Lisa Bass is an assistant professor of education at North Carolina State University. Dr. Bass received her PhD in educational leadership and policy studies and comparative and international education from The Pennsylvania State University. Her work focuses on education reform, with an emphasis on the ethics of caring and equitable education for all students. Dr. Bass has published articles in education journals, and co-authored a book, Building Bridges from High Poverty Communities, to Schools, to Productive Citizenship: A Holistic Approach to Addressing Poverty through Exceptional Educational Leadership (Peter Lang, 2013).

Contents: Vanessa Siddle Walker: Foreword - Lisa R. Bass: Introduction - Black Masculine Caring in Schooling - Lisa R. Bass: Black Masculine Caring in Educational Leadership: Introducing a Masculine-Centered Care Framework - Mark A. Gooden/Daniel D. Spikes: The Risks of Cultivating Care in an Urban High School: Exploring a Black High School Principal's Experience and His Castigation - Julia Camille Ransom/ James Earl Davis: Who Cares? The Ethic of Care for Black Boys in School - Floyd D. Beachum and Carlos R. McCray: Unmasking Leadership: African American Male Scholars' Reflections on Critique, Justice, and Caring - Vonzell Agosto/Roderick Jones: Masking Mentorship: Critical (Race) Care among Black Males in Special Education - Black Masculine Caring: In Fatherhood, Spirituality, and Historical Traditions - Ty-Ron M. O. Douglas: Black Fathers as Curriculum: Adopting Sons and Advancing Progressive-Regressive Black Masculinity - Paul F. Bitting: African American Men of Faith Care: The Intersection of Religion, Gender, and the Ethic of Care - Robert A. Horne: Spirituality and Religion: The Foundation for Caring African American Males' Identity - Amber Jones: Manhood Development and Sustainable Institutional Care: John Hope at Morehouse College - Lisa R. Bass: Honoring a Pedagogy of Caring for Black Males - Brian Freeland: A Reflective Essay on B(eing)-FREE: Lesson Learned from Gramp toward Transforming Mass Media Problems into Sustainable Solutions for Black Urban Youth.