Theodore Ransaw PhD

Theodore S. Ransaw, Ph.D., is an Outreach Specialist for the Office of K-12 Outreach in the College of Education, Core Faculty Member of African and African American Studies, and Affiliated Faculty, Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, focusing on multicultural and international education, his M.A. in communication studies focusing on cultural communication, and his B.A. in communication studies with a cognate in crisis communication at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Ransaw is also a certified education coach and a cognitive-behavioral therapist practitioner. He has three interrelated research streams, what fathers do to help their children in school, Black male achievement, and how students identify as readers. Dr. Ransaw is a co-editor of The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health, an author and co-editor of The Handbook of Research on Black males, and senior editor for the book series International Race and Education published by Michigan State University Press, as well as the author of The Art of Being Cool: The pursuit of Black Masculinity. Ransaw is the former Michigan achievement gap specialist for males of color and a former director of a Black male mentorship program for at-risk youth.