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Papers by Yan Searcy
A wheelchair basketball showcase was hosted at a state university in New England. Student surveys... more A wheelchair basketball showcase was hosted at a state university in New England. Student surveys revealed that the event had a positive effect on students’ views of both individuals with disabilities and adapted sports. Using Allport’s (1954) contact theory as a lens, the author demonstrates how the event met the four positive features that Allport believed should be present in order to reduce negative feelings toward another group: (a) equal status between the groups, (b) common goals, (c) intergroup cooperation and (d) the support of authorities. This exploratory study argues that adapted sports can be an effective method to positively impact stereotypical views of people with disabilities. Subscribe to PALAESTRA
Journal of Black Studies, 2017
This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the re... more This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the recognized performance shortcomings of leaders who are members of their identity group. Using critical race theory (CRT), this article utilizes three case examples of Black American leadership that present evidence of what the authors identify as Historical Persecution Reaction Complex (HPRC). HPRC describes four elemental arguments reflecting an oppressed identity group’s attempt to protect itself from perceived further social marginalization, limit the exacerbation of oppression, and to preserve the identity group’s leadership gains in the larger society by supporting leadership despite recognized shortcomings in the leadership. Although asserting HPRC operates as a functional reaction to oppression by serving both as an act of cohesion and resistance to oppressive structures, the authors suggest that HPRC is paradoxically detrimental to oppressed identity groups due to maintaining subst...
Commencement season is ending and while we trumpet the success and achievements of students, we a... more Commencement season is ending and while we trumpet the success and achievements of students, we are undoubtedly aware of the consistent negative discussion about the value of higher education. Almost weekly, stories appear questioning the value and worth of higher education, and others boldly assert that higher education is failing. However, contrary to these stories, several studies link long-term positive outcomes to college and university attendance. These outcomes range from earnings and quality of life to physical and mental health. We also know that higher education produces what employers are seeking-skilled, project-driven, analytical thinkers who work well as part of a team. So then, why is there so much negative discussion about higher education? Arguably, it is about cost. There are two arguments. The first argument is that public higher education is expensive for states. Seeking to balance budgets, states have decreased economic support to public institutions and often link the justification for decreasing support to what are considered as low graduation rates. Low graduation rates are often equated with poor performing institutions. However, it is fallacious coupling. Research from Stohs and Schutte in an article currently under review argue that confounding graduation rates and higher education performance is "wrongheaded" and "specious." The article intimates that graduation rates reflect the socioeconomic status of the population of a university's students,
Appeared in Opinion/Views section of Inside Higher Ed on June 5, 2017: Higher ed should redefine ... more Appeared in Opinion/Views section of Inside Higher Ed on June 5, 2017:
Higher ed should redefine customer service, argues Yan Dominic Searcy, and craft policy with the public -- not the student -- most in mind.
This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the re... more This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the recognized performance shortcomings of leaders who are members of their identity group. Using critical race theory (CRT), this article utilizes three case examples of Black American leadership that present evidence of what the authors identify as Historical Persecution Reaction Complex (HPRC). HPRC describes four elemental arguments reflecting an oppressed identity group’s attempt to protect itself from perceived further social marginalization, limit the exacerbation of oppression, and to preserve the identity group’s leadership gains in the larger society by supporting leadership despite recognized shortcomings in the leadership. Although asserting HPRC operates as a functional reaction to oppression by serving both as an act of cohesion and resistance to oppressive structures, the authors suggest that HPRC is paradoxically detrimental to oppressed identity groups due to maintaining substandard leadership.
Ebony Magazine article on fatherhood as a way to frame building Black power
Ebony Magazine article that profiles affirming role model of Black masculinity
Chicago Tribune Op-Ed: Blaming rap for social ills defies history, logic Popular music doesn't cr... more Chicago Tribune Op-Ed:
Blaming rap for social ills defies history, logic Popular music doesn't create reality, it reflects it
Chicago Tribune Op Ed: What it means to be black is a debate built upon limits
Existing research on self-esteem among children and adolescents has focused on defining self-este... more Existing research on self-esteem among children and adolescents has focused on defining self-esteem, measuring self-esteem, and indicating variables that influence self-esteem. However, limited research and thought has been given to explain conceptuallyhowself-esteem is developed and maintained. This paper suggests that the existing literature lacks a theoretical conceptualization of how self-esteem is developed and provides a three-pronged conceptualization indicating that associations, activities, and aural support
develop and maintain self-esteem. The conceptualization provided has research, policy, and programmatic implications.
Urban Studies Research, 2014
This study explores urban planning office and community influence on land-use decision making in ... more This study explores urban planning office and community influence on land-use decision making in two poverty-stricken but redeveloping neighborhood areas in Chicago. The Department of Planning and Development in this study had marginal impact on land-use decisions due to administrative limitations. Community influence is moderated by the degree to which low-income
housing advocates can act directly as developers and produce housing units.The research findings indicate that land-use decisions intended to benefit the low-income resulted not from community-based political conflict but more so from community organization
cooperation with political actors.
Talks by Yan Searcy
Mind the Gap, 2018
The Mind the Gap Podcast is a discussion of educational policy led by Nick Ives Ed.D., Meghan Pog... more The Mind the Gap Podcast is a discussion of educational policy led by Nick Ives Ed.D., Meghan Pogonelski, and Bogdan Zamfir. All three SCSU Educational Leadership students explore the topics that each of their respective dissertations was grappling with. This first episode focused on Alternative Schools.
