Jesse Randall Ford

Dr. Jesse R. Ford is an assistant professor of Higher Education in the department of Teacher Education and Higher Education and a Faculty in Residence for the department of Housing & Residence Life at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) . He earned his bachelor's degree in History with a minor in Communication from Coastal Carolina University (2010), a master's degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina (2012), a graduate certificate in Program Evaluation (2019) and a PhD in Higher Education from Florida State University (2020). Prior to joining the faculty at UNCG, he served as a Research Assistant in the College of Education at Florida State University, a Research Associate in the Center for Postsecondary Success at Florida State University, and an Assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Miami.

Current Work:

Dr. Ford's scholarship employs culturally responsive frameworks to explore the historical and sociocultural influences of race and gender on historically marginalized populations, with an emphasis on Black men. More specifically, his research uses qualitative methodologies to tackle inequity in education, particularly within the academic and professional socialization experiences of underrepresented students and faculty in Higher Education.

Dr. Ford has presented his work at state, national and international conferences and has also co-authored several articles in journals such as About Campus, Education and Urban Society, and the Journal of Black Studies. Ford's upcoming works include exploring the pathway to the professorate for Black men in graduate education. Future projects will contribute to the existing, yet minimal, literature to address the underrepresentation of Black men in academia.

Research Area(s):

• Black men; graduate student socialization; faculty socialization; racial microaggressions; racial battle fatigue