Kevin L. Clay, Ph.D

Political Education

Community-Based Black Education

Social Class

Political Economy

Clay, K. L. and Broege, N. (2021). Searching for Amistad in two districts: A case study of Black history curriculum implementation in New Jersey. Educational Administration Quarterly.

Clay, K. L. and Turner, D.* (2021). “Maybe you should try it this way instead:” Youth activism amid managerialist subterfuge. American Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831221993476 Clay,

K. L. and Rubin, B. C. (2020). “I look deep into this stuff because it’s a part of me:” Toward a critically relevant civics education. Theory and Research in Social Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2019.1680466

Clay, K. L. (2019). “Despite the odds:” Unpacking the politics of black resilience neoliberalism. American Educational Research Journal, 56(1), 75 – 110. DOI: 10.3102/0002831218790214.

Williams, K., Burt, B.A., Clay, K. L., and Bridges, B. (2019). Stories untold: Counter-narratives to anti- blackness and deficit-oriented discourse concerning HBCUs. American Educational Research Journal. DOI: 10.3102/0002831218802776.

VCU Humanities Research Center Residential Fellowship – $3,500 “I Guess This is Activism?”: Youth Politicization and Free-Market Common Sense.

Charles P. Ruch Award for Excellence in Teaching, VCU School of Education

National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship – $27,500 United

Negro College Fund, Frederick D. Patterson Research Fellowship