**About the Editor**

**Carol E. Henderson** (Ph.D.) is the Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, and Advisor to the President at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is Professor Emerita of English and Africana Studies at the University of Delaware. The recipient of several community, professional, and research awards, including the University of Delaware's Excellence in Teaching Award, she has been an educator, teacher, and scholar for over twenty-five years. The author/editor of four books and numerous essays in critical volumes and journals, she has also been Special Issue editor for four journals: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), Middle Atlantic Writers Association (MAWA), the Journal of American Culture (JAC), and Religions. She has a forthcoming article, "All Eyez on Me: On Being Black, Female, and a First-Gen Leader in the Academy" in a Special Issue of Palimpsest on Black women, leadership, and academic service (2021). She is currently working on an article that examines James Baldwin's influence on writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward.
