dr. Carey was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Urban Education. In partnership with the Department of Applied Developmental Psychology in the School of Education, he was the lead qualitative researcher on a team conducting mix-methods evaluations of the Heinz Endowments Youth Organizing initiative. He also chaired the first Center for Urban Education Summer Educator Forum, which brings together approximately 100 Pittsburgh area educators annually for two days of workshops, lectures, discussions, and other professional learning experiences. From 2009 to 2012, he was a Research Assistant for a $1.5 million Institute of Education Sciences grant to design a writing curriculum to improve reading and writing among predominantly black and Latino middle-school students.

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African American Education‎

Latino Education

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New UD study finds high schools struggle to support aspirations of Black and Latino boys

Study: Positive Teacher-Student Relationships May Lead to Better Teaching

Plateaued public school enrollment will likely fall due to COVID

Boys of color were hit hard by the pandemic. What do they need now?

Improving teacher diversity: Black and Latino boys reveal what they need in male teachers of color | UDaily

Reframing the Problem: Prof. Roderick L. Carey talks about the educational challenges facing  Black and Latino Boys | UDaily

Mattering During the  “Dual Pandemics”: Black Boys’ Perceived Educational (Un)importance Throughout Health and Racial Crises

Black Boy Mattering  During the “Dual Pandemics”: School Relationships and Students’ Perceived (In)significance in the Time of Heightened Racial Realism

Promoting Engaged Scholarship Through Seed Grants: University of Delaware’s Partnership for Public Education Fellowship Program

“She Cares... She Doesn’t Let Them Slack!”: How Teachers Influence Adolescent Black Boys’ Perceived Mattering

Boys and Men of Color: New Possibilities for Engaged and  Collaborative Education Research and Practice

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From education to public policy, UD professors are consistently exploring the experiences of Black and brown people all year long.

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences

Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana Studies

While Black History Month officially ended on Friday, the topic is one that is always top of mind for many professors and experts here at the University of Delaware. Below are a small list of these experts and the areas they explore throughout the year. Click on their profiles or email mediarelations@udel.edu to connect. 

 Roderick Carey, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, can discuss the importance of gender and race diversity in teaching.













Ann Aviles and Ohiro Oni-Eseleh, both professors in the College of Education and Human Development, can share resources for displaced families and guidance for parents, educators and other community members who want to support them.












Yasser Payne, professor of sociology, examines notions of resilience, structural violence and gun violence with Black Americans. 


University of Delaware experts exploring Black and brown history and topics all year long

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Experts have unique perspectives on school food, diversity and disability services for the 2024-2025 school year.

Associate Professor, Education; Senior Associate Director, Center for Research in Education and Social Policy

Associate Professor, Education

Associate Research Professor, Education

 The College of Education and Human Development in the University of Delaware has a number of stories and experts for the upcoming school year. 

Stories  Bridging the language gap: How AWE software fosters inclusivity for English Language Learners and Non-English Language Learners alike  Creating a mindful classroom: Tips for teachers on how to have a peaceful transition into the 2024-2025 school year  Empowering Black and Latinx Boys in Their Postsecondary Journeys: The Role of School Communities  UD assistant professor Eric Layland shares new research on LGBTQ+ developmental milestones and supporting LGBTQ+ youth  University of Delaware assistant professor explores the tensions between hopes and expectations in vocational planning for autistic young adults  Experts  Allison Karpyn – an associate professor who can speak to topics related to hunger, obesity, school food, supermarket access, and food insecurity. She has spoken extensively about food in schools and can offer context to those subjects.

 Roderick Carey – an assistant professor whose current interdisciplinary research serves to make sense of the school experiences of black and Latino adolescent boys and young men in urban contexts. He can also talk about teacher education as it relates to men in the field/the impact of male teachers.

 
To contact Karpyn or Carey, click their profiles. 

More experts...  If you would like to pursue any of these stories or speak to any of the following experts, they are all willing and excited to chat. Contact mediarelations@udel.edu to speak to them. 

 Eric Layland – an assistant professor who can speak about LGBTQ+ student experiences from a research perspective. His work bridges LGBTQ+ developmental research to community impact through developmentally-informed, affirmative interventions. 





  Sarah Mallory – an assistant professor who specializes in special education with a special focus on autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. She also works within the Center for Disabilities Studies. 








  Sarah Curtiss – an assistant professor who specializes in special education with a special focus on autistic youth. 








  Brittany Zakszeski – an assistant professor and nationally certified school psychologist, licensed psychologist and behavior analyst. She focuses on student and teacher mental health and can comment on what concealed weapons carried by teachers can do for the mental wellbeing of both students and teachers. 



  Lauren Bailes – an associate professor who focuses on the ways in which organizational, social-cognitive, and leadership theory unite to promote the success of school leaders and K-12 students. 







  Bryan VanGronigen – an assistant professor who specializes in organizational resilience and change management in K-12 schools with specific interest areas in efforts to improve schools, the preparation and professional development of educational leaders and educational policy analyses.




 


  Lynsey Gibbons – an associate professor specializing in mathematics education, in teacher professional learning and school partnerships across content areas. 









Contact mediarelations@udel.edu to speak to these experts or for more information on the stories above. 
 


University of Delaware experts share insights and strategies for navigating the upcoming school year

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In a new study published in the American Educational Research Journal, Roderick L. Carey, assistant professor in the University of Delaware's College of Education and Human Development, offers a rich, ethnographic case study on how Black and Latinx boys imagine their postsecondary futures. 

With attention to the students’ first-person narratives about their school experiences and personal aspirations, Carey shows how their high school—a Mid-Atlantic college preparatory school in the United States—ultimately fails to understand and support their college, career and personal aspirations for life after graduation.

 “College is just one facet of a broader interconnected life that adolescents need support in imagining,” said Carey, who teaches and conducts research within CEHD’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. “Postsecondary future selves is a concept that folds together three pieces of that broader life—college, career and life condition, or ‘the 3Cs.’ By focusing on one, and ignoring the other two, educators miss the mark.”

Carey is available to talk about this new study as well as the possible solutions to this issue. Her has been recently featured in Technical.ly and WHYY, an NPR affiliate. 

He can be contacted via his profile. 


Empowering Black and Latinx Boys in Their Postsecondary Journeys: The Role of School Communities

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