Who Is Here to Help Me? The Work-Related Social Networks of Staff of Color in Two Mid-Sized Districts Travis J. Bristol University of California, Berkeley Matthew Shirrell George Washington University Despite the benefits of educators of color to various outcomes for students of color, large-scale research has not explored these educators’ on-the-job inter- actions with colleagues outside of large urban districts. Using social network analysis, this study examined the work-related social interactions of staff (teachers and administrators) of color in two mid-sized school districts. Where staff of color were likely the only faculty members of color—and where math professional development and curricular change were district- wide foci—staff of color were less likely to seek out colleagues for math advice. Staff of color were generally not sought for advice any more or less than White colleagues. Implications for policy and practice related to staff of color are discussed. KEYWORDS: staff of color, social networks, social isolation, mathematics T he declining percentages of Black and Latinx educators in U.S. public schools are an increasing source of concern for researchers, policy- makers, and educational practitioners (Carver-Thomas, 2018). One reason for this concern is that teachers and administrators of color can have positive impacts on students of color by serving as role models to these students TRAVIS J. BRISTOL is an assistant professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720; e-mail: tjbristol@berkeley.edu. His research agenda is centered on three interrelated strands: (a) district and school- based practices that support teachers of color; (b) national, state, and local education policies that enable and constrain the workplace experiences and retention for teach- ers of color; and (c) the intersection of race and gender in schools. MATTHEW SHIRRELL is an assistant professor of educational leadership and administra- tion at the George Washington University. His research focuses on the social and organizational characteristics of schools and school systems and their impacts on teacher learning, improvement, and retention. American Educational Research Journal Month XXXX, Vol. XX, No. X, pp. 1–31 DOI: 10.3102/0002831218804806 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions Ó 2018 AERA. http://aerj.aera.net