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Mica Pollock, an anthropologist of education, studies how youth and adults struggle daily to discuss and address issues of racial difference, discrimination, and fairness in school and community settings. Her first book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School explores the question: when it is helpful, and when is it harmful, to talk about racial patterns in schools? Her new book, Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools, builds on her experience working in the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, where she investigated and

Alexandra Freidus is a doctoral candidate in Urban Education at New York University. Her research uses qualitative methods to explore how community stakeholders conceptualize student diversity, how school and district administrators enact educational policy, and how these local contexts relate to schools’ central work—teaching and learning. Alex’s work is informed by more than 15 years of professional experience teaching high school social studies and leading professional development in K–12 schools.

Delvin Davis (he/him) is a senior policy analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center. While at SPLC, he has conducted research to promote progressive public policy in the area of criminal legal reform. His most recent work includes the five-part series Only Young Once, which details the dynamics of youth incarceration in the Deep South. Delvin earned both his B.A. in Public Policy Analysis and M.A. in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.