(Re) defining queer and trans student retention and “success” at HBCUs with Dr. Steve Mobley Jr.

BIO: Dr. Steve D. Mobley Jr. is an associate professor of higher education and student affairs in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership, and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. His scholarship focuses on the contemporary placement of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Particularly, Dr. Mobley Jr.’s research underscores the understudied facets of HBCU communities including issues surrounding race, social class, and student sexuality. He earned his bachelor’s in communication and culture from Howard University. Upon graduating from Howard, he completed his master’s in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Maryland.

Articles from interview

1. Mobley Jr, S. D., & Johnson, J. M. (2019). No pumps allowed”: The “problem” with gender expression and the Morehouse College “appropriate attire policy. Journal of Homosexuality, 66(7), 867-895.

2. Mobley Jr, S. D., & Hall, L. (2020). (Re) defining queer and trans* student retention and “success” at historically black colleges and universities. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 21(4), 497-519.

3. Nguyen, T. H., Samayoa, A. C., Gasman, M., & Mobley Jr, S. (2018). Challenging respectability: Student health directors providing services to lesbian and gay students at historically Black colleges and universities. Teachers College Record, 120(2), 1-44.

4. Squire, D. D., & Mobley, S. D. (2015). Negotiating race and sexual orientation in the college choice process of Black gay males. The Urban Review, 47(3), 466-491.