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Walter R. Allen

Miguel Ceja

Gniesha Yvonne Dinwiddie

Ray Franke

Kimberly Griffin

Daniel G. Solórzano

Robert Teranishi

 

Walter R. Allen


Allen, Walter R., Uma M. Jayakumar, and Ray Franke. Till Victory is Won: The African American Struggle for Higher Education in California.  Los Angeles, CA: UCLA. (2009)

Allen, Walter R., Erin Kimura-Walsh, Kimberly A. Griffin.  Towards a Brighter Tomorrow: College barriers, hopes and plans of Black, Latino/a and Asian American students in California.  Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. (2009)

Gottfredson, N., Panter, A. T., Daye, C. E., Allen, W. R., Wightman, L. F., & Deo, M. E.  The effects of educational diversity in a national sample of law students: Fitting multilevel latent variable madels in national data with categorical indicators.  Multivariate Behavioral Research, 44, 305-331. (2009)

Griffin, Kimberly A.,Uma M. Jayakumar, Malana M.Jones, and Walter R. Allen.  Overcoming Barriers: Characteristics of Black Male Freshman Between 1971 and 2004.  Black American Males in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions, Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 6, p. 155-179.

Jayakumar, Uma M., Tyrone C. Howard, Walter R. Allen, and June C. Han.  Racial Privilege in the Professoriate: An Exploration of Campus Climate, Retention, and Satisfaction.  The Journal of Higher Education, Volume 80, 5: 538-563.

Kimura-Walsh, Erin, Erica K. Yamamura, Kimberly A. Griffin, and Walter R. Allen.  Achieving the College Dream?: Examining Disparities in Access to College Information Among High Achieving and Non-High Achieving Latina Students.  Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 8, 298- 315. Published online August 2008.

Panter, A. T., Daye, C. E., Allen, W. R., Wightman, L. F., and Deo, M. E.  It matters how and when you ask: Self-reported race/ethnicity of incoming law students.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 15, 51-66.

Allen, Walter R., Joseph O. Jewell, Kimberly A. Griffin, and De’Sha Wolf.  “Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Then and Now.”  In Veronica G. Thomas and Faustine C. Jones-Wilson, eds., Celebrating 75 Years of Facilitating Excellence in Black Education.  2007 Legacy Issue of the Journal of Negro Education 76, 3: 263-280. (2007)

Comeaux, Eddie, and Walter R. Allen.  “Exclusions and Illusions: Rethinking the Mysterious UC Admissions Process that Disadvantages Deserving African American Students.”  In Linda C. Tillman, ed., The SAGE Handbook of African American Education.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (2007)

Elizondo, Evellyn, Kimberly A. White-Smith, and Walter R. Allen.  “University of California, Los Angeles Does Integration and Belonging Go Hand in Hand?  Adolescents’ Social and Educational Experiences in a Multicultural Learning Environment.”  In G. Berry, M. Ellis, & J. Asamen, eds., Handbook of Child Development, Multiculturalism, and Media.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Harris, Cheryl, and Walter R. Allen.  “Look Before You Leap.”  Opinion Section, Special to the National Law Journal (October 22, 2007). http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1192611805621

Allen, W. R, Daye, C. E., Panter, A. T., & Wightman, L. F.  “An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Race and Educational Diversity in U.S. Law Schools: Year 1 Focus Groups with Incoming Students.”  Chapel Hill, NC: The Educational Diversity Project. (2006)

Allen, Walter R.  “Sticks, Stones and Broken Bones: Rhetoric and Reality in the University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases.”  In Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, and Robert Teranishi, eds., Higher Education in a Global Society: Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Excellences, pp. 203-226.  Oxford, England: Elsevier Publishers. (2006)

Allen, Walter R., Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, and Susan A. Suh.  “Who Goes to College?  High School Context, Academic Preparation, the College Choice Process, and College Attendance.”  In Edward St. John, ed., Improving Access and College Success for Diverse Students:  Studies of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.  Brooklyn, NY: AMS Press. (2005)

