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Papers by Bakari Wallace
Clinical pediatrics, Jun 24, 2024
International journal of qualitative studies in education/QSE. International journal of qualitative studies in education, Feb 22, 2024
Journal of African American Studies, Oct 27, 2022
Given authors’ Michael Dumas and kihana m. ross’ delineation of Black critical theory in the fiel... more Given authors’ Michael Dumas and kihana m. ross’ delineation of Black critical theory in the field of education, also referred to as BlackCrit, I extend this framework to areas of community practice to demonstrate its practical value for interpreting the mechanics of black social life beyond the discipline of education. To underscore its value as both a theoretical and analytical framework, mirroring Dumas and ross’ approach, I compare its content to more popular theoretical discourses—in this case, critical race theory (CRT) and intersectionality—that situate race at the center of analysis or treat it as its foci. Using Black fatherhood as a heuristic, I argue that Black critical theory, given the specificity of (anti)blackness, renders this framework more appropriate as an interpretive and analytical tool to make sense of the (anti)Black lived experience.
The Journal of Men's Studies, May 2, 2022
This study sought to understand how gendered-antiblackness shapes the experiences and perceptions... more This study sought to understand how gendered-antiblackness shapes the experiences and perceptions of a group of Black working-and middle-class fathers-emanating from both the U.S. and abroad-and how this phenomenon determines their approach to, and practice of, fatherhood. I analyzed the interviews of ten Black fathers, half of whom were classified as working-or middle-class. The data are based on qualitative, in-depth semi-structured interviews, wherein findings indexed three overarching themes-racialized experiences, racialized perceptions, and fathering strategies and practices-that constitute how the participants in this study thought about fatherhood, gender, and race. Participants invoked race and racism as phenomena specific to their experiences as Black men and fathers. Additionally, participants described how their blackness and gender shaped their experientially-based definition of fatherhood and how they practice it.
Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019
Evaluators often neglect to question whether a program has been appropriately designed for a new ... more Evaluators often neglect to question whether a program has been appropriately designed for a new context prior to a feasibility study's commencement. In this paper, we document the results of a case study that closely examined context when determining the feasibility of implementing a FoodShare outreach program in rural northern Wisconsin. Using community-based participatory mixed methods, we examine how stakeholder engagement led to both study refinement and a more comprehensive understanding of community food security based on contextual factors and systems thinking. Lessons learned when conducting feasibility studies from this perspective are provided to improve evaluation practice.
Family Relations, 2021
Abstract Objective We examined links between boyhood and fatherhood in a thematic analysis of B... more Abstract
Objective
We examined links between boyhood and fatherhood in a thematic analysis of Black men's narratives about their childhood histories, connection of these experiences to their views about fathering, and descriptions of their fathering relationships and behaviors.
Background
There remains a critical need to understand how Black men father in a sociohistorical context that defines them as absent or deficient.
Method
We conducted in-depth, semistructured qualitative interviews with 30 Black fathers with children in 4-year-old kindergarten through grade 12 education. We used life course theory and an integrative model of child development as conceptual frameworks to guide a mixed deductive–inductive analysis.
Results
We identified three categories and seven themes within the categories: Personal History (Intergenerational Relationships, Negotiating Race and Racism, Turning Points), Fathering Worldview (Being a Father: The Nurturer, The Educator; Fathering Black Children), and Fathering Relationships and Behaviors (Father–Child Interaction, Racial Armoring). We also identified fathers' explicit connections of their Personal Histories to their Fathering Worldviews and, thereby, their Fathering Relationships and Behaviors.
Conclusion
This article addresses ways that Black men make sense of their personal histories and connect these histories to how they raise their children.
Implications
This discussion of intergenerational linking of lives and turning points has significant implications for understanding Black family development in the racialized context of the United States and highlights the need for comprehensive mental health support for Black men and their families that focuses on racial trauma along with conceptual and empirical focus on impacts of anti-Blackness on individual and family well-being.
