Introduction : women researchers of color : have we come a long way?11Women of color and research : a historical and contemporary context72Making intellectual space : self-determination and indigenous research213Reflections on the process of becoming an academician494Language, literacy, and culture : intersections and implications615The outsider within multicultural education : understanding the field from a marginalized viewpoint876Seeing with the cultural eye : different perspectives of African American teachers and researchers1037Response to papers on from center to margin : the importance of self-definition in research1198Making the familiar strange : inclusion, exclusion, and erasure : summarizing the philosophies of women researchers of color123