many things on this journey, but I've never doubted that you had my back. Thanks to my amazing committee: I asked each of you to be on my team because you were great scholars and good people, and I knew I'd need both. Bronwyn Williams, thank you for modeling what it means to prioritize people in the work we do. I first accountability for my own listening practices as an MA writing center consultant. Beth Willey, thank you for modeling the daily work of building responsible programs, and for

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... ng to teach me to write shorter sentences. Katrina Powell, thank you for your generative questions and extreme generosity-exemplified by the time you attended my prospectus defense from a Grayhound. Thanks to the women at Americana World Community Center. Without you, this dissertation would not be. Thank you to the staff for a deep example of intentional community care, and for letting me be a partner. Thank you to the women in Mamas Together for sharing pieces of your lives and mothering alongside me. I hope to have honored your wisdom, bravery, and tenacity in these pages. I owe an unexpected and deep debt of gratitude to Dr. Vikas Singh, Dr. Nicolas Ajkay, and the chemo and radiation teams at the Brown Cancer Center, for extending my time with the ones I love and the work I love. A special thanks to the chemo nurses on the v second floor, who let me set up a "writing space" around my infusion chair every week and didn't judge me for napping instead. Thanks to the many women in my "squad." To the "Mama PhDs" who provided solidarity at every stage: Amy McCleese Nichols, Jaclyn Hilberg, Layne Porta, and Rachel Rodriguez. I could not have imagined this road if I were not walking it alongside you. Thanks also to the women who worked, wrote, taught, ranted, commiserated, and celebrated PhD life with me, including Megan Faver Hartline, Michelle Day, and Keri Epps. Finally, a deep and humble thanks to the women who watched my children so that I could work, especially Rebekah Borah, Candice Lofton and Jessica Rodenbaugh. Thanks to my incredible family: my parents, Ellen and Ray Farrow, and my sisters, Jessie Farrow and Shannon McNeely. The deep longing for justice that has surrounded me since childhood made it easy to imagine entering this work. Your love, encouragement, and examples of perseverance keep me in it. To my husband, Ben Boyett, your patience, gentleness, and wisdom are such a ballast in the storm. Thanks for partnering with me in every way. To my sons, Eamon and Rory: you are my greatest adventure. Thanks for sharing me with my laptop, and for reminding me to play. I love you first of all. Finally, thanks be to the Author, Creator, and Sustainer of all things. You raise up the lowly and humble the proud. Thank you for daily humbling and a tiny part in helping others thrive.