Dr. Cheryl Thompson is the author of Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty (Coach House Books) and Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada’s Black Beauty Culture (Wilfrid Laurier University Press). She also writes cultural commentaries for several Canadian news and popular culture sites, including The Conversation, Toronto Star and the Montreal Gazette. In 2021, Thompson was named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. She lives in Toronto.