J. Luke Wood

Jonathan Luke Wood (born February 21, 1982), known professionally as J. Luke Wood, is an American social scientist, best-selling author, and faculty in the field of post-secondary education. He is consistent voice on leadership theory and black male achievement in the American community colleges system. Wood is a tenured faculty member at San Diego State University and Co-Director of the Minority Male Community College Collaborative (M2C3), a national research and practice center that partners with community colleges on issues regarding men of color. M2C3 hosts the National Consortium on College Men of Color (NCCMC), a professional development consortium for member community colleges.
Wood is a co-director of the Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA), a professional development organization that claims to support educational professionals in advancing their capacity to serve historically underrepresented and underserved students. In 2013, Dr. Wood received the Barbara K. Townsend Emerging Scholar Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges.
Wood received a bachelor’s of art (B.A.) in Black History and Politics (2005) and a master's degree in Student Affairs (2007) from California State University, Sacramento. He earned a Ph.D. in 2010 from Arizona State University in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with a concentration in Higher Education. Dr. Wood is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Dr. Wood has delivered over a 120 scholarly professional and conference presentations. His research has been featured by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, New York Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Huffington Post, C-SPAN, and National Press Club. Dr. Wood has authored over 100 publications, including seven co-authored books, six edited books, and more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles. Some of his books include:

• Teaching boys and young men of color: A guidebook
• Teaching men of color in the community college: A guidebook
• Advancing Black male student success from preschool through PhD
• Black men in higher education: A guide to ensuring success
• Ethical leadership and the community colleges: Paradigms, decision-making, and praxis
• Black male collegians: Increasing access, retention, and persistence in higher education
• STEM models of success: Programs, policies, and practices in the community college
• Leadership theory and the community college: Applying theory to practice
• Community colleges and STEM: Examining underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities
• Black men in college: Implications for HBCU’s and beyond
• Black males in post-secondary education: Examining their experiences in diverse institutional contexts
• Community college leadership and administration: Theory, practice and change

• Wood, J. L., & Harris III, F. (2016). Teaching boys and young men of color: A guidebook.  CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• "Teaching Boys and Young Men of Color Guidebook". M2C3. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-06-09. 
• Wood, J. L., Harris III, F., & White, K. (2015). Teaching men of color in the community college: A guidebook.  CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• "Stylus/Stylus Publishing - Advancing Black Male Student Success From Preschool Through Ph.D.". sty.presswarehouse.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "Black Men in Higher Education: A Guide to Ensuring Student Success (Paperback) - Routledge". Routledge.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "IAP / Book / Ethical Leadership and the Community College". www.infoagepub.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "Black Male Collegians: Increasing Access, Retention, and Persistence in Higher Education: ASHE Higher Education Report 40:3". 
• "IAP / Book / STEM Models of Success". www.infoagepub.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "Stylus/Stylus Publishing - Leadership Theory and the Community College: Applying Theory to Practice". sty.presswarehouse.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "Community Colleges and STEM: Examining Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Hardback) - Routledge". Routledge.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "Black Men in College: Implications for HBCUs and Beyond (Paperback) - Routledge". Routledge.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "IAP / Book / Black Males in Postsecondary Education". www.infoagepub.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. 
• "Community College Leadership and Administration". www.peterlang.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28.