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Dr. Jean Y. Plaisir is a tenured full professor in the Teacher Education Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York. He teaches course loads in early childhood and childhood education. Professor Plaisir has been involved in national, international, and intercultural research projects focusing on men’s decisions to teach young children. He also has a research focus on the academic achievements of under-represented students in higher education systems. Dr. Plaisir endeavors to use empirical research evidence to gauge policy and inform practice about social justice, equity, and inclusion in educational institutions.

Plaisir, J. Y. & Rohrmann, T. (2023). L’Entrée des hommes dans le secteur de la petite enfance, chance et défis : un aperçu international. In Sophie Devineau (ed), Des hommes dans les métiers de la prime enfance : Une mixité professionnelle contrainte par le genre, pp. 95-110. Collection DySolab : Université de Rouen, Presses Universitaires de Rouen Et Du Havre.

Plaisir, J. Y.; Thordardottir, T.; Xu, Y. (2020). Societal factors impacting men’s turnover in ECEC. In David L. Brody, Kari Emilsen, Tim Rohrmann, Jo Warin (eds), Exploring Career Trajectories in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce: Why They Leave and Why They Stay (pp. 98-110). London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003048473

Emilsen, K.; Plaisir, J. Y. ; Sak, R. ; Eidevald, C. (2020). Why Men Stay. In David L. Brody, Kari Emilsen, Tim Rohrmann, Jo Warin (eds), Exploring Career Trajectories in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce: Why They Leave and Why They Stay (pp. 153-164). London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003048473

Mindi Reich-Shapiro, Kirsten Cole & Jean Yves Plaisir (2020). “I Am the Teacher”: how male educators conceptualize their impact on the early childhood classroom, Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2020.1754310

Plaisir, J. Y., Cole, K., & Reich-Shapiro, M.  (2019). Examining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Impacting Men’s Decisions to Teach Young       Children. Published Research Report: Borough of Manhattan Community College. DOI: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2019/10/BMCCPlaisiretalExecutiveSummary2019.pdf

Cole, K., Plaisir, J.Y., Reich-Shapiro, M., Freitas, A. (2019). Building a Gender-balanced Workforce: Supporting Male Teachers.  Young Children, Vol 74, No 4. DOI: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sept2019/building-gender-balanced-             workforce-supporting-male-teachers

Cole, K., Reich-Shapiro, M., Siganporia, T., Tan de Bibiana, J. & Plaisir, J. (March 2019). ‘Why not become a police officer?’ Challenges in the recruitment and retention of men in early childhood education.          In Rinke, C. & Mawhinney, L., Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and Retention (Vol. 2, Contemporary Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.

Op-Ed

Kirsten Cole, Jean-Yves Plaisir, Mindi Reich-Shapiro. How can we get more men in early childhood education? New York Daily News, January 30, 2020. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-men-early-childhood-education-20200130-rhva6yna5fh3ncj6gwy7lx4szu-story.html