Research and Evaluation
The Center has a “new” focus on research and evaluation, which makes it one of the few centers in the country that conducts research specifically on African American males throughout the lifespan.
Current Projects
In early September 2008, Dr. James L. Moore III (co-principal investigator) was awarded a 3-year, National Science Foundation grant ($499,981) to study the extent to which online courses in the STEM disciplines enhance African American male and female students’ learning and student engagement at historically Black colleges and universities. The grant is a national collaborative research project with Dr. Lawrence O. Flowers, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, at Fayetteville State University and Dr. Lamont A Flowers, Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education, at Clemson University.
In late September 2008, Dr. James L. Moore III (principal investigator) was awarded a 4-year, AT&T High School Success Special Grant ($389,678) to develop Student Success Centers at two targeted urban high schools (i.e., Linden-McKinley and South High School) in Columbus City Schools. The Centers provide mentoring, career/college advisement, specialized counseling services, and academic skills training to at-risk, 9th graders. Dr. Colette Dollarhide of the College of Education and Human Ecology is the co-principal investigator for this project.
Completed Projects
In late March 2008, Dr. James L. Moore III (principal investigator) was awarded a 16-month contract ($403,577) from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to evaluate the governor’s statewide achievement gap initiative, focusing on 9th grade African American males in high schools throughout Ohio. Dr. Dorinda Gallant of the College of Education and Human Ecology is the co-principal investigator for this evaluation project.
Bell Resource Center Clearinghouse Project
Justin Moses, a 2007 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Law and School of Educational Policy and Leadership, created the Bell Resource Center Clearinghouse Project during the time he served as practicum student for the Center. The Clearinghouse Project is an organized collection of information from various periodicals and other sources for the purpose of facilitating further research on African American men in college.
Please contact the Bell Resource Center for any updates, revisions, and or other suggestions for the Clearinghouse Project.
The research has been separated into three components:
- List of Annotated Articles and other Scholarly Works
- Categorized List of Books, Articles, and other Scholarly Works
- Alphabetized List of Books, Articles and other Scholarly Works
Please contact the Bell Resource Center at 614-247-4765 or suddeth.1@osu.edu for any questions or concerns.