Willi Coleman is the former Vice Provost of Multicultural Affairs, Associate Professor of History and Director of U.S Ethnic Studies at the University of Vermont. Her research area is early African American women's history and her essays and poetry have appeared in academic and popular publications. Her current research interest include 19th century African American Women as global travelers and the Black presence in Mexico. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Irvine and has delivered papers throughout the U.S. as well as in Germany, France, England and Argentina. Dr. Coleman's most recent publication is "'Like Hot Lead to Pour on the Americans...' Sarah Parker Remond From Salem, Massachusetts, to the British Isles" in K.K. Sklar & J.B. Stewart, Women's Rights and Transatlantic Antislavery in the Era of Emancipation (Yale University Press, 2007). She is a proud founding member of the Association of Black Women Historians.