Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Texas A & M University
About
Dr. Chaddrick James-Gallaway received his PhD in higher education with a concentration in the sociology of education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. A proud community college alumnus, he earned his AA from Delta College and his BA from the University of Michigan. Dr. James-Gallaway’s research broadly examines race, racism, anti-Black racism and the racialized experiences of Students of Color across P-20 educational contexts. As a scholar and practitioner, his expertise in cross-racial intergroup dialogues focuses particularly on how People of Color respond to racial issues and how white students engage the experiences of People of Color within educational settings. He is a qualitative researcher and critical race theorist, who seeks to advance understanding how racism impacts cross-racial interactions to better support Students of Color at historically white institutions.
Current Work:
Dr. James-Gallaway uses qualitative methods and critical race theory to examine cross-racial interactions of students of Color across different higher education institutional types (e.g., Predominantly White Institutions, [PWIs], Hispanic Serving Institutions [HSIs], Minority Serving Institutions [MSIs]) and settings (e.g., classrooms and residence halls). His primary line of research explores how racism functions within a student-co-facilitator led cross-racial dialogue at a leading program on intergroup relations. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, he investigates how White students absolve themselves from talking about race with Students of Color. This study suggests that racism exists within cross-racial dialogues and affects Students of Color via emotional exhaustion from articulating personal issues with racism with few contributions from White students. Additionally, his research focuses on cross-racial interactions of students of Color across different institutional types (e.g., PWI, HSI, MSI).
Research Area Keyword(s):
critical race theory; racism; anti-Blackness; cross-racial interactions
