Bryant Best

Bryant Best is an Assistant Professor of Urban Educational Leadership, Advanced Studies, Leadership & Policy at Morgan State University. One area of Bryant’s research agenda highlights the policies and practices that contribute to the school discipline disproportionality – what some scholars refer to as the “school-to prison pipeline” – with a particular focus on how Black communities utilize their own individual, institutional, and relational assets to disrupt and dismantle the pipeline. A second area of his research agenda considers how video game culture can be used to reimagine Black students’ connections to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) academic content and career preparation. A third, emerging area of research revolves around his role as an Affiliate Faculty member of the School of Social Work’s Center on Urban Violence and Crime Reduction at Morgan State. In this third area, Bryant will explore how colleges and universities can prevent gun violence on their respective campuses as well as other social problems related to violent crime in urban communities. Dr. Bryant Best (morgan.edu)