thanks much, ananda, and thank you, everyone, for being here. i see colleagues and former students and neighbors and friends and children that belong me. so it's really fun to have of you here in one room. i as ananda mentioned i'm currently an associate professor in at the university of wisconsin, where i teach courses on education policy and, politics and my research over the last 15 years i've looked at how school district leaders have responded to increasing and inequality in their schools, and this work has culminated in the book that we're talking about today, suddenly diverse. the root of this project was my dissertation at uc berkeley in my concern for racial equity in education in and a question about why people who profess to believe in equity then act in ways that undermine that purported conviction. perhaps this wasn't available. i come from a black a chinese-american family where education civil rights and urban development were regular topics in car rides and dinner time conversation. i began thinking about equity in schooling. whe

thanks much, ananda, and thank you, everyone, for being here. i see colleagues and former students and neighbors and friends and children that belong me. so it's really fun to have of you here in one room. i as ananda mentioned i'm currently an associate professor in at the university of wisconsin, where i teach courses on education policy and, politics and my research over the last 15 years i've looked at how school district leaders have responded to increasing and inequality in their schools, and this work has culminated in the book that we're talking about today, suddenly diverse. the root of this project was my dissertation at uc berkeley in my concern for racial equity in education in and a question about why people who profess to believe in equity then act in ways that undermine that purported conviction. perhaps this wasn't available. i come from a black a chinese-american family where education civil rights and urban development were regular topics in car rides and dinner time conversation. i began thinking about equity in schooling. whe