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It is an exciting and challenging time for the field of Feminist Studies. While Feminist Studies and feminism, more generally, have been the target of backlash and ridicule by right‐wing critics (Leach 2020; Kano 2011; Oakley and Mitchell 1997; Silva and Mendes 2015), feminism has also broadened its influence from women's movement activism and scholarship to broader social justice movements and has entered mainstream celebrity culture and everyday discourse (Kemp 2017). Feminist Studies faculty are training a new generation of scholars and activists who are committed to intersectional and transnational praxis. Feminist pedagogues in all academic settings are transforming educational contexts for students around the world. This edited collection provides historical perspectives, cutting edge scholarship, and contemporary debates in the field for those engaged in this important educational and activist role. Our hope is that this volume becomes a resource for students, faculty, and activists who are dedicated to social justice and critical engagements which challenge inequalities and oppression in everyday life and help build toward a just and peaceful future. It is also important to acknowledge the gaps in what we are able to cover in this volume and encourage greater dialogue and more sustained attention to the work produced in sites farther removed from the hegemonic Western and Northern social and geographic context that, despite our efforts in the chapters to follow, is still underrepresented.