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Heather Tirado Gilligan is a writer and former academic. She holds a doctorate in English and has taught in Black Studies and Women’s Studies programs.
Nikki Jones, Ph.D., is an advanced assistant professor at the University of California. Jones’ book on girls and inner city violence, Between Good and Ghetto, is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press in 2009.
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