Dr. Means is currently working on two projects. First, he is the co-principal investigator on a participatory action research study being funded by the National Science Foundation. The project examines critical factors that support Black students' science degree persistence. Second, he is working on a multi-phase study about postsecondary education access and success for rural Black youth, while examining how racism, spatial inequities, classism, and other forms of oppression hinder their pathways to and through postsecondary education. The study has been supported with funding from the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and the American College Personnel Association: College Student Educators International.