Evaluation and Program Planning
Clinical pediatrics, Jun 24, 2024
International journal of qualitative studies in education/QSE. International journal of qualitative studies in education, Feb 22, 2024
Journal of African American Studies, Oct 27, 2022
Given authors’ Michael Dumas and kihana m. ross’ delineation of Black critical theory in the fiel... more Given authors’ Michael Dumas and kihana m. ross’ delineation of Black critical theory in the field of education, also referred to as BlackCrit, I extend this framework to areas of community practice to demonstrate its practical value for interpreting the mechanics of black social life beyond the discipline of education. To underscore its value as both a theoretical and analytical framework, mirroring Dumas and ross’ approach, I compare its content to more popular theoretical discourses—in this case, critical race theory (CRT) and intersectionality—that situate race at the center of analysis or treat it as its foci. Using Black fatherhood as a heuristic, I argue that Black critical theory, given the specificity of (anti)blackness, renders this framework more appropriate as an interpretive and analytical tool to make sense of the (anti)Black lived experience.
The Journal of Men's Studies, May 2, 2022
This study sought to understand how gendered-antiblackness shapes the experiences and perceptions... more This study sought to understand how gendered-antiblackness shapes the experiences and perceptions of a group of Black working-and middle-class fathers-emanating from both the U.S. and abroad-and how this phenomenon determines their approach to, and practice of, fatherhood. I analyzed the interviews of ten Black fathers, half of whom were classified as working-or middle-class. The data are based on qualitative, in-depth semi-structured interviews, wherein findings indexed three overarching themes-racialized experiences, racialized perceptions, and fathering strategies and practices-that constitute how the participants in this study thought about fatherhood, gender, and race. Participants invoked race and racism as phenomena specific to their experiences as Black men and fathers. Additionally, participants described how their blackness and gender shaped their experientially-based definition of fatherhood and how they practice it.
Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019
Evaluators often neglect to question whether a program has been appropriately designed for a new ... more Evaluators often neglect to question whether a program has been appropriately designed for a new context prior to a feasibility study's commencement. In this paper, we document the results of a case study that closely examined context when determining the feasibility of implementing a FoodShare outreach program in rural northern Wisconsin. Using community-based participatory mixed methods, we examine how stakeholder engagement led to both study refinement and a more comprehensive understanding of community food security based on contextual factors and systems thinking. Lessons learned when conducting feasibility studies from this perspective are provided to improve evaluation practice.
Family Relations, 2021
Abstract Objective We examined links between boyhood and fatherhood in a thematic analysis of B... more Abstract
Objective
We examined links between boyhood and fatherhood in a thematic analysis of Black men's narratives about their childhood histories, connection of these experiences to their views about fathering, and descriptions of their fathering relationships and behaviors.
Background
There remains a critical need to understand how Black men father in a sociohistorical context that defines them as absent or deficient.
Method
We conducted in-depth, semistructured qualitative interviews with 30 Black fathers with children in 4-year-old kindergarten through grade 12 education. We used life course theory and an integrative model of child development as conceptual frameworks to guide a mixed deductive–inductive analysis.
Results
We identified three categories and seven themes within the categories: Personal History (Intergenerational Relationships, Negotiating Race and Racism, Turning Points), Fathering Worldview (Being a Father: The Nurturer, The Educator; Fathering Black Children), and Fathering Relationships and Behaviors (Father–Child Interaction, Racial Armoring). We also identified fathers' explicit connections of their Personal Histories to their Fathering Worldviews and, thereby, their Fathering Relationships and Behaviors.
Conclusion
This article addresses ways that Black men make sense of their personal histories and connect these histories to how they raise their children.
Implications
This discussion of intergenerational linking of lives and turning points has significant implications for understanding Black family development in the racialized context of the United States and highlights the need for comprehensive mental health support for Black men and their families that focuses on racial trauma along with conceptual and empirical focus on impacts of anti-Blackness on individual and family well-being.
Evaluation and Program Planning