Author of DISILLUSIONED: FIVE FAMILIES AND THE UNRAVELING OF AMERICA'S SUBURBS. On sale 1.23.24, preorder at benjaminherold.com. Starred Kirkus review: "A deeply valuable study of the decline of suburbia." Advance praise:- "Breaks open the quiet racial injustice eating away at American suburbs," - NYT bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson- "Honest, nuanced, and searing...DISILLUSIONED is a book educators, parents, school board members, researchers, and anyone concerned with racial equity in America's schools should read." - former U.S. education secretary John B. King, Jr.- "Riveting." - National Book Award winner Imani Perry- "The insights, stories, and people in this book will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.” - Brown University Africana Studies chairperson Noliwe Rooks- "The definitive account of the promises and betrayals of the suburban dream." - Columbia University journalism professor Samuel G. FreedmanAlso: Adjunct professor, Temple University College of Education and Human Development.Prior: Award-winning education reporting for Education Week, NPR, PBS NewsHour, the Hechinger Report, the Huffington Post, WHYY, and the Philadelphia Public School Notebook. Waiter, ed policy researcher, independent documentary filmmaker, training specialist working to prevent sexual and family violence.