M. Christopher Brown’s scientific contributions

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Publications (3)


The Historically Black College As Social Contract, Social Capital, and Social Equalizer
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January 2001

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196 Citations

Peabody Journal of Education

M. Christopher Brown

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James Earl Davis


Multiculturalism and Multicultural Curricula in the United States

January 1998

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Higher Education in Europe

The authors make a plea for multicultural education at all levels of education in the United States but particularly at the level of higher education. For them, earlier conceptions of multiculturalism have not worked, be they assimilation, transitional multiculturalism #opanother term to designate the melting pot#cp, and finally, what the authors call residual multiculturalism or what might also be called tokenism or the attempt to be overly all‐inclusive in terms of emphasis of the particular. The authors propose a variety of multiculturalism that while emphasizing the core values of cultures serves as a unifying factor in a culture of difference. The latter must be incorporated into curricula, but not in a particularistic fashion; rather, “the myriad groups must be interwoven into the very fabric of the university experience”.

Citations (3)


... Nonetheless, individuals from historically marginalized groups are systematically less likely to receive mentorship than their white counterparts due to a lack of faculty and graduate students from historically marginalized groups, the accessibility of resources on the basis of whiteness, and racism (Brunsma et al., 2017). This phenomenon is particularly concerning because mentorship has been shown to improve the retention of diverse early-career professionals (Kosoko-Lasaki et al., 2006), and sponsorship specifically is posited as being particularly effective for students from historically marginalized groups (Brown et al., 1999). Therefore, mentorship and sponsorship have been proposed as important components in retaining diverse behavior analysis students (Cirincione-Ulezi, 2020;Najdowski et al., 2021;Rios et al., 2023). ...

Reference:

Barriers to Careers in Behavior Analysis among Hispanic and Latinx Undergraduate Students: A Preliminary Analysis
Mentoring Graduate Students of Color: Myths, Models, and Modes
  • Citing Article
  • April 1999

Peabody Journal of Education

... HBCUs were born out of the need to provide access to higher education to Black citizens during a time when they were not permitted to attend established educational institutions due to segregation [10]. These institutions are typically viewed as paternal, while also being viewed as supportive protective environments for Black students [11][12][13][14]. In 2022, there were roughly 343,700 students enrolled at 101 HBCUs across the United States [15]. ...

The Historically Black College As Social Contract, Social Capital, and Social Equalizer
  • Citing Article
  • January 2001

Peabody Journal of Education

... The literature shows that teachers' view and impressions of target language culture are influenced by several factors the most notable of which are social, educational, cultural and social-economic ones. Teachers' expectations regarding cultures are shaped in early stages of childhood under the influence of parents and peers (Brown, 2000;Brown and Ratcliff, 1998;Kelleher, 1987). ...

Multiculturalism and Multicultural Curricula in the United States
  • Citing Article
  • January 1998

Higher Education in Europe