Dr. Harper's research examines race and gender in higher education, Black male
college access and achievement, and college student engagement. He has published 9 books
and more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and other academic publications. His
newest single-authored book on Black male achievers and college success is being
published by Harvard University Press.

Several education associations have praised Professor Harper’s scholarship, including the
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (2004 Dissertation of the Year
Award, 2010 Outstanding Contribution to Research Award, 2012 Robert H. Shaffer Award for
Faculty Excellence); American Educational Research Association (2010 Early Career Award,
Division G); American College Personnel Association (2005 Emerging Scholar Award, 2006
Annuit Coeptis Award); National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (2008
Excellence in Research Award); and the Association for the Study of Higher Education
(2008 Early Career Award). In September 2007, he was featured on the cover of Diverse
Issues in Higher Education for his National Black Male College Achievement Study, the
largest-ever empirical study of Black undergraduate men.

Dr. Harper earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Albany State, a historically
Black university in Georgia, and his Ph.D. in higher education from Indiana University.

Professor Harper is director of the Penn GSE Center for the Study of Race and Equity in
Education. Visit the Center's website at: http://www.gse.upenn.edu/equity. Follow
him on Twitter @DrShaunHarper

SelectedWorks of Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania

Expertise

Books

Introduction to American Higher Education (with Jerlando F. L. Jackson, Ph.D.) (2011)

Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education (3rd Edition) (with Sylvia Hurtado, Ph.D.) (2011)

Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession (5th edition) (with John H. Schuh, Ph.D. and Susan R. Jones, Ph.D.) (2011)

College Men and Masculinities: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice (with Frank Harris III, Ed.D.) (2010)

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations (with Stephen John Quaye, Ph.D.) (2009)

Harper on Black Male College Students

Bibliography on Black Undergraduate Men: Books, Reports, and Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (2012)

Black Male Student Success in Higher Education: A Report from the National Black Male College Achievement Study (2012)

Institutional Efforts to Improve Black Male Student Achievement: A Standards-Based Approach (with John A. Kuykendall, Ph.D.), Change (2012)

They (Don’t) Care About Education: A Counternarrative on Black Male Students’ Responses to Inequitable Schooling (with Charles H.F. Davis III), Educational Foundations (2012)

Opportunity Beyond Affirmative Action: How Low-Income and Working-Class Black Male Achievers Access Highly Selective, High-Cost Colleges and Universities (with Kimberly A. Griffin, Ph.D.), Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy (2011)

Harper on Race, Diversity & Minority Student Engagement

Race and Racism in the Experiences of Black Male Resident Assistants at Predominantly White Universities (with Ryan J. Davis, David E. Jones, Brian L. McGowan, Ted N. Ingram, and C. Spencer Platt), Journal of College Student Development (2011)

An Anti-Deficit Achievement Framework for Research on Students of Color in STEM, Students of Color in STEM: Engineering a New Research Agenda (2010)

Access and Equity for African American Students in Higher Education: A Critical Race Historical Analysis of Policy Efforts (with Lori D. Patton, Ph.D. and Ontario S. Wooden, Ph.D.), Journal of Higher Education (2009)

Race-Conscious Student Engagement Practices and the Equitable Distribution of Enriching Educational Experiences, Liberal Education (2009)

The effects of sorority and fraternity membership on class participation and African American student engagement in predominantly White classroom environments, College Student Affairs Journal (2008)

Harper on Historically Black Colleges & Universities

Consequences of conservatism: Black male students and the politics of historically Black colleges and universities (with Marybeth Gasman, Ph.D.), Journal of Negro Education (2008)

Staffing practices, professional preparation trends, and demographics among student affairs administrators at HBCUs: Implications from a national study (with Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D.), NASAP Journal (2005)

Gender differences in student engagement among African American undergraduates at historically Black colleges and universities (with Robert M. Carini, Ph.D.; Brian K. Bridges, Ph.D.; and John C. Hayek, Ph.D.), Journal of College Student Development (2004)

On analyzing HBCU admissions and recruitment material, NASAP Journal (2001)

Harper on Men & Masculinities

Man of Multiple Identities: Complex Individuality and Identity Intersectionality among College Men (with Cameron C. Wardell and Keon M. McGuire), Masculinities in Higher Education (2011)

Masculine Socialization and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (with David J. Malebranche, MD; Errol L. Fields; and Lawrence O. Bryant), Men & Masculinities (2009)

Masculinities go to community college: Understanding male identity socialization and gender role conflict (with Frank Harris III), Gendered perspectives in community colleges. (2008)

A Theoretical Model to Explain the Overrepresentation of College Men among Campus Judicial Offenders: Implications for Campus Administrators (with Frank Harris III and Kenechukwu (K.C.) Mmeje), NASPA Journal (2005)

Harper on Other Higher Education Topics

Racial Differences in the Formation of Postsecondary Educational Expectations: A Structural Model (with Samuel D. Museus, Ph.D. and Andrew H. Nichols, Ph.D.), Teachers College Record (2010)

Myths and misconceptions about using qualitative methods in assessment (with George D. Kuh, Ph.D.), Using qualitative methods in institutional assessment (2007)

Using qualitative methods to assess student trajectories and college impact, Using qualitative methods in institutional assessment (2007)

Principles for good practice in graduate and professional student engagement (with Jason L. Pontius), Supporting Graduate and professional students: The role of student affairs (2006)

Routledge Book Series on Race and Racism in American Higher Education

Routledge Book Series on Race and Racism in U.S. Higher Education - Call for Proposals (2011)