Reginald D. Wilkerson is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at The College of William & Mary. Dr. Wilkerson’s scholarly interests include equity issues in education, school improvement in low-performing schools, school accountability, principal support and development, and the nexus that exists among the elements of race, class, and ethnicity in education.
His current work examines African American males in educational leadership. More specifically he looks at the career sustainability of African American males who lead low performing or high priority schools in the United States. In focusing on principal support and development through a racialized lens the intersection of race, gender, and educational leadership are interrogated.
Wilkerson, R.D. & Peck, C.M. (2022). A long, righteous struggle: African American Males as Principals—Historically and Today. Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 91(2), 191-201.
07/2021
Wilkerson, R.D. (2021). MiSTERing in the Main Office: Leading Change at Scale. Southeast Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 20(2), 137-153.
07/2019
Walker, L. J., Goings, R. B., & Wilkerson, R.D. (2019). The Role School Administrators Play in Creating Healthy Ecosystems for Black Male Preservice Teachers. The Journal of Educational Foundations, Vol. 32 (1,2,3&4), 124-141.
07/2017
Wilkerson, R.D. & Wilson, C.M. (2017). Beating against the Wind”: The Politics of Race and Retention in Supporting African American Principal Advocacy and Growth. Journal of School Leadership, Vol. 27(6), 772-799.
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