Crystal R. Chambers is Professor of Educational Leadership at East Carolina University, USA, where she was the recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2018. Her areas of expertise focus on issues of race and gender in higher education and include college choice, faculty advancement, and doctoral education.  Loni Crumb is Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education Program at East Carolina University, USA, and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her research interests include counseling in rural areas, rural education, promoting retention and persistence of underserved students in higher education, and college student mental health.

• Chapter 1. Passport with No Access: The Habitus and Cultural Capital Influences of Rural, African American and Low Socioeconomic Status Students’ College Aspirations; Cara M. Gafford Chapter 2. Black, Gifted, and Living in the ‘Country’: Searching for Equity and Excellence in Rural Gifted Education Programs; Joy Lawson Davis, Donna Y. Ford, James L. Moore III, Erinn Fears Floyd Chapter 3. Black Males in Rural Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities; Erik M. Hines, James L. Moore. III, Renae D. Mayes, Paul C. Harris, Paul Singleton, II, Christian M. Hines, Chris J. Harried, Bobbi-Jo Wathen Chapter 4. #BlackGirlMagic: The (Mis)education of Gifted Black Girls from Economically Disadvantaged, Rural Communities; Raven K. Cokley, Loni Crumb Chapter 5. The Privileged Rural: The College Experiences of Rural African Americans; Jamon Flowers Chapter 6. Rural Pathways to Higher Education: The Role of Mathematics Achievement and Self-Efficacy for Black Students; Crystal R. Chambers Chapter 7. Rural, Black, and Distant: Building Relationships to Foster Higher Education Access; Jason Combs, Michelle L. Boettcher, Amber Lange, Sara Hanks Chapter 8. The Culturally Relevant Classroom Management (CRCM) Competence of Novice Teachers; Tremaine R. Young, Crystal R. Chambers Chapter 9. Advancing Rural Administrators and Teacher Leaders: Educational Opportunity in the Alabama Black Belt; Tricia J. Stewart, Nicole DeRonck Chapter 10. Outsiders Within: Critical Perspectives of Black/African American Women Teaching Multicultural Counseling in Rural Appalachia; Adrienne Erby, Dominque S. Hammonds

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Crystal R. Chambers is Professor of Educational Leadership at East Carolina University, USA, where she was the recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2018. Her areas of expertise focus on issues of race and gender in higher education and include college choice, faculty advancement, and doctoral education.  Loni Crumb is Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education Program at East Carolina University, USA, and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her research interests include counseling in rural areas, rural education, promoting retention and persistence of underserved students in higher education, and college student mental health.

• Chapter 1. Passport with No Access: The Habitus and Cultural Capital Influences of Rural, African American and Low Socioeconomic Status Students’ College Aspirations; Cara M. Gafford Chapter 2. Black, Gifted, and Living in the ‘Country’: Searching for Equity and Excellence in Rural Gifted Education Programs; Joy Lawson Davis, Donna Y. Ford, James L. Moore III, Erinn Fears Floyd Chapter 3. Black Males in Rural Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities; Erik M. Hines, James L. Moore. III, Renae D. Mayes, Paul C. Harris, Paul Singleton, II, Christian M. Hines, Chris J. Harried, Bobbi-Jo Wathen Chapter 4. #BlackGirlMagic: The (Mis)education of Gifted Black Girls from Economically Disadvantaged, Rural Communities; Raven K. Cokley, Loni Crumb Chapter 5. The Privileged Rural: The College Experiences of Rural African Americans; Jamon Flowers Chapter 6. Rural Pathways to Higher Education: The Role of Mathematics Achievement and Self-Efficacy for Black Students; Crystal R. Chambers Chapter 7. Rural, Black, and Distant: Building Relationships to Foster Higher Education Access; Jason Combs, Michelle L. Boettcher, Amber Lange, Sara Hanks Chapter 8. The Culturally Relevant Classroom Management (CRCM) Competence of Novice Teachers; Tremaine R. Young, Crystal R. Chambers Chapter 9. Advancing Rural Administrators and Teacher Leaders: Educational Opportunity in the Alabama Black Belt; Tricia J. Stewart, Nicole DeRonck Chapter 10. Outsiders Within: Critical Perspectives of Black/African American Women Teaching Multicultural Counseling in Rural Appalachia; Adrienne Erby, Dominque S. Hammonds

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Crystal R. Chambers is Professor of Educational Leadership at East Carolina University, USA, where she was the recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2018. Her areas of expertise focus on issues of race and gender in higher education and include college choice, faculty advancement, and doctoral education.  Loni Crumb is Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education Program at East Carolina University, USA, and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her research interests include counseling in rural areas, rural education, promoting retention and persistence of underserved students in higher education, and college student mental health.

• Chapter 1. Passport with No Access: The Habitus and Cultural Capital Influences of Rural, African American and Low Socioeconomic Status Students’ College Aspirations; Cara M. Gafford Chapter 2. Black, Gifted, and Living in the ‘Country’: Searching for Equity and Excellence in Rural Gifted Education Programs; Joy Lawson Davis, Donna Y. Ford, James L. Moore III, Erinn Fears Floyd Chapter 3. Black Males in Rural Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities; Erik M. Hines, James L. Moore. III, Renae D. Mayes, Paul C. Harris, Paul Singleton, II, Christian M. Hines, Chris J. Harried, Bobbi-Jo Wathen Chapter 4. #BlackGirlMagic: The (Mis)education of Gifted Black Girls from Economically Disadvantaged, Rural Communities; Raven K. Cokley, Loni Crumb Chapter 5. The Privileged Rural: The College Experiences of Rural African Americans; Jamon Flowers Chapter 6. Rural Pathways to Higher Education: The Role of Mathematics Achievement and Self-Efficacy for Black Students; Crystal R. Chambers Chapter 7. Rural, Black, and Distant: Building Relationships to Foster Higher Education Access; Jason Combs, Michelle L. Boettcher, Amber Lange, Sara Hanks Chapter 8. The Culturally Relevant Classroom Management (CRCM) Competence of Novice Teachers; Tremaine R. Young, Crystal R. Chambers Chapter 9. Advancing Rural Administrators and Teacher Leaders: Educational Opportunity in the Alabama Black Belt; Tricia J. Stewart, Nicole DeRonck Chapter 10. Outsiders Within: Critical Perspectives of Black/African American Women Teaching Multicultural Counseling in Rural Appalachia; Adrienne Erby, Dominque S. Hammonds

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