Venus E. Evans-Winters is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University. She is also faculty affiliate with Women and Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies. Her research interests are educational policy, qualitative inquiry, and critical race feminism in education.

• Acknowledgements Dedication IntroductionFieldnote 1. A Mosaic of Black FeminismFieldnote 2. Witnesses to the CovenantFieldnote 3. Decolonizing the MindFieldnote 4. Tellin’ Stories: Black Women’s Thumbprints Fieldnote 5. (De)Commodification of the Black Girl Narrative Fieldnote 6. Voice in Re/PresentationFieldnote 7. Writing My Daughter’s BodyFieldnote 8. Unveiling the MaskFieldnote 9. An Inconvenient TruthFieldnote 10. Text Message: A Call and Response Fieldnote 11. Daughtering: Decoding the Covenant

"...in a time where the demands for anti-oppressive and anti-racist research methodologies become ever-more urgent, Evans-Winters’ Black Feminism in Qualitative Inquiry: A Mosaic for Writing Our Daughter’s Body offers a timely critique of the ways in which academia can further center upon and learn from the experiences and expertise of black women scholars." -Chelsea Allen, Columbia School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA

Venus E. Evans-Winters is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University. She is also faculty affiliate with Women and Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies. Her research interests are educational policy, qualitative inquiry, and critical race feminism in education.

• Acknowledgements Dedication IntroductionFieldnote 1. A Mosaic of Black FeminismFieldnote 2. Witnesses to the CovenantFieldnote 3. Decolonizing the MindFieldnote 4. Tellin’ Stories: Black Women’s Thumbprints Fieldnote 5. (De)Commodification of the Black Girl Narrative Fieldnote 6. Voice in Re/PresentationFieldnote 7. Writing My Daughter’s BodyFieldnote 8. Unveiling the MaskFieldnote 9. An Inconvenient TruthFieldnote 10. Text Message: A Call and Response Fieldnote 11. Daughtering: Decoding the Covenant

"...in a time where the demands for anti-oppressive and anti-racist research methodologies become ever-more urgent, Evans-Winters’ Black Feminism in Qualitative Inquiry: A Mosaic for Writing Our Daughter’s Body offers a timely critique of the ways in which academia can further center upon and learn from the experiences and expertise of black women scholars." -Chelsea Allen, Columbia School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA

Venus E. Evans-Winters is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University. She is also faculty affiliate with Women and Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies. Her research interests are educational policy, qualitative inquiry, and critical race feminism in education.

• Acknowledgements Dedication IntroductionFieldnote 1. A Mosaic of Black FeminismFieldnote 2. Witnesses to the CovenantFieldnote 3. Decolonizing the MindFieldnote 4. Tellin’ Stories: Black Women’s Thumbprints Fieldnote 5. (De)Commodification of the Black Girl Narrative Fieldnote 6. Voice in Re/PresentationFieldnote 7. Writing My Daughter’s BodyFieldnote 8. Unveiling the MaskFieldnote 9. An Inconvenient TruthFieldnote 10. Text Message: A Call and Response Fieldnote 11. Daughtering: Decoding the Covenant

"...in a time where the demands for anti-oppressive and anti-racist research methodologies become ever-more urgent, Evans-Winters’ Black Feminism in Qualitative Inquiry: A Mosaic for Writing Our Daughter’s Body offers a timely critique of the ways in which academia can further center upon and learn from the experiences and expertise of black women scholars." -Chelsea Allen, Columbia School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA