Prof. Juan Battle’s Publications

Applewhite, Sheldon, Fabienne Snowden & Juan Battle. 2023. “Race, Gender, and HIV Testing: A Nationwide Study of the Social Determinants of Black Male and Female Differences in HIV Testing. Journal of Black Studies. Pages 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219347231186806

Snowden, Fabienne & Juan Battle. 2022. Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves: A Nationwide Study of the Social Determinants of Black & Latine Womens’ Differences in HIV Testing. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. 9(1–2):63-89.

Smiley, CalvinJohn, Anthony Browne & Juan Battle. 2022. Latinx Parents, Latinx Students, and In-School Suspension: A Quantitative Study of School Discipline, Journal of Latinos and Education, DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2022.2026223.

Yanay, H., & Battle, J. 2021. Refugee Higher Education & Participatory Action Research Methods: Lessons Learned From the Field. Radical Teacher, 120, 50-60. https://doi.org/10.5195/rt.2021.883 

Zeng, Z. H. Weston, E. R., & Battle, J. 2021. “Relationships between Sports, Physical Activity Participation, and Phys-Ed GPA: Results and Analyses from a National Sample of Asian American Students. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, Vol. 21(3), 1469 – 1478.

Peterson, Robert, Nicole Lucas, Juan Battle. 2021. “Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Black LGBT Sociopolitical Involvement.” Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, 7(2), 1-23.

Gonzalez, L., Chapman, S., & Battle, J. 2020. Mathematics identity and achievement among Black students. School Science and Mathematics, 120, 456– 466. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12436 

Smiley, CalvinJohn, Juan Battle & Shawnda Chapman. 2020. “Married or Divorced?: Outcomes on Black Student Educational Attainment.” The Journal of Negro Education. 89(1): 9-23.

Weston, Eric, Howard Zeng, and Juan Battle. 2020. Physical activity and GPA: Results from a national sample of Black students, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2019.1687387.

Battle, Juan & CalvinJohn Smiley. 2020. Familia y educación: a quantitative assessment of the impact of parental configuration on educational attainment for a national sample of Latinx students.  Race Ethnicity and Education. 23(1): 21-38.

Dancy, Elon, CalvinJohn Smiley, and Juan Battle. 2019. The Enduring Significance of Higher Education for Civic Engagement: The Black LGBT Experience. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. 6(1):1-28.

Harris, Angelique, Juan Battle, and Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr. 2018.  Queer People of Color: Connected But Not Comfortable. Boulder, CO:  Lynne Rienner.

Battle, Juan & CalvinJohn Smiley. 2018. “Familia Y Educación: A Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Parental Configuration on Educational Attainment for a National Sample of Latinx Students.” Race Ethnicity and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2018.1497963.

Peterson, Robert & Juan Battle. 2018. “Conexión a la Comunidad: Latinx LGBT Feelings of Connectedness.”  Women, Gender, and Families of Color. 6(2): 202-225.

Battle, Juan & Anthony P. Browne. 2018. “The Relative Importance of Parental Configuration for Latinx Students’ Educational Attainment.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 40(3):351-368.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0739986318777464.

Battle, Juan, Robert Peterson, Nicole Lucas, and Sheldon Applewhite. 2018. “Their Own Received Them Not: Black LGBT Feelings of Connectedness.” Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. 4(2):45-72.

Anthony P. Browne & Juan Battle.  2018.  “Black Family Structure and Educational Outcomes: The Role of Household Structure and Intersectionality.”  Journal of African American Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-018-9395-7.

Battle, Juan, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, and Angelique Harris. 2017. An Examination of Black LGBT Populations Across the United States. New York: Palgrave.

Battle, Juan, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, and Angelique Harris. 2017. An Examination of Asian and Pacific Islander LGBT Populations Across the United States. New York: Palgrave.

Pastrana, Antonio (Jay), Juan Battle, and Angelique Harris. 2017. An Examination of Latinx LGBT Populations Across the United States. New York: Palgrave.

Battle, Juan. 2017. Mentor Essay: Tenure. In Michelle Harris, et al (Eds.) Stories From the Front of the Room (pp. 89-94). New York: Rowan & Littlefield.

Harris, Angelique, Juan Battle, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr., and Jessie Daniels. 2015. “Feelings of Belonging: An Exploratory Analysis of the Sociopolitical Involvement of Black, Latina, and Asian/Pacific Islander Sexual Minority Women.” Journal of Homosexuality 62(10): 1374-1397.

