Acknowledgements

I am most grateful to a wonderful group of family and colleagues who supported me through this process. Special thanks to Russell A. Davis, Rosemary Gillet-Karam, Michael Parsons, Calvin Woodland, Robin Spaid, Carolyn Anderson, Wilber Hicks, Sean Robinson, and Michelle Harris Bondima, all of whom checked in with me personally to lend insight and support in this process. Thank you as well to my Philadelphia family James Chambliss, Evelyn Spicer Chambliss, Demar Chambliss, and Antoine Bernard. They provided wonderful emotional support through the writing and revisions. I am particularly appreciative to Victoria Wright and Ben Duran who offered technical assistance on this project. Thanks goes as well to Rosalind Raby for introductions to Emerald and to the Emerald colleagues Alexander Wiseman, Sharon Parkinson, Mark Moreau who ushered me to Henry Frierson. Thank you Dr. Frierson for your assistance to bring this to press. I am also appreciative of the conscientious review team who contributed invaluable feedback to the manuscript development. And, thank you to all those who have gone before me, so I may bring such scholarship to enrich the lives of others serving in education.