Scholarship & Research
In essence, my work focuses on school leadership in primarily urban contexts through the utilization of equity and ethics.
- Beachum, F. D., & McCray, C. R. (2011). Cultural collision and collusion: Reflections on hip-hop culture, values, and schools. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Ira Bogotch, Floyd Beachum, Jackie Blount, Jeff Brooks, & Fenwick English (2008). Radicalizing educational leadership: The dimensions of social justice. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishing.
- Obiakor F. E., & Beachum F. D. (2005). Urban education for the 21st century: Research, issues, and perspectives. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishing.
- Beachum, F. D. (2009 November 23). Review of Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life by Marc Lamont Hill. Education Review, 12. Retrieved from http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev866.pdf
- McCray, C. R., & Beachum, F. D. (2011). Capital matters: A pedagogy of self-development: Making room for alternative forms of capital. In R. Bartee (Ed.). Contemporary perspectives on capital in educational context (pp. 79-100). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Beachum, F. & McCray, C. (2010). Through the fire: How pretext impacts the context of African American educational experiences. In G. Goodman (Ed.), Educational psychology reader: The art and science of how people learn (pp. 230-250). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Obiakor, F. E., Harris, M. K., & Beachum, F. D. (2009). The state of special education for African American learners in Milwaukee. In G. L. Williams & F. E. Obiakor (Eds.). The state of education of urban learners and possible solutions: The Milwaukee experience (pp. 31-48). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
- Beachum, F. D., & McCray, C. R. (2008). Dealing with Cultural Collision: What Pre-Service educators should know. In G. Goodman (Ed.), Educational psychology: An application of critical constructivism (pp. 53-70). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Beachum, F. D., McCray, C. R., & Obiakor, F. E. (2007). Community uplift theory for positive change of African Americans in urban schools. In M. C. Brown & R. D. Bartee (Eds.). Still not equal: Expanding educational opportunity in society (pp. 269-278). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Williams, D. L., Beachum, F. D., Obiakor, F. E., & McCray, C. R. (2007). Administration of successful multicultural special education programs. In F. E. Obiakor, A. F. Rotatori, & S. Burkhardt (Eds.), Current Perspectives in Special Education Administration. Oxford, England: Elsevier/JAI Press.
- McCray, C. & Beachum, F. (2010). An analysis of how the gender and race of school principals influences their perceptions of multicultural education. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership 5(4). Available: http://www.ijepl.org
- Beachum, F. D. (2010). Fearless faith. Journal of African American Males in Education. 1(2), 63-72. Available: http://journalofafricanamericanmales.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/05/FINAL-BEACHUM.pdf
- Beachum, F. D., & McCray, C. M. (2010). Cracking the code: Illuminating the promises and pitfalls of social justice in educational leadership. International Journal of Urban Educational Leadership, 4(1), 206-221. Available: http://www.uc.edu/urbanleadership/current_issues.htm
- Obiakor, F. E., Beachum, F. D., McCray, C. R., & Harris, M. (in-press). Debunking perceptions in multicultural education for teacher and leadership preparation. Scholar and Educator.
- Dantley, M., Beachum, F. D., & McCray (2008). Exploring the intersectionality of multiple centers within notions of social justice. Journal of School Leadership, 18(2), 124-133. (Published in 2009)
- Prier, D., & Beachum, F. D. (2008). Conceptualizing a critical discourse around hip-hop culture and Black male youth in educational scholarship and research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 21(5), 519-535.
- Beachum, F. D., & Lewis, C. W. (2008). Educational quagmires: Balancing excellence and equity in the 21st century. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 3(2). Available: http://www.mltonline.org/current-articles/mlt-3-2/beachum-lewis.pdf
- Beachum, F. D., & McCray, C. R. (2008). Leadership in the eye of the storm: Challenges at the intersection of urban schools, cultural collusion, and No Child Left Behind. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 3(2). Available: http://www.mltonline.org/current-articles/mlt-3-2/beachum-mccray.pdf
- McCray, C. R., Beachum, F. D. & Richardson, H. (2008). The intersection of aestheticism and administrative placement. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 11(1), 44-56.
- Beachum, F. D., Dentith, A., & McCray, C. R., & Boyle, T. (2008). Havens of hope or the killing fields: The paradox of leadership, pedagogy, and relationships in an urban middle school. Urban Education, 43(2), 189-215.
- McCray, C. R., Wright, J. V., & Beachum, F. D. (2007). Beyond Brown: Examining the perplexing plight of African American principals. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 34(4), 247-255.
- McCray, C. R., & Beachum, F. D. (2006). A critique of zero tolerance policies: An issue of justice and caring. Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 5(1), 1-8. Available: http://www.ed.psu.edu/UCEACSLE/VEEA/VEEA_Vol5Num1.pdf
- Obiakor, F. E., Beachum, F. D., Williams, D. L., & McCray, C. R. (2006). Building successful multicultural special education programs through innovative leadership. Educational Considerations, 34(1), 27-31.
- McCray, C. R., Alston, J. A., & Beachum, F. D. (2006). Principals' perceptions of multicultural education and school climate. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 1(1), 12-22. Available: http://www.mltonline.org/current-articles/beachum2.pdf
- Beachum, F. D. (2005). Pre-service teachers' perceptions of character education. Mid- Western Educational Researcher, 18(4), 45-50.
- Beachum, F. D., & McCray, C. R. (2005). Changes and transformations in the philosophy of character education in the 20th Century. Essays in Education, 14. Available: http://www.usca.edu/essays/vol142005/beachum.pdf
- Obiakor, F. E., & Beachum, F. D. (2005). Developing self-empowerment in African American students utilizing the Comprehensive Support Model. Journal of Negro Education, 74(1), 18-29.
- Blanchett, W., Mumford, V., & Beachum, F. D., (2005). Urban school failure and disproportionality in a Post-Brown era: Benign neglect of the Constitutional rights of students of color. Remedial and Special Education, 26(2), 70-81.
- Obiakor, F. E., Beachum, F. D., & Harris, M. (2005). Restrictiveness and race in special education: Practicalizing the laws. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 3(1), 52-55.
- Beachum, F. D., Dentith, A. M., & McCray, C. R. (2004). Administrators' and teachers' work in a new age of reform: Understanding the factors in African American student success. E-Journal of Teaching and Learning in Diverse Settings, 2(1).
- Beachum, F. D. & McCray, C. R. (2004). Cultural collision in urban schools. Current Issues in Education, 7(5). Available: http://cie.asu.edu/volume7/number5/
- McCray, C. R., Pauken, P. D., & Beachum, F. D. (2004). Taboo dating in the 21st century at Payton High School. The Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 7(2). Available: http://www.ucea.org/~ucea/cases/V7-Iss3/pdf/FC-Taboo%20Dating%20FE.pdf
- Beachum, F. D., & Dentith, A. M. (2004). Teacher leaders: Creating cultures of school renewal and transformation. Educational Forum, 68(3), 276-286.
- McCray, C. R., Wright, J. V., & Beachum, F. D. (2004). An analysis of secondary school principals' perceptions of multicultural education. Education, 125(1), 111- 120.
- Allentown Principal Leadership Initiative (APLI), Co-investigator with Dr. George White, $3,000,500.
