We are proud to recognize Derrick Brooms as the new executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College. Brooms is a second wave scholar of The Scholars Network.
The Scholars Network is an assembly of scholars committed to reshaping scholarly and public understandings of the lives of African American men and exposing the cultural dimensions of the Black male experience. To achieve that objective, the members of the Network convene conferences and workshops for its members and engages in public outreach and dissemination of research findings to government, media, and the nonprofit sector.
Derrick R. Brooms, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, is a scholar-activist and serves as a youth worker as well. Through research, teaching, service, and community/collaborative work, Dr. Brooms is committed to educational equity, inclusion, and racial justice. His education research primarily centers on Black men and boys’ pathways to and through college as well as on their engagement on campus and identity development. He also examines Black boys’ and men’s lived experiences and representations in the media as well as the collegiate experiences of Black and Latino men.
In his new position at Morehouse College, Brooms will continue his work by preparing and providing Black men with resources to pursue careers of leadership and service. “It is with great honor that I accept this role as we endeavor to explore and explain the multifaceted dimensions of Black male identity, challenges, and triumphs,” Dr. Doctor Brooms.
We send our best wishes to our scholar, Derrick Brooms, as he transitions to his new position in August.