Project MALES is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 Graduate Scholars Program (PM-GSP). After receiving a competitive pool of applications from across the country, the following scholars were selected to join the 2024-2025 cohort: Johnnie L. Allen, Jr. (Florida State University), Taharka Anderson (The University of Texas at Austin), Anthony Lizarraga (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Terrell T. Richardson (The University of Alabama).
The mission of PM-GSP is to support the academic and career advancement of emerging scholars whose research is focused on the educational outcomes of male students of color.
These scholars reflect impressive accomplishments, and the PM-GSP is excited to have them join the Project MALES network. In addition to being paired up with a Faculty and Research Affiliate mentor, these scholars will receive a $500 stipend and professional development.
Johnnie L. Allen, Jr.‘s research interests include examining critical masculinities and Black college men’s embodiment of Afrafeminist ideologies and Black feminisms in their leadership learning experiences and development as a form of resistance to hegemonic masculinity.
Taharka Anderson is a scholar-activist from Long Beach, CA, with over a decade of experience dedicated to supporting social and educational justice. His phenomenological dissertation historicizes Black masculinity within Western patriarchal social systems and explores how college-aged Black males experience, make sense of, and navigate school discipline in the U.S.
Anthony Lizarraga is a doctoral candidate from Long Beach, CA, in the educational policy studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His current research focuses on understanding how school discipline is operationalized and implemented in early childhood educational settings, particularly how exclusionary discipline practices shape the experiences of Youth of Color.
Terrell T. Richardson is a Social Work PhD candidate at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on Black males in higher education, specifically the relationship between social determinants of mental health and academic success. He holds degrees from Livingstone College, UNC Greensboro, and the Joint MSW Program at NC A&T/UNC Greensboro.
Congratulations to our newly selected cohort of PM-GSP scholars on their well-deserved success. We want to thank and appreciate our PM-GSP leadership team: Drs. Melissa Abeyta, Lazaro Camacho, José Del Real Viramontes, and Joseph Romero-Reyes.
Learn more about the Graduate Scholars Program.
