Inventing herself: examining the intersectional identities and educational leadership of Black women in the USA

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our sincerest appreciation to Dr. James J. Scheurich, Elsa Gonzalez, and our expert reviewers who shared their time and talent to make this special issue possible. Tondra Loder-Jackson, Gaetane Jean-Marie, Andrea Evans, T. Elon Dancy, Juanita Simmons, Kathryn Bell McKenzie, C. Cryss Brunner, Dana Griffin, Melanie Carter, and Barbara Johnson, we are grateful for your guidance, feedback, and support. We also thank Crystal and Willa Barker for their thoughtful questions, which are included in the introduction to this special issue.

This special issue is dedicated to the memory of Jennifer Lisa Jones, doctoral student in Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. A Black female scholar and leader who kept her eyes on the prize and who never gave up.