Allen, Walter R., Uma M. Jayakumar, Kimberly A. Griffin, William S. Korn, and Sylvia Hurtado.  Black Undergraduates from Bakke to Grutter: Freshmen Status, Trends and Prospects, 1971-2004.  UCLA Higher Education Research Institute. (2005)

Allen, Walter R.  “E-Racing History – America’s Struggle with Diversity, Race, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education.  Academe 90, 3: 28-31. (2004)

Teranishi, Robert, Miguel Ceja, A. Antonio, Walter R. Allen, and Patricia McDonough.  “The College-Choice Process for Asian Americans: Ethnicity and Social Class in Context.”  Review of Higher Education 27, 4: 527-51. (2004)

Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y., and Walter R. Allen.  “Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back:  Campus Climate, Gender, and African American Representation in Higher Education.”  In Carol Camp Yeakey and Ronald D. Henderson, eds., Surmounting All Odds:  Education, Opportunity, and Society in the New Millennium, pp. 563-594.  Greenwich, CT:  Information Age Publishers. (2003)

Harris, Alexes, and Walter R. Allen. “Lest We Forget Thee…The Under- and Over-Representation of Black and Latino youth in California higher education and juvenile justice institutions.”  Race & Society 6, 99-123. (2003)

Allen, Walter R., Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, and Robert Teranishi.  “Stony the Road We Trod: The Black Struggle for Higher Education in California.”  Research report.  CHOICES: Access, Equity and Diversity in Higher Education, University of California-Los Angeles. (2002)

Allen, Walter R., Edgar G. Epps, Elizabeth A. Guillory, Susan A. Suh, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, and Martha L. A. Stassen.  “Outsiders Within: Race, Gender and Faculty Status in U.S. Higher Education.”  In William A. Smith, Philip G. Altbach and Kofi Lomotey, eds., The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education:  Continuing Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, Revised Edition, pp. 189-220.  Albany, NY:  State University of New York Press. (2002)

Allen W., Bonous-Hammarth, M., & Teranishi, R. (in press). Higher Education in a Global Society: Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Excellence. Oxford, England:Elsevier Publishers.

Allen, W., Bonous-Hammarth, M., & Teranishi, R. (2001). Stony the Road We Trod: African American Access and Success in California Higher Education [tables]. Los Angeles, CA: CHOICES Project, University of California, Los Angeles

Allen, Walter and Cheryl Presley. (2000).  “Race, Institutional Context and Student Social Adjustment.”  In C.C. Yeakey, B. Sizemore and Y.S. Johnston, eds., Post-Reaganism and the Quest for Social Democracy in SchoolingWestport, CT:  Greenwood Publishing Group, forthcoming.

Allen, Walter R.  (1998). “‘And Who Shall Control Their Minds?’:  Race Consciousness and Collective Commitments Among African American Students.”  In Kassie Freeman, ed., African American Culture and Heritage in Higher Education Research and Practice, pp. 59-74.  Westport, CT:  Praeger.

Allen, Walter R.  (2001). “The Struggle Continues:  Race, Equity and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education.”  In Lee A. Daniels, ed., The State of Black America 2001, pp. 87-100.  New York:  National Urban League, Inc.

Allen, Walter R. (1999). “Missing in Action:  Race, Gender and Black Students’ Educational Opportunities.”  In Devon W. Carbado, ed., Black Men on Race, Gender, and Sexuality:  A Critical Reader, pp. 194-211.  New YorkNew York University Press.

Allen, Walter R. and Joseph O. Jewell. (1995).  “African American Education Since ‘An American Dilemma’:  An American Dilemma Revisited.”  Daedalus 124, 1: 77-100. REPRINTED in Obie Clayton, Jr., ed., An American Dilemma Revisited:  Race Relations in a Changing World, pp. 169-190.  New York:  Russell Sage Foundation Press, 1996.

Allen, Walter R., and Daniel G. Solórzano.  (2001).  “Affirmative Action, Educational Equity, and Campus Racial Climate:  A Case Study of the University of Michigan Law School.”  Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 12, 2: 237-363.

