Recently I wrote a Forward for Dr. Logan’s co-authored book entitled The Handbook of Research on Integrating Social Justice Education in Teacher Preparation. Many aspects of my personal and professional life compelled me to write the Forward for the book.  First and foremost, the co-editors were former faculty members that I hired at the University of Northern Iowa, in which I was the Dean of the College of Education. Dr. Logan was hired because I wanted to make sure that the University was preparing teachers that were culturally competent and confident.  We needed professors who could navigate the complexity of teaching social studies methods courses through a multicultural and social justice lens.  Few assistant professors had such competence, and fewer still had confidence.  I found that Dr. Logan had both competence and confidence.

 Over the years, Dr. Logan enhanced her knowledge base; developed her coaching, teaching, and administrative skills sets; and nuanced her dispositional stances that moved from simply race consciousness to a focus on institutionalized oppression. Through her co-authorship of The Handbook of Research on Integrating Social Justice Education in Teacher Preparation, she has created a treatise of strategies, ideas, theories, and pragmatic advice that is fingertip ready for teacher preparation professionals. As a protégé, I applaud her effort and celebrate her wisdom and expertise.