Annemarie Vaccaro is faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and College Student Personnel Program at the University of Rhode Island.Melissa J. Camba-Kelsay is coordinator for student leadership and instructor in the minor in Leadership Studies in the Center for Student Leadership Development at the University of Rhode Island.

• Table of ContentsSeries ForewordAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Sister Stories: “Not your typical class.Chapter 2: Microaggressions on Campus: “We still have a long way to go.”Chapter 3: What Are Counterspaces and Why Do We Need Them?: “It’s a refuge on campus.”Chapter 4: Student Interactions in a Counterspace: “It’s complicated.”Chapter 5: Silence and Self-Censoring: “Telling my story, or not.”Chapter 6: Learning about Identity: “Who Am I?”Chapter 7: My Body, My Looks: “I’m never gonna look like that.”Chapter 8: Becoming an Inclusive Leader: “Everyone has a voice.”ConclusionAppendixAbout the Authors

Centering Women of Color in Academic Counterspaces gives us what we have craved in academe — the voices, thoughts, and perspectives — of women students of color — ’sisters” — as they make their way through the college curriculum and college itself, finding a unique place to call home.