Marlon C. James
Assistant Professor - Educational Leadership

Dr. Marlon C. James is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. His teaching, service, and research center on urban leadership development through the application of cultural competency and social justice leadership theory and practice. Additionally, Dr. James focuses on meeting the academic and social needs of urban males students, transforming school and classroom cultures in urban schools, and supporting families in creating educational environments in their homes. Dr. James’ authentic approach to urban education is born from his experiences in a single parent family that endured poverty, drug abuse, shelters, gangs, and community violence on the South Side of Chicago. He now dedicates himself to his wife and three children, and his life’s mission to promote urban school reform.

•Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction - Urban & Multicultural Education, Texas A & M University, 2008

•M.S. Sociology - Inequality & Social Change, Illinois State University, 2002

•B.S. Sociology - Inequality & Social Change, Illinois State University, 2000

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Contact Information: 

Gentry - 413B

Phone: (860) 486-3804
         : (860)-477-0337
Mobile : (860) 634-4050

Email: marlon.james@uconn.edu

Areas of Expertise:

Urban Education

Multi-cultural Education Issues

Educational Leadership

Psychology of Boys

Mentoring

Selected Publications/Presentations:

Lewis, C., James, M. & Hancock, S., & Hill-Jackson, V. (2008). Framing African American students’ success and failure in urban settings: A typology for change. Urban Education, 43(2), 127-153.

Lewis, C. Hancock, S., James, M., & Larke, P. (2008). African American students and No Child Left Behind legislation: Progression or digression in educational attainment. Multicultural Learning & Teaching, 3(2) 9-29.

Bonner, F., Lewis, C., Bowman-Perrott, L., Hill-Jackson, V. & James, M. (2008). Definition identification, identity and culture: A unique alchemy impacting the success of giftedAfrican American males in school. Journal for the Education of the Gifted