Wimberly, George & Juan Battle. 2015. Challenges to Doing Research on LGBTQ Issues in Education and Important Research Needs.  In George Wimberly (Ed.) LGBT Issues in Education: Advancing a Research Agenda (pp. 219-236). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.

Battle, Juan, Angelique Harris, Vernisa Donaldson, and Omar Mushtaq. 2015. “Understanding Belonging in the Context of Sociopolitical Involvement among Asian and Pacific Islander American Lesbians and Bisexual women.” Women, Gender, and Families of Color. 3(2):209-226.

Ortiz, Kasim, Dustin Duncan, John Blosnich, Ramzi Salloum, and Juan Battle. 2015  “Smoking Among Sexual Minorities: Are The Racial Differences?” Nicotine & Tobacco Research.  doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv001.

Battle, Juan. 2015. Review of There Goes the Gayborhood, by Amin Ghaziani. Social Forces. doi: 10.1093/sf/sov077.

Battle, Juan, Jessie Daniels, and Antonio (Jay) Pastrana. 2015. Civic Engagement, Religion, and Health: Older Black Lesbians in the Social Justice Sexuality (SJS) Survey. Women, Gender, and Families of Color. 3(1): 19-35.

Battle, Juan & Antonio (Jay) Pastrana. 2015. Disrupting a narrative: Developing a new discourse of empowerment for LGBT people of color. In S.K. White, J.M. White, and K.O. Korgen (Eds.),Sociologists in Action: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class (pp. 113-117). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 

Turner, Carlene Buchanan, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr., and Juan Battle. 2014. From the Perspectives of Black LGBTs in the US: Medical Providers’ Comfort with Patients’ Sexuality. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, 1(1): 45-64.

Battle, Juan & Alfred DeFreece. 2014. The Impact of Community Involvement, Religion, and Spirituality on Happiness and Health Among a National Sample of Black Lesbians.  Women, Gender, and Families of Color, 2(1): 1-31.

McDowell, Deborah, Claudrena Harold, and Juan Battle. 2013. The Punitive Turn: Race, Prisons, Justice, and Inequality. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.

Battle, Juan & Angelique Harris. 2013. Belonging and Acceptance: Examining the Correlates of Sociopolitical Involvement Among Bisexual and Lesbian Latinas. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 25(2), 141-157.

Harris, Angelique and Juan Battle. 2013. “Unpacking Civic Engagement: The Sociopolitical Involvement of Same Gender Loving Black Women.” Journal of Lesbian Studies. 17(2): 195-207.

Battle, Juan, Jessie Daniels, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Carlene Buchanan Turner, and Alexis Espinosa. 2013. “Never Too Old to Feel Good: Happiness and Health Among a National Sample of Older Black Gay Men.” Spectrum: Journal of Black Men. 2(1):1-18.

Harris, Angelique, Juan Battle, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr, and Jessie Daniels. 2013. “Examining the Sociopolitical Involvement of Black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Same Gender Loving Men.” Journal of Men’s Studies. 21(3):236-254.   

Battle, Juan, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr., and Jessie Daniels. 2013. Social Justice Sexuality Survey: The Executive Summary for the Latina/oPopulation. New York, NY.

Battle, Juan, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr., and Jessie Daniels. 2013. Social Justice Sexuality Survey: The Executive Summary for the Asian/Pacific Islander Population. New York, NY.

Battle, Juan. 2012. Review of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, by Victor M. Rios. Contemporary Sociology. 41(4): 514-515.

Buttaro, Anthony and Juan Battle. 2012. “More Than Meets the Eye: An Ecological Perspective on Homophobia within Black America.”  Black Women, Gender, and Families. 6(1): 1-22.

Battle, Juan, Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr., and Jessie Daniels. 2012. Social Justice Sexuality Survey: The Executive Summary for the Black Population. New York, NY.

Battle, Juan and Sandra L. Barnes (editors). 2010. Black Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.

Turner, Carlene Buchanan and Juan Battle. 2010. “Old Enough to Know: The Impact of Health Values on Self-care Among Elderly Black Men and Women. Western Journal of Black Studies. 34(1): 1-12.

Buttaro, Anthony, Jr., Juan Battle, & Antonio (Jay) Pastrana. 2010. “The Aspiration-Attainment Gap: Black Students and Education.”The Journal of Negro Education. 79(4): 488-502.

Asencio, Marysol & Juan Battle (editors). 2010.  Black and Latina Sexualities. Special Issue of Black Women, Gender, and Families. Volume 4, Issue 1.

