Contributing Authors
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Sandra L. Barnes is a joint-appointed professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development and the School of Divinity at Vanderbilt University. Her research areas include sociology of religion, urban sociology, statistics and methodology, and African American studies. In addition to her book on urban poverty, The Costs of Being Poor, she has published articles on inequality and religion in Social Forces, the Journal of African American Studies, Social Problems, and the Journal of Poverty.
Mae C. Henderson is a postdoctoral fellow with the School of Social Work at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her areas of interest include sociology of family and motherhood; race, class and gender; social inequality/social justice; Black women and feminism; and qualitative research methods. Her current research focus is constructions and ideologies of motherhood and mother-child separation.
Mark C. Hopson is an assistant professor of communication at George Mason University. His main areas of expertise include critical intercultural communication; the rhetoric of race, culture, and gender; and the communication of violence-prevention education. Currently, he is writing a book on Black communication and coediting a book on Black masculinity.
Catherine Packer-Williams is an assistant professor of counselor education in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of South Carolina. She earned her doctoral degree in counseling psychology from the University of Georgia. Her current research areas include multicultural counseling competency and education.
Gaynell Marie Simpson is an assistant professor and gerontology coordinator in the Department of Social Work at Morgan State University. Her current research agenda includes multiple caregiving roles, social supports, and coping and health behavior of urban African American females. She has presented her work at several [End Page 112] regional, national, and international conferences and published in several journals, including Journal of Black Studies, Journal of Human Behavior and Social Environment, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, and African American Research Perspectives.
Jeannette Walley-Jean is a professor of psychology at Clayton State University. Her area of research investigates women's use and experience of violence in their relationships, especially African American college women's interpersonal aggression.
Rhonda Wells-Wilbon is an associate professor and director of the Masters of Social Work Program in the Department of Social Work at Morgan State University. Her research interests include African-centered social work practice models, Black families, spirituality, school social work, and popular youth culture. Her first book, The Healing Power of the Circle: A Collection of Spiritual Awakenings, is available from Asili Consultants. [End Page 113]
