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Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
is a highly acclaimed lecturer, speaker, consultant, trainer, educator and author. His past academic appointments include lecturing professor at UNCC, Chair of the Psychology Department at Livingstone College, Affiliate Professor, and Visiting Professor. He is also the Co-Founder and President of the Educational Research Group. Dr. Pinckney conducts many workshops every year, presenting topics to include mental health, substance abuse, life skills development, and effective communication strategies. He also conducts and moderates focus groups with teenagers and adults. He also served as a NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative and a former member of the NCAA Division II Legislative Committee. Dr. Pinckney is an NCAA FARA Fellow and has worked extensively to improve the academic success rates of African American student-athletes and to increase the awareness of mental health within athletics. He is currently the President of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Faculty Athletic Representative Association. Dr. Pinckney is the author of two books: FROM SLAVE SHIPS TO SCHOLARSHIPS “The Plight of the Black Athlete”. Dr. Pinckney contextualizes this work within the historical legacy of U.S. slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and contradictions of Civil Rights integration. Interweaving history, sociology, and current affairs, he shows the continuity of past material conditions in the present, with emphasis on the inequities that arose from racial, psychological, power, and wealth disparities in the sports business. He devotes special attention to the slaves and life on southern plantations and explores the changing social attitudes and the sociocultural factors associated with sporting competition. From Slave Ships To Scholarships: The Plight Of The African American Athlete is a “must read” for all ethnic groups. Dr. Pinckney wryly noted, “Five hundred years ago, our African ancestors were running from the slave catcher and slave ships to avoid slavery; however, today the descendants of slaves are still running but in a different direction. In the ten-chapter book, he examines the plantation effect on the sports business, the challenges, and possibilities for black athletes in intercollegiate sports, relationships between coaches and athletes of color, and the influence of gender and sexuality in the experience of black athletes. Dr. Pinckney’s second book “The Globalization of Hip Hop Culture” examines how hip-hop music, fashion, and art have transcended geographical boundaries and influenced cultures worldwide. They often discuss themes such as cultural appropriation, authenticity, and the commercialization of hip-hop. This book was published by Cognella Publishing as a textbook for UNCC. This book addresses the significance of hip-hop culture dominance around the world. The book explores the psychological functioning of people around the globe who value and represent this vast culture we call hip-hop. To Dr. Pinckney’s credit, he has also been the recipient of a Washington Center Fellow with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) FAR Fellow. The NCAA FAR Fellows was created by Former NCAA President Myles Brand and is built based on the AP Fellows program.
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