Joseph R. Jones, PhD, is Professor of Education and Department Head at Valdosta State University, USA. He received the 2017 Stonewall Service Award from the Conference of College Composition and Communication and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Grounded in the philosophical frameworks of Michel Foucault, his research examines the ways in which systemic ideologies and institutional structures produce, normalize, and perpetuate educational inequities.