SCHOLARSHIP

As a higher education researcher, my scholarship addresses three major research strands: 1) equity and justice for Black students in higher education, 2) first-generation college student experiences, and 3) the use of culturally-relevant qualitative research methods in higher education inquiry. I center my research within a critical paradigm with the goal of unearthing and addressing oppression at the individual, institutional, and systemic levels. More specifically, an intersectional worldview guides me as I explore the experiences of Black people and first-generation college students in higher education.
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Publications
Wallace, J. K., Johnson, J. T., & Ford, J. R. (2024). For us, by us: Unpacking research with and for Black students in
higher education as early career Black men faculty. In J. A. McElderry & S. Hernandez Rivera (Eds.), Developing an intersectional-consciousness and praxis in antiracist efforts (pp. 113-129). Information Age Publishing.
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Wallace, J. K. (2024). Claiming space at the intersection: A professor’s narrative of navigating and [re]claiming space, place, and home beyond the walls of academe. In C. García-Louis, S. Ardoin, T. Shalka, K. M. McGuire, E. T. Parker (Eds.), Creating space for ourselves as minoritized and marginalized faculty: Narratives that humanize the academy (pp. 113-122). Routledge Publishing.
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Breeden, R. L., Wallace, J. K., & Bryant, L. D. (2023). “This is our degree”: Reflections and advice from Black first-generation doctoral students. Journal of First-Generation Student Success. Advance online publication.
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Wallace, J. K. & Ford, J. R. (2023). Returning home: Reflections on cultural capital cultivated for Black men faculty through multicultural affairs work. The Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication.
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Wallace, J. K. (2022). Nevertheless, we persist: Exploring the cultural capital of Black first-generation doctoral recipients at non-Black serving institutions. The Review of Higher Education, 45(4), 515-548.
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Santa-Ramirez, S. & Wallace, J. K. (2022). We got work to do: Testomonios of queer Black and Latinx practitioner-scholar-advocates navigating the insider/outsider paradox within the ivory tower. In A. Duran, R. A. Miller, T. J. Jourian, & J. Cisneros (Eds.), Queerness as being in higher education: Narrating the insider/outsider paradox as LGBTQ+ scholars and practitioners (pp. 59-70). Routledge Publishing.
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Wallace, J. K. & Ford, J. R. (2021). "They don't value my knowledge": Interrogating the racialized experiences of Black first-generation doctoral students in HESA programs at HWIs. Journal of First-Generation Student Success, 1(2), 127-144.
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Wallace, J. K. (2021). I wish I knew that I could be a professor. Cap & Co. Education Platform.
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Coleman, R., Wallace, J. K., & Means, D. (2020). Questioning a single narrative: Multiple identities shaping Black queer and transgender student retention. The Journal of College Student Retention: Theory, Research, and Practice – Special Issue, 21(4), 455-475.
Wallace, J. K. (2020). “The ancestors are watching; make them proud”: Narratives exploring Black first-generation
doctoral recipients’ use of cultural capital at non-Black serving institutions. (Publication No. 27740607)
[Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
Evans, M. E. & Wallace, J. K. (2019). No longer cast aside: A critical approach to serving queer and trans students of Color in higher education. In D. Mitchell Jr., J. Marie, & T. Steele (Eds.), Intersectionality & higher education: Theory, research, and praxis (2nd ed., pp. 181-189). Peter Lang Publishing.
Presentations
Venaas, M., Dixon, K., Wallace, J. K., Dewberry, C., & Wilson, Z. (2024, November). Assessment hacks: Unlocking practical tips for student affairs professionals. Presentation for the Southern Association for College Student Affairs Administration (SACSA) Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC.
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Whitehead, M., Briscoe, K., Ford, J., Wallace, J. K., & Smith, T. (2023, April). Proximity and practice: Enacted whiteness and anti-blackness in the experiences of Black faculty. Paper accepted for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
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Evans, M. E., & Wallace, J. K. (2022, December). Advancing justice at risk-averse institutions using a tempered radical approach. Pre-conference session at the 2022 NASPA/ACPA Leadership Educators Institute, New Orleans, LA.
Ford, J. R., Wallace, J. K., & Ball, J. (2022, November). “We are going through this together”: Exploring mentorship for Black men doctoral students. Roundtable presentation for the Council for Ethnic Participation (CEP) Pre-Conference at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Thompson, J., Chasteen, A., Sparkman, L., Valles, J., Wallace, J. K., & Zimmerman, C. (2022, October). Should we go back to football in the quad? Campus culture as we move through COVID. Presentation for the 2022 National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
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Wallace, J. K., Quarles, D. A., Lawrence, P. J. (2021, November). A power-conscious analysis of impostorism in
higher education. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Wallace, J. K. (2020, November). Straight outta college: An anthology of 10 Black first-gen docs.
Performance presentation for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.
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Wallace, J. K. (2019, November). “#MelaninMagic: Amplifying the voices of Black first-generation college students pursuing doctorates at historically white institutions”. Paper presented at the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
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Amer, A., Bennett-Alexander, D., Sue, D. W., Wallace, J. K. (2017, March). “Courageous conversations: Next steps in everyday life, research, and practice”. Keynote panel presented at the 12th annual University of Georgia College of Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference, Athens, GA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJLiDZX6fag&t=742s
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