Brandon A Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 109637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brandon A Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brandon A |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-1209-8397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Coping at the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Differences in Psychological Distress by Race/Ethnicity and Educational Attainment
The Stories We're Told: Nation-Specific Narratives of Race and Racism
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Brotherhood University: Black Men's Friendships and the Transition to Adulthood
Motivated by Money? Class, Gender, Race, and Workers’ Accounts of Platform-Based Gig Work Participation
This article examines how workers describe their motivations for participation in the platform-based gig economy, particularly as rideshare and delivery drivers. I investigate how these accounts vary by socioeconomic class, gender, and race. Based on interviews conducted as part of the American Voices Project, I find that workers’ accounts differ based on income and gender. Higher earners tend to downplay financial needs and describe platform wor…
A changing landscape? An intersectional analysis of race and gender disparity in access to social capital
We apply intersectional frameworks and use a nationally representative dataset to investigate patterns of differential access to social capital among six racial and gender groups. We define social capital as resources controlled by individuals’ social contacts. Individuals can mobilize those contacts to facilitate their actions. We characterize one’s access to social capital with three indicators: the average occupational prestige score of indivi…
Developing networks in disempowered communities: Experiencing hardships while focusing on opportunities
This study aims to present an evaluation and the process steps of a community‐based initiative (CBI) consisting of a group of organizations that work to enhance the lives of boys and men of colour. Using a participatory research model, the researchers collaborated with 14 community stakeholders to develop the questions during two data collection periods and reviewed the reports for accuracy. The findings were separated into two broad categories. …
Beyond the cool pose: Black men and emotion management strategies
This review presents an overview of research on qualitative work that has documented emotion management strategies among Black men. I emphasize qualitative work here as it gives us insight into the processes that account for particular strategies. Research on Black men and emotions has focused on their class‐based experiences, as either lower SES working‐class or poor Black men in settings concentrated by people of color or higher SES middle‐clas…
Race Counts: Racial and Ethnic Data on the U.S. Census and the Implications for Tracking Inequality
This article is a critical review of racial and ethnic categories on the U.S. Census with a focus on how the census categories affect opportunities to track racial and ethnic inequality. The authors summarize how motivations behind the census categories changed from a historical basis in controlling people of color and protecting Whiteness toward a contemporary orientation around equity. Yet, many issues remain that confound the racial and ethnic…
Cultivating a Professional Pose
In this article I investigate how a group of Black men in college worked together to learn and practice the professional pose-professional styles and behaviors meant to navigate professional settings. I argue that these behaviors were adopted to preempt any potential discriminatory acts and would ideally disassociate them from the negative labels associated with Black men. Specifically, I examine how leaders of the group Uplift and Progress (UP) …
Multiracialism and Its Discontents: A Comparative Analysis of Asian-white and Black-white Multiracials
Looking for Brothers: Black Male Bonding at a Predominantly White Institution
Brandon A. Jackson, Mary Margaret Hui, Looking for Brothers: Black Male Bonding at a Predominantly White Institution, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 86, No. 4, Special Focus: Ethnic Differences, Experiences, and Connections for All Students in Education (Fall 2017), pp. 463-478
Pathways to Financing College: Race and Class in Students’ Narratives of Paying for School
Researchers have investigated many aspects of college financing. Yet, we know little about the processes involved—that is, the details of students’ understandings and experiences, intersectional differences by race and first-generation-student background, and changes over students’ college careers. Based on students’ narratives, this article addresses these gaps in the literature by developing the concept of pathways to financing college to captu…
The Price of Opportunity: Race, Student Loan Debt, and College Achievement
This paper examines racial differences in student loan debt and concurrently assesses the potential payoffs and countervailing risks inherent in reliance on loans in a cohort of black and white first-year college students. Using the 1996-2001 Beginning Postsecondary Student study we find that the use of loans results in greater enrollment persistence and higher odds of college completion, especially for black students. However, black students acq…
Getting Angry to Get Ahead: Black College Men, Emotional Performance, and Encouraging Respectable Masculinity
This article draws on two years of ethnographic fieldwork to explore how a group of black men on a college campus displayed anger in order to encourage other black men to adopt a respectable form of masculinity. Although prior research suggests that black men may work to avoid public displays of anger to evade negative stereotypes of black men, we uncover the contexts in which black men were comfortable expressing feelings of anger, frustration, …
Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
This article draws on two years of observation to analyze the ways in which a group of black men promoted, ritualized, enforced, and enacted brotherhood on a predominantly white campus. These men utilized the concept of brotherhood to unite those who shared a marginalized status. The notion of brotherhood enabled the men to express their emotions, violating some of the dominant cultural tenets of manhood. Although black men face many obstacles in…
The Price of Opportunity: Race, Student Loan Debt, and College Achievement
This paper examines racial differences in student loan debt and concurrently assesses the potential payoffs and countervailing risks inherent in reliance on loans in a cohort of black and white first-year college students. Using the 1996-2001 Beginning Postsecondary Student study we find that the use of loans results in greater enrollment persistence and higher odds of college completion, especially for black students. However, black students acq…
Getting Angry to Get Ahead: Black College Men, Emotional Performance, and Encouraging Respectable Masculinity
This article draws on two years of ethnographic fieldwork to explore how a group of black men on a college campus displayed anger in order to encourage other black men to adopt a respectable form of masculinity. Although prior research suggests that black men may work to avoid public displays of anger to evade negative stereotypes of black men, we uncover the contexts in which black men were comfortable expressing feelings of anger, frustration, …
Race Counts: Racial and Ethnic Data on the U.S. Census and the Implications for Tracking Inequality
This article is a critical review of racial and ethnic categories on the U.S. Census with a focus on how the census categories affect opportunities to track racial and ethnic inequality. The authors summarize how motivations behind the census categories changed from a historical basis in controlling people of color and protecting Whiteness toward a contemporary orientation around equity. Yet, many issues remain that confound the racial and ethnic…
Pathways to Financing College: Race and Class in Students’ Narratives of Paying for School
Researchers have investigated many aspects of college financing. Yet, we know little about the processes involved—that is, the details of students’ understandings and experiences, intersectional differences by race and first-generation-student background, and changes over students’ college careers. Based on students’ narratives, this article addresses these gaps in the literature by developing the concept of pathways to financing college to captu…
Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
This article draws on two years of observation to analyze the ways in which a group of black men promoted, ritualized, enforced, and enacted brotherhood on a predominantly white campus. These men utilized the concept of brotherhood to unite those who shared a marginalized status. The notion of brotherhood enabled the men to express their emotions, violating some of the dominant cultural tenets of manhood. Although black men face many obstacles in…
Looking for Brothers: Black Male Bonding at a Predominantly White Institution
Brandon A. Jackson, Mary Margaret Hui, Looking for Brothers: Black Male Bonding at a Predominantly White Institution, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 86, No. 4, Special Focus: Ethnic Differences, Experiences, and Connections for All Students in Education (Fall 2017), pp. 463-478
A changing landscape? An intersectional analysis of race and gender disparity in access to social capital
We apply intersectional frameworks and use a nationally representative dataset to investigate patterns of differential access to social capital among six racial and gender groups. We define social capital as resources controlled by individuals’ social contacts. Individuals can mobilize those contacts to facilitate their actions. We characterize one’s access to social capital with three indicators: the average occupational prestige score of indivi…
Cultivating a Professional Pose
In this article I investigate how a group of Black men in college worked together to learn and practice the professional pose-professional styles and behaviors meant to navigate professional settings. I argue that these behaviors were adopted to preempt any potential discriminatory acts and would ideally disassociate them from the negative labels associated with Black men. Specifically, I examine how leaders of the group Uplift and Progress (UP) …
Motivated by Money? Class, Gender, Race, and Workers’ Accounts of Platform-Based Gig Work Participation
This article examines how workers describe their motivations for participation in the platform-based gig economy, particularly as rideshare and delivery drivers. I investigate how these accounts vary by socioeconomic class, gender, and race. Based on interviews conducted as part of the American Voices Project, I find that workers’ accounts differ based on income and gender. Higher earners tend to downplay financial needs and describe platform wor…
Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men
This article draws on two years of observation to analyze the ways in which a group of black men promoted, ritualized, enforced, and enacted brotherhood on a predominantly white campus. These men utilized the concept of brotherhood to unite those who shared a marginalized status. The notion of brotherhood enabled the men to express their emotions, violating some of the dominant cultural tenets of manhood. Although black men face many obstacles in…
