I am Paris Wicker (she/her), an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at The State University of New York at Buffalo. My research centers the success and well-being of Black and Indigenous students, faculty, and staff. My research has been supported by the Ford Foundation and the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER) and published in the Review of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and the Journal of College Access.
Within this site you will find information about my educational and professional experiences, a description of my program of research and current projects, and recent and past news and media. Read more
Within this site you will find information about my educational and professional experiences, a description of my program of research and current projects, and recent and past news and media. Read more
News
Podcast: The academy won't save us: Black women's health in higher education
Podcast Description: Black women working in higher education as administrators, faculty, and staff face daily harms and traumas that affect their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Black women are often hazed, shamed, and... (Link)
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Presentation: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-Being through AI Innovations
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Guest Blog: A Web of Support for Black Women in Higher Education
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Publications
Paris D. Wicker
Special Issue: Familial and Relational Influences on College Outcomes among Minoritized Students, Education Sciences, vol. 14(8), 2024
The consequences of getting it right: Navigating anti-blackness in quantitative statistics courses
Paris Wicker
M. Shardé Davis, Being #BlackintheIvory: Truthtelling about Racism in the American University, University of North Carolina Press, 2024, pp. 53-55
Community and culture: Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
J. Benson, P. Wicker, I. Barnes, R. Winkle-Wagner
Journal of College Student Development, vol. 64(6), 2023, pp. 615-629
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2024 Highlights
Sunbelt Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunbelt Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunbelt Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunbelt Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
Semifinalist. Dissertation of the Year Award. American Educational Research Association. Division J (postsecondary education)
Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
Plasticity of Well-Being Writing Retreat. Madison, WI. Winter 2024
New Article: Community and Culture. Black women reminiscing on their experiences in college transition programs
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