He is also a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for the Study of Boys’ and Girls’ Lives at the University of Pennsylvania. His research to date has explored how race and gender stereotypes influence the identity development of high-achieving Black boys during childhood and early-adolescence. These multi-year projects have led to publications with Teachers College Record, Harvard Educational Review, the Psychology of Men and Masculinity, and guest co-editing a special issue on boys’ education with the Journal of Boyhood Studies.