The Price of Opportunity: Race, Student Loan Debt, and College Achievement
This paper examines racial differences in student loan debt and concurrently assesses the potential payoffs and countervailing risks inherent in reliance on loans in a cohort of black and white first-year college students. Using the 1996-2001 Beginning Postsecondary Student study we find that the use of loans results in greater enrollment persistence and higher odds of college completion, especially for black students. However, black students acq…
Getting Angry to Get Ahead: Black College Men, Emotional Performance, and Encouraging Respectable Masculinity
This article draws on two years of ethnographic fieldwork to explore how a group of black men on a college campus displayed anger in order to encourage other black men to adopt a respectable form of masculinity. Although prior research suggests that black men may work to avoid public displays of anger to evade negative stereotypes of black men, we uncover the contexts in which black men were comfortable expressing feelings of anger, frustration, …
Pathways to Financing College: Race and Class in Students’ Narratives of Paying for School
Researchers have investigated many aspects of college financing. Yet, we know little about the processes involved—that is, the details of students’ understandings and experiences, intersectional differences by race and first-generation-student background, and changes over students’ college careers. Based on students’ narratives, this article addresses these gaps in the literature by developing the concept of pathways to financing college to captu…
Multiracialism and Its Discontents: A Comparative Analysis of Asian-white and Black-white Multiracials
Looking for Brothers: Black Male Bonding at a Predominantly White Institution
Brandon A. Jackson, Mary Margaret Hui, Looking for Brothers: Black Male Bonding at a Predominantly White Institution, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 86, No. 4, Special Focus: Ethnic Differences, Experiences, and Connections for All Students in Education (Fall 2017), pp. 463-478
Beyond the cool pose: Black men and emotion management strategies
This review presents an overview of research on qualitative work that has documented emotion management strategies among Black men. I emphasize qualitative work here as it gives us insight into the processes that account for particular strategies. Research on Black men and emotions has focused on their class‐based experiences, as either lower SES working‐class or poor Black men in settings concentrated by people of color or higher SES middle‐clas…
Race Counts: Racial and Ethnic Data on the U.S. Census and the Implications for Tracking Inequality
This article is a critical review of racial and ethnic categories on the U.S. Census with a focus on how the census categories affect opportunities to track racial and ethnic inequality. The authors summarize how motivations behind the census categories changed from a historical basis in controlling people of color and protecting Whiteness toward a contemporary orientation around equity. Yet, many issues remain that confound the racial and ethnic…
Cultivating a Professional Pose
In this article I investigate how a group of Black men in college worked together to learn and practice the professional pose-professional styles and behaviors meant to navigate professional settings. I argue that these behaviors were adopted to preempt any potential discriminatory acts and would ideally disassociate them from the negative labels associated with Black men. Specifically, I examine how leaders of the group Uplift and Progress (UP) …
Developing networks in disempowered communities: Experiencing hardships while focusing on opportunities
This study aims to present an evaluation and the process steps of a community‐based initiative (CBI) consisting of a group of organizations that work to enhance the lives of boys and men of colour. Using a participatory research model, the researchers collaborated with 14 community stakeholders to develop the questions during two data collection periods and reviewed the reports for accuracy. The findings were separated into two broad categories. …
A changing landscape? An intersectional analysis of race and gender disparity in access to social capital
We apply intersectional frameworks and use a nationally representative dataset to investigate patterns of differential access to social capital among six racial and gender groups. We define social capital as resources controlled by individuals’ social contacts. Individuals can mobilize those contacts to facilitate their actions. We characterize one’s access to social capital with three indicators: the average occupational prestige score of indivi…
Brotherhood University: Black Men's Friendships and the Transition to Adulthood
Motivated by Money? Class, Gender, Race, and Workers’ Accounts of Platform-Based Gig Work Participation
This article examines how workers describe their motivations for participation in the platform-based gig economy, particularly as rideshare and delivery drivers. I investigate how these accounts vary by socioeconomic class, gender, and race. Based on interviews conducted as part of the American Voices Project, I find that workers’ accounts differ based on income and gender. Higher earners tend to downplay financial needs and describe platform wor…
Coping at the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Differences in Psychological Distress by Race/Ethnicity and Educational Attainment
The Stories We're Told: Nation-Specific Narratives of Race and Racism
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Sociology (11 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Social science (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)