Dr. Frank Harris III is an associate professor of postsecondary education 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, Qualitative Research, 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). Since 2004, he has delivered more than 50 professional conference presentations, research papers, workshops, symposia, and other scholarly addresses. 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
“Cool posing” on campus: A qualitative study of masculinities and gender expression among Black men at private research institution. (with Robert T. Palmer and Laura E. Struve), Journal of Negro Education (2011)
Using theories and concepts relating to the social construction of Black masculinity and male gender...
Gender performance in qualitative studies of masculinities (with Margaret W. Sallee), Qualitative Research (2011)
The influence of gender in qualitative research studies of masculinities is considered in this article....
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...
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
The Situation of Men, and Situating Men in Higher Education: A Conversation about Crisis, Myth and Reality about Male College Students (with Ryan Barone), Masculinities in Higher Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations (2011)
Success among college students of color: How institutional culture matters (with Samuel D. Museus), Managing Diversity: (Re)Visioning Equity on College Campuses (2010)
The Equity Scorecard: A process for building institutional capacity to educate young men of color (with Estela M. Bensimon and Robin P. Bishop), Changing places: How communities will improve the health of boys of color (2010)
This chapter frames postsecondary educational outcomes for men of color from the perspective of institutional...
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....