This volume addresses the question, What does it mean to be a TESOL professional of color? Thirteen narratives by TESOL professionals of color are prefaced by an introduction and overview of critical race theory, narrative inquiry, and educational resear

Contents: Preface. A. Curtis, A Brief Introduction to Critical Theory, Narrative Inquiry, and Educational Research. A. Curtis, Dark Matter: Teaching and Learning Between Black and White. S. Nero, An Exceptional Voice: Working as a TESOL Professional of Color. D. Fujimoto, Stores Through Perceptual Frames. C. Chacon, My Journal Into Racial Awareness. A. Lin, From Learning English in a Colony to Working as a Woman TESOL Professional of Color. S. Wong, Perpetual Foreigners: Can an American Be an American? C. Islam, Becoming an English Native: An English TESOL Professional of Color's Experience. M. Stephan, Musings of a Black ESL Instructor. G.T. Sachs, The World Away From Home. A. Govardhan, Teaching English and Ethnic Origin. M. Romney, Not a Real American: Experiences of a Reluctant Ambassador. S. Motha, Out of the Safety Zone. A. Mahboob, Confessions of an enraced TESOL professional. M. Romney, Conclusion.