Sheneka M. Williams is professor and chairperson of the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. She teaches and conducts research in the areas of educational leadership and policy, with a specific focus on rural education and school desegregation in rural contexts. She is the co-editor of Educational opportunity in rural contexts: The politics of place (Information Age Publishing, 2016). She is also Co-Principal Investigator of a multimillion dollar federal-funded grant that focuses on crafting engaging science education in the rural South.