Asencio, Marysol & Juan Battle. 2010. “Introduction: Special Issue of Black and Latina Sexualities.” Black, Women, Gender, and Families. 4(1):1-7.

Asencio, Marysol & Juan Battle (editors). 2010. Black and Latina/o Sexualities Research. Special Issue of Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Volume 7, Issue 2.

Asencio, Marysol & Juan Battle. 2010. “Introduction: Special Issue of Black and Latina/o Sexualities.” Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 7(2):67-69.

Battle, Juan and Antonio (Jay) Pastrana. 2009. “Preface.” At The Intersection: Race, Sexuality and Gender.  Washington, DC: Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Battle, Juan & Colin Ashley. 2008. “Intersectionality, Heteronormativity and Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Families.” Black Women, Gender, and Families.  2(1): 1-24.

Battle, Juan & Antonio Pastrana. 2008. “Gay Men.” In John Moore’s (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, (pp. 17-19).  Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.

Turner, Robert & Juan Battle. 2008. “Behavior Attitudes.” In William Darity’s International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Edition).  New York: Thomson/Gale.

Battle, Juan & Michael Bennett. 2007. “A Perfect Storm: The Jena Six from a Sociohistorical Perspective.” Footnotes: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association. (December) 35.9.

Durell, Megan, Catherine Chiong and Juan Battle. 2007. “Race, Gender Expectations, and Homophobia: A Quantitative Exploration.” Race, Class & Gender. 14(1-2): 299-317.

Battle, Juan & Anthony Browne. 2007. “Family, Alternative.” In Fedwa Malti-Douglas’s (Ed.)Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender, (pp. 506-511). Detroit: Macmillan Reference.

Battle, Juan and Antonio Pastrana. 2007. “Melting Pot.” In George Ritzer’s Encyclopedia of Sociology (pp. 2944-2946). MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Battle, Juan and Antonio Pastrana. 2007. “The Relative Importance of Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Hispanic and White Students” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 29(1): 35-49.

Battle, Juan and Martha Crum. 2007. “Black LGBs, Health and Identity Development.” In Ilan Meyers & Mary Northridge’s Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, (pp. 320-354). NY: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

 Battle, Juan and Darla Linville. 2006. “Race, Sexuality and Schools: A Quantitative Assessment of Intersectionality.” Race, Gender & Class. 13(3-4): 180-190.

Battle, Juan (Guest Editor). 2006. Race, Class, & Gender – Journal Special Issue on Intersectionality. New Orleans: Southern University at New Orleans & University of New Orleans.

Battle, Juan, Michael Bennett and Anthony Lemelle (Editors). 2006. Free At Last?: Black America in the Twenty-First Century. New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

Battle, Juan, Wanda Alderman-Swain, and Alia Tyner. 2005. “Using an Intersectionality Model to Explain the Educational Outcomes for Black Students in a Variety of Family Configurations.” Race, Class, & Gender. 12(1): 126-151.

Battle, Juan and Natalie Bennett. 2005. “Striving for Place: Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People in History and Society.” In Alton Hornsby (Ed.), A Companion to African American History, (pp. 412-445). MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Battle, Juan and Michael Bennett (Guest Editors). 2004. Journal of African American Studies’ Special Double Issue: Black America in the 21 st Century. New Brunswick: Transaction.

Battle, Juan, Natalie Bennett, & Todd Shaw. 2004. “From the Closet to a Place at the Table: Past, Present, and Future Assessments of Social Science Research on African American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations.” African American Research Perspectives. 10(1):9-26.

Shulte, Lisa and Juan Battle. 2004. “The Relative Importance of Ethnicity and Religion in Predicting Attitudes Towards Gays and Lesbians.” Journal of Homosexuality. 47(2):127-142.

Battle, Juan and Deborah Coates. 2004. “Father-Only and Mother-Only Single Parent Family Status of African American Girls and Achievement in Grade Twelve and at Two-Years Post High School.”Journal of Negro Education, 73(4): 392-407.

Lemelle, Anthony and Juan Battle. 2004. “Black Masculinity Matters in Attitudes Toward Gay Males.” Journal of Homosexuality. 47(1): 39-51.

Attewell, Paul, Belkis Suazo-Garcia and Juan Battle. 2003. “Computers and Young Children: Social Benefit or Social Problem.” Social Forces, 82(1): 277-296.

Cahill, Sean, Juan Battle, and Doug Meyer. 2003. “Partnering, parenting, and policy: Family issues affecting Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.” Race & Society, 6:85-98.

