Amy E. Traver is a professor of sociology at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. Her research interests include student success in community colleges, as well as intersections of agriculture, adoption, race/ethnicity, religion, and gender in American family life. Traver has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and coedited three scholarly volumes on teaching/learning in the community college. Her research was recently recognized by a 2019–2020 Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship.