Description: Draws on and centers oral histories with Black women college graduates to demonstrate the role of community in fostering their success in and beyond education.
Brief description: Rachelle Winkle-Wagner is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the coauthor (with Angela M. Locks) of Diversity and Inclusion on Campus: Supporting Students of Color in College, and the author of The Unchosen We: Black Women and Identity in Higher Education, among other books.
Review Quotes:
"The Chosen We takes care to center Black women's voices in telling their stories. Building on her earlier book, The Unchosen Me, Winkle-Wagner highlights the empowering nature of collectivity, nuances our understanding of Black collegiate women's contexts, and shows how these contexts impact Black women's health." -- Felecia Commodore, coauthor of Black Women College Students: A Guide to Student Success in Higher Education