This article is a review of current research on Black women preservice teachers (BWPSTs) in the United States. This review explores teacher education literature, focusing on how Black women have been characterized. In particular, this review found that BWPSTs have occupied an absent presence in teacher education literature by often being present…

Reflective of the systemic nature of oppression and discrimination, inequities are long-standing and pervasive in education. To address these concerns, justice-oriented policymakers, education practitioners, advocates, and researchers seek to identify and dismantle systemic inequities through formal and informal mechanisms. One formal channel to…