Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is a professor and chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wake Forest University. She has written a number of articles and is the author of several books, including the award-winning Black Women, Cultural Images, and Social Policy. She is the co-editor of Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag: Twenty-First-Century Acts of Self-Definition and editor of Lavender Fields: Black Women Experiencing Fear, Agency, and Hope in the Time of COVID-19.