the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is co-author of The Canon and the Common Reader (1990) and Maralee Mayberry is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is Project Director for Projects for Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Study and Education and co-author of Home Schooling: Parents as Educator (1995) and EffectiveEducational Environments (1992).