Allen, Walter R., Darnell M. Hunt and Derrick Gilbert. (1997). “Race-Consciousness Academic Policy in Higher Education:  The University of Maryland Banneker Scholars Program.”  Educational Policy 11, 4 (December): 443-478.

Allen, Walter R., Edgar G. Epps, Elizabeth A. Guillory, Susan A. Suh, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, and Martha L. A. Stassen. (2002).  “Outsiders Within: Race, Gender and Faculty Status in U.S. Higher Education.”  In William A. Smith, Philip G. Altbach and Kofi Lomotey, eds., The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education:  Continuing Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, Revised Edition, pp. 189-220.  Albany, NYState University of New York Press. 

Allen, Walter R., Edgar G. Epps, Elizabeth A. Guillory, Susan A. Suh, and Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth.  (2001). “The Black Academic: Faculty Status Among African Americans in U.S. Higher Education.”  Journal of Negro Education 69, 1/2: 112-127.

Allen, Walter R., Margaret Beale Spencer, and Carla O’Connor, eds.  (2002). African American Education: Race, Community, Inequality and Achievement – A Tribute to Edgar G. Epps.  London: JAI Press, Inc.

Allen, Walter R., Robert Teranishi, Gniesha Dinwiddie, and Gloria González. (2001).  “Knocking at Freedom’s Door:  Race, Equity and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education.”  Journal of Negro Education 69, 1/2: 3-11. REPRINTED in Journal of Public Health Policy 23, 4 (Winter 2002): 440-452.

Allen, Walter R., Robert Teranishi, Gniesha Dinwiddie, and Gloria González. (2001).  “Knocking at Freedom’s Door:  Race, Equity and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education.”  Journal of Negro Education 69, 1/2: 3-11. REPRINTED in Journal of Public Health Policy 23, 4 (Winter 2002): 440-452.

Allen, Walter, Edward Telles, and Margaret Hunter.  (2000). “Skin Color, Income and Education:  A Comparison of African Americans and Mexican Americans.”  National Journal of Sociology 12, 1 (Winter): 129-180.

Carroll, Grace and Walter R. Allen, eds.  (2001). Special Issue:  Knocking at Freedom’s Door:  Race, Equity, and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher EducationJournal of Negro Education 69, 1/2.

Hurtado, Sylvia, Jeffrey F. Milem, Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, and Walter R. Allen. (1998).  “Enhancing Campus Climates for Racial/Ethnic Diversity:  Educational Policy and Practice.”  The Review of Higher Education 21, 3 (Spring): 279-302.

Hurtado, Sylvia, Jeffrey Milem, Alma Clayton-Pedersen, and Walter R. Allen.  (1999). Enacting Diverse Learning Environments:  Improving the Climate for Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education.  ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 26, No. 8.  Washington, DC:  The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Jewell, Joseph O. and Walter R. Allen. (2000). “Noble Past, Embattled Present and a Challenging Future:  Perspectives on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”  In M. Christopher Brown and Kassie Freeman, eds., Black Colleges:  Perspectives on Policy and PracticeStamford, CT:  Ablex Publishing Corporation, forthcoming.

Morris, Aldon, Walter R. Allen, David Maurrasse and Derrick Gilbert.  (1995). “White Supremacy and Higher Education: The Alabama Higher Education Desegregation Case.”  National Black Law Journal 14, 1 (Fall): 59-91.

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Miguel Ceja


Ceja, M. (2006). Understanding the Role of Parents and Siblings as Information Sources in the College Choice Process of Chicana Students. The Journal of College Student Development, 47,(1), 87-104.

Teranishi, R., Ceja, M., Antonio, A.L., Allen, W., & McDonough, P. (2004). The College-Choice Process for Asian Pacific Americans: Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Class in Context. The Review of Higher Education, 27(4), 527-551.

Ceja, M. (2004).Chicana College Aspirations and the Role of Parents: Developing Educational Resiliency. The Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 3(4).