Battle, Juan, Cathy Cohen, Angelique Harris, and Beth Richie. 2003. “We Really Are Family: Embracing our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Family Members.” In a special edition on the Black Family in The State of Black America (pp. 93-106). Washington, DC: National Urban League.

Battle, Juan and Anthony Lemelle. 2002. “Gender Differences in African American Attitudes Toward Gay Males.” Western Journal of Black Studies, 26(3): 134-139.

Battle, Juan. 2002. “Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Achievement Among a Nation-Wide Sample of Hispanic Students in Single- versus Dual-Parent Households.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 24(4): 430-447.

Battle, Juan. 2002. Review of Flore Zephir’s Trends in Ethnic Immigration Among Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants in New York City. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. In American Journal of Sociology, 107(6):1613-1614.

Battle, Juan and Michael Lewis. 2002. “The Increasing Significance of Class: The Relative Effect of Race and Socioeconomic status on Academic Achievement.” Journal of Poverty. 6(2):21-36.

Battle, Juan and Earl Wright, II. 2002. “W.E.B. DuBois’s Talented Tenth: A Quantitative Assessment.” Journal of Black Studies. 32(6):654-672.

Battle, Juan, Cathy Cohen, Dorian Warren, Gerard Fergerson and Suzette Audam. 2002. Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud; Black Pride Survey 2000. New York: The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Kasinitz, Philip, Juan Battle and Ines Miyares. 2001. “Fade to Black?: The Children of West Indian Immigrants in South Florida.” In Ruben Rumbaut and Alejandro Portes (Eds.), Ethnicities: Coming of Age In Immigrant America, (pp. 267 – 300). Russell Sage Foundation and the University of California Press.

Bennett, Michael and Juan Battle. 2001. “We Can See Them, But We Can’t Hear Them: LGBT Members of African American Families.” In Mary Bernstein and Renate Reimann (Eds.), Queer Families, Queer Politics: Challenging Culture and the State, (pp. 53 – 67). New York: Columbia University Press.

Alderman-Swain, Wanda and Juan Battle. 2000. “The Invisible gender: Educational Outcomes for African American Girls in Father-Only versus Mother-Only Households.” Race and Society. 3(2):165-182.

Battle, Juan and Barbara Scott. 2000. “Mother-Only Versus Father-Only Households: Educational Outcomes for African American Males.” Journal of African American Men. 5(2):93-116.

Battle , Juan and Michael Bennett. 2000. “Research on Lesbian and Gay Populations Within the African American Community: What Have We Learned?” African American Research Perspectives. 6(2):35-47.

Attewell, Paul and Juan Battle. 1999. “Home Computers and School Performance.” The Information Society. 15:1-10.

Battle, Juan. 1999. “How the Boyz Really Made It Out of the Hood: Educational Outcomes for African-American Boys in Father-Only versus Mother-Only Households.” Race, Gender & Class. 6(2):130-146.

Battle, Juan . 1998. “What Beats Having Two Parents: Educational Outcomes for African-American Students in Single- versus Dual-Parent Families.” Journal of Black Studies. 28(6):783-801.

McIntyre, Tom and Juan Battle. 1998. “The Traits of ‘Good Teachers’ as Identified by Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.” Behavioral Disorders. 23(2):57-77.

Battle, Juan. 1997. “The Relative Effects of Divorced versus Married Families and Socioeconomic Status in Explaining the Educational Achievement of African-American Middle Grade Students.”Journal of Negro Education. 66(1):29-42.

Battle, Juan . 1997. “Academic Achievement Among Hispanic Students from One-Versus-Dual Parent Households.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 19(2):156-170.

Battle, Juan and Michael Bennett. 1997. “African-American Families and Public Policy: The Legacy of the Moynihan Report.” In Cedric Herring (Ed.), African Americans and the Public Agenda: The Paradoxes of Public Policy, (pp. 150 – 167). CA: Sage Publications.

Battle, Juan. 1995. “The Impact of Divorce on the Academic Achievement of African-American and White Middle Grade Students.” Family Perspectives. 29(1):61-74.

Battle, Juan. 1994. A Nationwide Comparison of African-American and White Eighth Graders’ Academic Achievement, Educational Aspirations, and Current Attitudes Toward Education. Doctoral dissertation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Battle, Juan. 1993. Review of Mezey, Gillian & Michael King’s Male Victims of Sexual Assault. Oxford: Oxford University Press. In Contemporary Psychology. 38:997-998.

Schwartz, Ira, Debbie Willis, and Juan Battle. 1991. Juvenile Arrest, Detention, and Incarceration Trends: 1979-1989. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for the Study of Youth Policy.