Risk, Reproduction, and Narratives of Experience

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Lauren Fordyce and Amínata Maraesa would like to thank all the contributors to this volume for their hard work and patience in seeing this text from the planning stages through to its completion. We are very grateful to Carole Browner, who generously agreed to write the Foreword to this text, sent us helpful feedback in the editing process, and provided valuable mentorship to young reproductive scholars, including us, over the years. Special thanks to Rayna Rapp, who wrote the Afterword; contributed her editorial expertise to earlier stages of Amínata’s, Becca’s, and Alyshia’s writing; and has been an active supporter of this project since its inception. We are very thankful and grateful for the amazing experience and support we have had at Vanderbilt University Press. Michael Ames has been helpful and encouraging throughout the process, from seeing first drafts of chapters through imagining the finished product. Ed Huddleston was very patient and helpful through our numerous and specific e-mails about copyediting questions. We would also like to thank Rachel Chapman and an anonymous reviewer, whose incisive comments and feedback were instrumental in shaping this volume into its final form. Finally, Lauren and Amínata would like to acknowledge that we serendipitously met to turn this project into a fruitful and inspiring partnership—one that will be long lasting and that we anticipate will produce many more collaborative ventures. xiii ...