Solorzano, D., Ceja, M., Yosso, T. (2001). Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions and Campus Racial Climate and the Experience of African American College Students. Journal of Negro Education, 69(1/2), 60-73.

 

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Gniesha Yvonne Dinwiddie

 

Charles, C.Z., Massey, D., Fischer, M.J., Cunningham, B. & Dinwiddie, G. Pressure Cooker: The Minority Experience at Elite Colleges & Universities. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 

 

Charles, C., Dinwiddie,G. & Massey, D.  (2005). The continuing consequences of segregation: Family stress and college academic performance.  Social Science Quarterly.

 

Dinwiddie, G.  (2003).  Race and ethnicity: The sociology of W.E.B. Dubois’ the souls of black folk.  Newsletter for the Eastern Sociological Society, 17(3): 6-7. 

 

Dinwiddie, G. and Allen, W. (2003).  Two steps forward, three steps back: Access, experiences and achievement for African American college students, 1980-2000.   In Carol Yeakey (Series Ed.), Surmounting all odds: Education, opportunity and society in the new millennium.  Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

 

Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y., and Walter R. Allen.  (2003)  “Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back:  Campus Climate, Gender, and African American Representation in Higher Education.”  In Carol Camp Yeakey and Ronald D. Henderson, eds., Surmounting All Odds:  Education, Opportunity, and Society in the New Millennium, pp. 563-594.  Greenwich, CT:  Information Age Publishers.

Allen, Walter R., Robert Teranishi, Gniesha Dinwiddie, and Gloria González. (2001).  “Knocking at Freedom’s Door:  Race, Equity and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education.”  Journal of Negro Education 69, 1/2: 3-11.

REPRINTED in Journal of Public Health Policy 23, 4 (Winter 2002): 440-452.

 

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Ray Franke


Allen, Walter R., Uma M. Jayakumar, and Ray Franke. Till Victory is Won: The African American Struggle for Higher Education in California.  Los Angeles, CA: UCLA. (2009) 

Franke, Ray, Rodriguez, J., Vue, R., & Woodruff, M.  “AVID: A different perspective” in Building CHOICES: How underserved students and high schools construct college-preparatory opportunities, Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. 

Allen, W.R., Jayakumar, U.M and Ray Franke.  Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink: Higher education access and success for America’s growing population of under-represented students of color.  Proceedings of the 167th JSA Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Franke, Ray, Schneidewind, U.  Operations Management for Small- and Medium Enterprises.  University of Oldenburg, Germany: University Press.  


 

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Kimberly Griffin


Towards a brighter tomorrow: College barriers, hopes and plans of Black, Latina/o and Asian American students in California.
(Co-edited with Allen, W.R., & Kimura-Walsh, E.).  Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Articles can also be found in Journal of College Student Development, Journal of Negro Education, Educational Studies, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, New Directions in Institutional Research, Negro Educational Review, Equity and Excellence and About Campus.

Chapters in the following books: In H.T. Frierson, W. Pearson Jr., and J.H. Wyche (Eds.), Black American Males in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.; In W.T. Trent and E.P. St. John (Eds.), Readings on equal education (Vol. 23). New York: AMS Press, Inc.; In S.R. Harper (Ed.), Creating inclusive college environments for cross-cultural learning and engagement. Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Inc. 

For a list of publications visit http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/cshe/people/kimberly-a-griffin.

 

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Daniel G. Solórzano

 

Solórzano, Daniel, Walter R. Allen, and Grace Carroll. (2002).  “Keeping Race in Place:  Racial Microaggressions and Campus Racial Climate at the University of California, Berkeley.”  Chicano Latino Law Review 23 (Spring): 15-112.

 

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Robert Teranishi

 

Teranishi, R., Allen, W., & Solorzano, D. (in press). Opportunities at the crossroads: School segregation and disparate opportunities for higher education in California. Teachers College Record.

Teranishi, R., Ceja, M., Antonio, A., Allen, W., & McDonough, P. (2004). The college-choice process for Asian Americans: Ethnicity and social class in context. The Review of Higher Education, 27(4).