Publications

white educator's guide to equity (2023)

Authored by Jeramy Wallace and Jeremiah Sims, this book is the second book in the Peter Lang series titled, Educational Equity in Community Colleges, which centers theory and practice in enacting educational equity, and, ultimately, educational justice at the administrative, institutional/programmatic, governance, and pedagogical levels of community colleges and other institutions of higher learning.
To guide, in verb form, is defined as the act of “showing or indicating the way to; directing or having an influence on the course of an action.” Sims and Wallace's goal is to present a cogent and compelling argument that rests on a kind of justice-centered, syllogistic reasoning. Our primary premise is this: we have to do something different if we hope to positively impact poor ethnoracially minoritized students of color (PERMSC); and we have to do it starting right now. If we stand pat, if we remain on the fence, PERMSC will continue to suffer, disproportionately, and they will continue to, disproportionately, fall short of reaching their fullest potential due to macrostructural/institutionalized bulwarks of inequity that have become institutionalized on our campuses.

minding the obligation gap
(2020)

Sims, along with a cross-representational group of community college practitioners, work to catalyze conversations and eventually practices that attend to the most pressing equity gaps in and on our campuses. This book offers both theory and practice in reforming community colleges so that they function as disruptive technologies. Equity-centered community colleges hold the potential to call out, impede, and even disrupt institutionalized polices, pedagogies, and practices that negatively impact poor, ethno-racially minoritized students of color. If you and your college are interested in striving for educational equity, campus-wide, please join us in this ongoing conversation on how to work for equity for all of the students that we serve.

"This book will serve as a guide and invaluable resource to educators at community colleges who seek to create pipelines to opportunity for students who have historically been under-served and poorly served by these institutions. With a keen understanding of the obstacles many students face, the authors draw upon their knowledge and experience to show how barriers that presently limit access to education can be disrupted and knocked down. Inspiring and engaging, this book is a must-read for educators who truly seek to make a difference."
Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA

revolutionary stem education (2018)

Sims’ lived experiences as an inner-city, low-income black male are interspersed throughout Revolutionary STEM Education. However, the heartbeat of this book is undoubtedly the stories of the positive transformation that the MAN UP scholars experienced while becoming more competent in STEM, developing positive STEM identities, and learning to use their STEM knowledge for social justice.

“At this particular historical moment, when the national security state has forced humanity to claw its way out of the structurally generated vaults of inhumanity, Jeremiah J. Sims has penned a book that addresses one of the key features of this inhumanity, the vicious attacks on black males in a country that has fallen prey to new species of racism against people of color. Calling for a dramatic shift in STEM pedagogy for black males that combines critical-reality pedagogy, critical race theory, and innovations that cut across the field of urban education, Sims cultivates a pathfinding approach to social justice. Join his paradigm-shifting revolution by reading this book.”
―Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, Donna Ford Attallah College of Education, Chapman University; Author of Pedagogy of Insurrection

engineering equity (2016)

A critical pedagogical approach to language and curriculum change for African American males in STEM. In Curriculum Change in Language and STEM Subjects as a Right in Education.