Few Black men become school psychologists. Here's why that matters
Psychologists play a critical role in K-12 schools, but there's a clear mismatch between the demographics of school psychologists and the student populations they serve.
Black men in the U.S. are more likely to be professional football players than public school psychologists.
It's a startling statistic. But for Chase McCullum, a Black man who became a school psychologist over a decade ago, it's just reality.
"Education is not a field that I think a lot of people from my background would typically pursue," he says.
Growing up in southern Mississippi during the '90s, McCullum planned on becoming a lawyer.
"I didn't even know what a school psychologist was."
But when he learned about the profession â through an internet search as a college student at the University of