AAC&U’s 2017 Annual Meeting, “Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclu... more AAC&U’s 2017 Annual Meeting, “Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence,” held January 25-28, 2017, in San Francisco, California
A wheelchair basketball showcase was hosted at a state university in New England. Student surveys... more A wheelchair basketball showcase was hosted at a state university in New England. Student surveys revealed that the event had a positive effect on students’ views of both individuals with disabilities and adapted sports. Using Allport’s (1954) contact theory as a lens, the author demonstrates how the event met the four positive features that Allport believed should be present in order to reduce negative feelings toward another group: (a) equal status between the groups, (b) common goals, (c) intergroup cooperation and (d) the support of authorities. This exploratory study argues that adapted sports can be an effective method to positively impact stereotypical views of people with disabilities. Subscribe to PALAESTRA
Journal of Black Studies, 2017
This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the re... more This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the recognized performance shortcomings of leaders who are members of their identity group. Using critical race theory (CRT), this article utilizes three case examples of Black American leadership that present evidence of what the authors identify as Historical Persecution Reaction Complex (HPRC). HPRC describes four elemental arguments reflecting an oppressed identity group’s attempt to protect itself from perceived further social marginalization, limit the exacerbation of oppression, and to preserve the identity group’s leadership gains in the larger society by supporting leadership despite recognized shortcomings in the leadership. Although asserting HPRC operates as a functional reaction to oppression by serving both as an act of cohesion and resistance to oppressive structures, the authors suggest that HPRC is paradoxically detrimental to oppressed identity groups due to maintaining subst...
Commencement season is ending and while we trumpet the success and achievements of students, we a... more Commencement season is ending and while we trumpet the success and achievements of students, we are undoubtedly aware of the consistent negative discussion about the value of higher education. Almost weekly, stories appear questioning the value and worth of higher education, and others boldly assert that higher education is failing. However, contrary to these stories, several studies link long-term positive outcomes to college and university attendance. These outcomes range from earnings and quality of life to physical and mental health. We also know that higher education produces what employers are seeking-skilled, project-driven, analytical thinkers who work well as part of a team. So then, why is there so much negative discussion about higher education? Arguably, it is about cost. There are two arguments. The first argument is that public higher education is expensive for states. Seeking to balance budgets, states have decreased economic support to public institutions and often link the justification for decreasing support to what are considered as low graduation rates. Low graduation rates are often equated with poor performing institutions. However, it is fallacious coupling. Research from Stohs and Schutte in an article currently under review argue that confounding graduation rates and higher education performance is "wrongheaded" and "specious." The article intimates that graduation rates reflect the socioeconomic status of the population of a university's students,
Appeared in Opinion/Views section of Inside Higher Ed on June 5, 2017: Higher ed should redefine ... more Appeared in Opinion/Views section of Inside Higher Ed on June 5, 2017:
Higher ed should redefine customer service, argues Yan Dominic Searcy, and craft policy with the public -- not the student -- most in mind.
This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the re... more This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the recognized performance shortcomings of leaders who are members of their identity group. Using critical race theory (CRT), this article utilizes three case examples of Black American leadership that present evidence of what the authors identify as Historical Persecution Reaction Complex (HPRC). HPRC describes four elemental arguments reflecting an oppressed identity group’s attempt to protect itself from perceived further social marginalization, limit the exacerbation of oppression, and to preserve the identity group’s leadership gains in the larger society by supporting leadership despite recognized shortcomings in the leadership. Although asserting HPRC operates as a functional reaction to oppression by serving both as an act of cohesion and resistance to oppressive structures, the authors suggest that HPRC is paradoxically detrimental to oppressed identity groups due to maintaining substandard leadership.
Ebony Magazine article on fatherhood as a way to frame building Black power
Ebony Magazine article that profiles affirming role model of Black masculinity
Chicago Tribune Op-Ed: Blaming rap for social ills defies history, logic Popular music doesn't cr... more Chicago Tribune Op-Ed:
Blaming rap for social ills defies history, logic Popular music doesn't create reality, it reflects it
Chicago Tribune Op Ed: What it means to be black is a debate built upon limits
Existing research on self-esteem among children and adolescents has focused on defining self-este... more Existing research on self-esteem among children and adolescents has focused on defining self-esteem, measuring self-esteem, and indicating variables that influence self-esteem. However, limited research and thought has been given to explain conceptuallyhowself-esteem is developed and maintained. This paper suggests that the existing literature lacks a theoretical conceptualization of how self-esteem is developed and provides a three-pronged conceptualization indicating that associations, activities, and aural support
develop and maintain self-esteem. The conceptualization provided has research, policy, and programmatic implications.
Urban Studies Research, 2014
This study explores urban planning office and community influence on land-use decision making in ... more This study explores urban planning office and community influence on land-use decision making in two poverty-stricken but redeveloping neighborhood areas in Chicago. The Department of Planning and Development in this study had marginal impact on land-use decisions due to administrative limitations. Community influence is moderated by the degree to which low-income
housing advocates can act directly as developers and produce housing units.The research findings indicate that land-use decisions intended to benefit the low-income resulted not from community-based political conflict but more so from community organization
cooperation with political actors.
Mind the Gap, 2018
The Mind the Gap Podcast is a discussion of educational policy led by Nick Ives Ed.D., Meghan Pog... more The Mind the Gap Podcast is a discussion of educational policy led by Nick Ives Ed.D., Meghan Pogonelski, and Bogdan Zamfir. All three SCSU Educational Leadership students explore the topics that each of their respective dissertations was grappling with. This first episode focused on Alternative Schools.
AAC&U’s 2017 Annual Meeting, “Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclu... more AAC&U’s 2017 Annual Meeting, “Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence,” held January 25-28, 2017, in San Francisco, California