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Present	Chair, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University
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Best Kept Secret: Single Black Fathers

Books by Marquette University Faculty (2009)

The Best Kept Secret studies the often-overlooked group of single, African American custodial fathers. While the media focuses on the ...

Myth of the Missing Black Father

Books by Marquette University Faculty (2009)

Roberta Coles and Charles Green

Common stereotypes portray black fathers as being largely absent from their families. Yet while black fathers are less likely than ...

The Best Kept Secret: Single Black Fathers

The Myth of the Missing Black Father

Race & Family: A Structural Approach

Books by Marquette University Faculty (2006)

Roberta L. Coles

In Race and Family: A Structural Approach, author Roberta L. Coles looks at ethnic minority families in a novel way— ...

Race and Family: A Structural Approach

Articles (20)

Single-Father Families: A Review of the Literature

Journal of Family Theory & Review (2015)

Roberta L. Coles

The number of children residing in single-father families in the United States quadrupled as a proportion of children's living arrangements ...

The Best Kept Secret: Black Single Fathers - Podcast on The ...

Dr. Vibe Show: Show for Black Men & Those Who Love Them (2014)

Roberta L. Coles

What’s The Truth About Black Fathers?: Thoughts On “No ...

Love Isn't Enough (2010)

Roberta L. Coles

Just Doing What They Gotta Do: Single Black Custodial Fathers ...

Journal of Family Issues (2009)

For single African American custodial fathers, parenting stress is exacerbated by the cultural expectation that Black fathers are "normally" absent ...

Single Custodial Fathers: A Narrative Tour of their Parenting

The Myth of the Missing Black Father (2009)

Roberta L. Coles

Others in the Making of Selves

Studies in Symbolic Interaction (2008)

Others in the Making of Selves

Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Eds. Norman K. Denzin. Bingley: Emerald, 2008 (2008)

Review of Fathering at Risk by James R. Dudley & ...

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (2006)

Roberta L. Coles

Black Single Custodial Fathers: Factors Influencing the Decision to Parent

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (2003)

This pilot study combined narrative and quantitative data to explore the factors enabling and motivating single African American fathers to ...

War and the Contest Over National Identity

The Sociological Review (2002)

This paper looks at a recent historical moment in which the American national identity was defined and contested in the ...

Black Single Fathers: Choosing to Parent Full-Time

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (2002)

This ethnographic study uses the narratives of African American, single, full-time fathers to explore the motivations precipitating their choice to ...

Manifest Destiny Adapted for 1990s’ War Discourse: Mission and Destiny ...

Sociology of Religion (2002)

Civil religious themes have long been integral to public discourse in America. Specifically the themes of mission and destiny best ...

Elderly Narrative Reflections on the Contradictions in Turkish Village Family ...

Journal of Aging Studies (2001)

International and domestic labor migrations are changing the face of many countries. Those economic and demographic transitions collide with cultural ...

Building the Clinton Legacy Through Frame Alignment

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies (2001)

This article examines Clinton’s rhetorical strategy for creating a legacy in light of the imminent end of his second and ...

African American Single Full-Time Fathers: How Are They Doing?

Journal of African American Men (2001)

Using a symbolic interactionist approach, interviews of 10 Black single full-time fathers indicate that these fathers perceive parenting to have ...

The Parenting Roles and Goals of Single Black Full-Time Fathers

Western Journal of Black Studies (2001)

Race-Focused Service-Learning Courses: Issues and Recommendations

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (1999)

This article discusses the interaction between race and service-learning in the college classroom. The author found that students of color ...

Odd Folk and Ordinary People: Collective Identity Disparities between Peace ...

Sociological Spectrum (1999)

This article provides a comparative case study of the development of identity distinctions between two peace movement organizations during the ...

Peaceniks and Warmongers' Framing Fracas on the Home Front: Dominant ...

The Sociological Quarterly (1998)

Research on collective action framing has tended to focus on inter- and intramovement interpretation of grievances, often assuming that hegemonic ...