Emerging Voices: Experiences of Underrepresented Asian Americans

Acknowledgments

ix Acknowledgments I am fortunate to have had a great number of individuals standing behind me at every stage of the making of this volume. It would have not been possible without their understanding, cooperation, and steadfast support. The scholars who contributed chapters to the volume were most patient and supportive as I labored to conceptualize the complex experiences of underrepresented Asian Americans. I immensely enjoyed their intellectual energy, ingenuity, and comradeship developed in the process. Kendra Boileau, the editor with Rutgers University Press, has been most enthusiastic toward the project and demonstrated unremitting support and encouragement from the inception to completion of the project. The two anonymous reviewers of the manuscript offered insightful and constructive suggestions and wholeheartedly endorsed the project for publication . Leslie Mitchner, the associate director and editor in chief, and other staff members at the Press have worked with me with great professionalism and efficiency throughout the production process. I also deeply appreciate the judicious copyediting by Robert Burchfield. My husband, Dr. Samiullah, has provided vital technical support and has been a valuable critic of all of my writings. I am very grateful to all of them. Emerging Voices ...