Dr. Frank Harris III is an assistant professor of postsecondary educational leadership and student affairs at San Diego State University. His research is broadly focused on student development in higher education and explores questions related to the social construction of gender and race on college campuses, college men and masculinities, and racial/ethnic disparities in college student outcomes. His scholarship has been published in the Journal of College Student Development, Journal of Men’s Studies, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, and a range of other journals and edited books. He is co-editor (with Shaun R. Harper) of College Men and Masculinities: Theory, Research, and Implications for Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2010). In 2007, Harris received dissertation of the year awards from the American Educational Research Association (Division J) and the Association for Student Judicial Affairs. In 2008, he received an Outstanding Research Award from the American College Personnel Association’s (ACPA) Standing Committee for Men. In 2010 he was named an ACPA Emerging Scholar and received the ACPA Annuit Coeptis Award for early career achievement. Harris was program chair for the ACPA/NASPA 2009 Conference on College Men and currently serves on the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice editorial board. Before joining the faculty at San Diego State, Harris spent nearly 10 years as a student affairs educator and college administrator working in the areas of student affairs administration, student crisis support and advocacy, new student orientation programs, multicultural student affairs, academic advising, and enrollment services. His most recent administrative appointment was at the University of Southern California as Associate Director of the Center for Urban Education. Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Loyola Marymount University, a master’s degree in Speech Communication from California State University Northridge, and an Ed.D. in Higher Education from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education.
Articles
College Men’s Conceptualizations of Masculinities and Contextual Influences: Toward a Conceptual Model, Journal of College Student Development (2010)
Based on a grounded theory study involving 68 male undergraduates, a conceptual model of the...
College Men’s Experiences as Men: Findings and Implications from Two Grounded Theory Studies (with Keith E. Edwards), Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (2010)
Problematic behavioral issues involving men have been well documented in the published discourse on college...
Gents, Jerks, and Jocks: What Men Learn About Masculinity in College (with Laura Struve), About Campus (2009)
The academy plays a significant role in male students’ experience of gender. How can educators...
Deconstructing Masculinity: A Qualitative Study of College Men's Masculine Conceptualizations and Gender Performance, NASPA Journal (2008)
Informed by the constructionist epistemological perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine socially...
Accountability, Equity, and Practitioner Learning and Change (with Estela M. Bensimon, Rueda Robert, and Alicia Dowd), Metropolitan Universities (2007)
Accountability and evidence-based decision-making have become the mantra of government polilcymakers, and even private foundations....
Books
College Men and Masculinities: Theory, Research, and Implications for Practice (with Shaun Harper) (2010)
COLLEGE MEN and Masculinities is a comprehensive handbook that offers a compilation of the best...
Contributions to Books
Gender-Specific Approaches to Enhancing Identity Development among Undergraduate Women and Men (with Jaime Lester), Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations (2009)
Masculinities Go to Community College: Understanding Male Identity Socialization and Gender Role Conflict (with Shaun R. Harper), Gendered Perspectives on Community Colleges: New Directions for Community Colleges (2008)
Previous research has neglected to explore identities and development among male students at community colleges....
The Equity Scorecard: A Collaborative Approach to Assess and Respond to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Student Outcomes (with Estela M. Bensimon), Responding to the Realities of Race on Campus: New Directions for Student Services (2007)
The Equity Scorecard, a nationally recognized and widely used organizational learning process designed to foster...
The Impact of Fraternity Membership on African American College Men (with Shaun R. Harper), African American Men in College (2006)
Other
The Meanings College Men Make of Masculinities and Contextual Influences on Behaviors, Outcomes, and Gendered Environmental Norms: A Grounded Theory Study (2006)
The meanings college men make of masculinities and contextual influences on behaviors, outcomes, and gendered...