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ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This volume would not have been possible without the support and contributions of the Ford Foundation and many exceptional individuals. The first person I would like to thank is Barbara Klugman from the Ford Foundation, who advocated strongly for the development and financial support of this project. Her steadfast belief in the need for more research, scholarship, and policy-driven projects on race, ethnicity, and sexuality was a significant catalyst for this work. I am very grateful to Dorinda Welle from the Ford Foundation, who continued the commitment to the project, as the program officer, and facilitated our abilities to pursue this work in creative ways. She has continuously been available to assist in strengthening this initiative. I am grateful to both of these women for their dedication and support as well as to the Ford Foundation for its commitment to prioritize issues of race, ethnicity, and sexuality. The success of this project is due in large part to the engaged efforts of its advisory and editorial board: Tomás Almaguer (San Francisco State University, Calif.), George Ayala (AIDS Project Los Angeles–The David Geffen Center, Calif.), Héctor Carrillo (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.), Carlos Decena (Rutgers University, N.J.), Jessica Gonzalez (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, New York City), Gloria González-López (University of Texas at Austin), Pablo Mitchell (Oberlin College, Ohio), Monica Rodriguez (Sex Information and Education Council of the United States [SIECUS], New York City), Salvador VidalOrtiz (American University, Washington, D.C.), and Patricia Zavella (University of California–Santa Cruz). I would like also to thank Angela Hooton for her service to the board. The assistance of these individuals in mapping the major areas of the field and their willingness to provide guidance on all the issues that arose during the course of the project created a strong bond among the board members. Their collegiality set the tone for the entire project, including the work with the authors in this volume, who for the last two years have been working diligently to address their areas of expertise. They did so with grace and generosity. In addition to all the contributions by the board and other authors of this collection , many academics and experts in the field provided helpful feedback: Frances Aparicio, Elizabeth Bernstein, Paisley Currah, Raquel Donoso, Pamela Erickson, Robert T. Francoeur, Deena Gonzalez, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Matthew Gutmann, Eithne Luibhéid, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Tooru Nemoto, Martin Nesvig, Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, Mark Padilla, Richard Parker, Emma Pérez, Horacio Roque Ramírez, Jesus Ramirez, Xaé Reyes, Paula Rodriguez-Rust, Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui, Deborah Tolman, Carole Vance, and María Cecilia Zea. Although all the final decisions were outside their control, I thank them for all their hard work and thoughtful insights. I would also like to thank Mary Burke, Marisol Garcia, and Susy J. Zepeda, who as graduate students did literature searches to assist the board in evaluating particular areas of research. This project could not have been accomplished without its core staff. Anne Theriault, the administrative assistant on the project, was an integral part of the process. She provided the management and organization that permitted us to collaborate with a significant number of scholars and researchers in the field. She also provided insightful feedback to improve our work as well as doing all the paperwork necessary to keep the project moving forward. Another person who was integral to the project was Katie Acosta. As the research assistant, she operated more as a colleague than as an assistant. Our coauthoring of the introduction to the volume reflects our collaboration at all levels. She is an emerging scholar in the field who has much to offer to its future development. The Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (IPRLS) at the University of Connecticut, under the auspices of the Office of Multicultural and International Affairs (OMIA), housed this project. Dr. Ronald Taylor and Dr. Cathleen Love, as the vice provost and associate vice provost, enthusiastically supported the project from its inception. Dr. Guillermo Irizarry, the director of IPRLS, provided additional resources as well as encouragement and commitment to the field of Latina/o sexualities. In addition, several members of OMIA and the Office of Sponsored Research provided their active support to the project who deserve special thanks, in particular, Giselle Russo, Matt Cahill, Gianfranco Barbato, and Barbara Jolley. I am grateful to the faculty of IPRLS who accommodated...

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