Scientific Research

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Our Scientific Research is essential to understanding the attitudes and behaviors that have already helped the many highly successful African Americans reach their goals. The African American Success Foundation is building upon the science of African American success by studying the secrets of success for these individuals, and by encouraging others to do the same.

Key Benefits

	Nothing predicts future success better than past success. Understand what already works well so that you can replicate this success in the future.
	Draft policy and design service programs based upon knowledge of what works well and with whom.
	Obtain answers to your questions from individuals who are living success. This will help you to establish reference points of success, competence and high expectations, not deficit, dysfunction, and failure.

Check out our Scientific Reports

AASF SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH ACHIEVERS
Title		Researcher
1	"The Identification of Factors that Facilitate Academic Success of Students from African Descent in American Schools, Colleges and Other Institutions of Higher Education"	Luretha Lucky, Ed.D.
2	Academic Success: From Welfare to Professional Careers	Reva Thomas, M.S.
3	Tomorrow's Forecast: Future Orientation As A Protective Factor Among Low-Income African American Adolescents	Zena Mello, M.S.
4	Organized Group Mentoring & Achievement: A Study of High Achieving Black Adults	Diann Cameron Kelly, Ph.D.
5	Effective Schools, Effective Students - Breeding Animosity: The "Burden of Acting White" and Other Problems of Status Group Hierarchies in Schools	William "Sandy" Darity, Ph.D.
6	Chronicles of Success: Black College Students Achieving in Mathematics and Engineering	Ebony McGee
7	*Parenting Practices Among Parents/Guardians of Academically Successful Fifth Grade African American Children in High Povery Communities*	Cirecie West-Olatunji, Ph.D.
8	A Study of Academically High Achieving, Economically Challenged African American Young Men	John Young

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If you are a graduate student or professional interested in studying African Americans who are excelling academically, look for the

Lydia Donaldson Tutt-Jones Memorial Research Grant