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Research

  • Faulk, D., Bennett, R. A., III & Moore, J.L., III. (2017). "Gamed by the System: Exploring Black Male Youths' Motivation to Participate in Sports" in Boyhood Studies, Volume 10, No. 1 (Spring 2017), 88-100.
  • Hines, E. M., Moore III, J. L., Mayes, R. D., Harris, P. C., Vega, D., Robinson, D. V., Gray, C. N., & Jackson, C. E. (2017). Making student achievement a priority: The role of school counselors in turnaround schools. Urban Education, 1-22.
  • Mayes, R. D. & Moore, J. L., III (2016) Adversity and pitfalls of twice exceptional urban learners. Journal of Advanced Academics, 27(3), 167-189.
  • Mayes, R. D. & Moore, J. L., III. (2016). The intersection of race, disability, and giftedness: Understanding the education needs of twice-exceptional, African American students.Gifted Child Today,39(2), 98-104.
  • Bennett, R. A., III, Hodge, S. R., Graham, D. L., & Moore, J. L., III. (Eds.) (2015). Black males and intercollegiate athletics: An exploration of problems and solutions. United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  • Vega, D., Moore, J. L., III, & Miranda, A. H. (2015). Who really cares? Urban youths' perceptions of parental and programmatic support. School Community Journal, 25(1), 53-72.
  • Vega, D., Moore, J. L., III, & Miranda, A. H. (2015). In their own words: Perceived barriers to achievement by African American and Latino youth. American Secondary Education, 43(3), 36-59.
  • Robinson, D. V., Vega, D., Moore, J. L., III, Mayes, R. D., & Robinson, J. R (2014). Chutes and ladders: Young African American Males navigating potholes to climb to success. In C. W. Lewis & J. L. Moore, III (Eds). African American male students in preK-12 schools: Implications for research, practice, and policy. (pp. 107-124). Bristol, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  • Robinson, D. V., Moore, J. L., III, & Mayes, R. D. (2013). Two gifted African American brothers achieving in spite of the odds. In T. C. Grantham, M. F. Trotman Scott & D. Harmon (Eds.), Young, triumphant, and Black (pp.79-83). Waco, TX: Purfrock Press, Inc.
  • Nassar-McMillan, S.C., Moore, J. L., III, Warfield, H. A., & Mayes, R. D. (2013). Global diversity issues in counseling. In T. H. Hohenshil, N. E. Amundson, & S. G. Niles (Eds.), Counseling around the world: An international handbook (pp. 9-20). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association
  • Moore, J. L., III, & Lewis, C. W. (Eds.). (2012). African American students in urban schools: Critical issues and solutions for achievement. New York: Peter Lang Publishers.
  • Vega, D., Moore, J. L., III, Baker, C. A., Bowen, N. V., Hines, E. M., & O'Neal, B. (2012). Salient factors affecting urban African American students' achievement: Recommendations for teachers, school counselors, and school psychologists. In J. L. Moore, III and C. W. Lewis (Eds.), African American students in urban schools: Critical issues and solutions for achievement (pp. 113-139). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
  • Vega, D., Moore, J. L., III, Baker, C. A., Bowen, N. V., Hines, E. M., & O'Neal, B. (2012). Salient factors affecting urban African American students' achievement: Recommendations for teachers, school counselors, and school psychologists. In J. L. Moore, III and C. W. Lewis (Eds.), African American students in urban schools: Critical issues and solutions for achievement (pp. 113-139). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Completed Projects

Cultivating Healthy Communities program

In April 2016, Dr. James L. Moore III (co-principal investigator), was awarded a $100,000 grant for the Cultivating Healthy Communities program to fund Urban GEMS (Gardening Entrepreneurs Motivating Sustainability). The project focuses on career training and nutrition education for African American male students and other educationally vulnerable youth interested in food sustainability careers through a two-semester, academic and hands-on project-based learning curriculum. Urban GEMS is a collaborative research project with Dr. Deanna Wilkinson, associate professor in the Department of Human Sciences.

College of Education and Human Ecology

In January 2010, Dr. James L. Moore III (co-principal investigator) was awarded a one-year seed grant ($25,000) from The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology to identify violent hot spots in Columbus, Ohio. This seed grant is a collaborative research project with Dr. Deanna Wilkerson and Dr. David Andrews of the College of Education and Human Ecology.

National Science Foundation Grants

In September 2009, Dr. James L. Moore III (co-principal investigator) was awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant ($499,890) to examine the similarities and differences between female and male science, technology, engineering and mathematics students in terms of their levels of academic motivations, academic and social integration in the university environment, perceptions of the campus environment, student involvement on campus, academic self-concepts, educational aspirations, and vocational commitment. The grant is a collaborative research project with Dr. Morris Clark, associate professor of biochemistry, at Winston-Salem State University and Dr. Lamont A. Flowers, distinguished professor and executive director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience, at Clemson University.

AT&T High School Success Special Grant

In September 2008, Dr. James L. Moore III (co-principal investigator) was awarded a four-year AT&T High School Success Special Grant ($389,678) to develop Student Success Centers at two targeted urban high schools (i.e., Linden-McKinley and South) in Columbus City Schools. The centers will provide mentoring, career/college advisement, specialized counseling services and academics training to at-risk, ninth graders. Dr. Collette Dollarhide of the College of Education and Human Ecology is the co-principal investigator for this project.

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

In March 2008, Dr. James L. Moore III (principal investigator) was awarded a 16-month contract ($403,577) from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to evaluate the governor's statewide achievement gap initiative focusing on ninth grade African American males in high schools throughout Ohio. Dr. Dorinda Gallant of the College of Education and Human Ecology was the co-principal investigator for this project.