Anna L. Green is a native of Opelousas, Louisiana. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Xavier University in New Orleans, her M.S. in Educational Psychology from Clark Atlanta University, and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Florida State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University. She is co-editor of Sisters of the Academy: Emergent Black Women Scholars in Higher Education (Stylus Publishing, 2001), and President of the Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Institute --www.sistersoftheacademy.org