Research and activism around Black girls and Black girlhood are carving an evolving field¿Black Girlhood Studies. This body of work has contributed to knowledge about the complexities of Black girlhood and has offered interventions to safeguard Black girls during this sacred but vulnerable period of life.Much of this work is performed by Black women. Recognizing the connection between the political and the personal, this edited collection, Ourselves in Our Work: Black Women Scholars of Black Girlhood, turns the focus from the girls to the women who study them to illuminate how they situate themselves in their work with Black girls. Contributors use tools such as autoethnography, scholarly personal narrative, autobiography, or memoir, to share experiences, perspectives, and embodied knowledge derived from their collaborations with Black girls.This book includes work from 15 scholars of Black girlhood over 13 chapters.

Acknowledgments - Toni Denese Sturdivant/Altheria Caldera: Introduction Ourselves in Our Work:Black Women Scholars of Black Girlhood Darlene Anita Scott: To See and Be Seen:Living and Loving the Complexities of Black Girlhood Loren S. Cahill/Noor Jones-Bey: The Project of Black Girlhood: Reimagining Interconnectivity and Indivisibility between Black Women and Girls - Imani S. R. Minor: Positioned to Listen - Stephanie Power-Carter: Seeing through Silence:The Memory of We Charlene M. Brown: Setting the Trend:What Black Girls Taught Me about Showing Up and Dancing with Complexity Janine Jones: Revelations:What I've Learned from Black Girls Lateasha Meyers: The Road So Far:My Unlearning and Relearning about Black Girls in Educational Spaces Danielle K. Wright/Rashida Govan: But Some of Us Are Brave:Exploring How Black Girlhood Origin Stories Shape Sister Scholarship Misha N. Inniss-Thompson: (Re)membering Black Girlhood:My Journey to Working with and for Black Girls Tamika Gafford-Carter: Why I Do This Work:"I Was Built for This" Taryrn T. C. Brown: Defining Ourselves, for Ourselves:The Embodiment of Critical Mentoring Pedagogy as Praxis in Black Girlhood Studies Nisaa Kirtman/Kimberly Bryant: Continuing the Work of Black Girlhood Studies:Culturally Centered Program Development and Evaluation Janelle Grant: Into the Future:Researcher's Role in Black Girlhood Methodology Notes on Contributors - Index.