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From the Editorial Board: 
 
Many people have worked hard to bring this issue of GPEJ to press. We wish to thank 
all of the authors who submitted papers and all of the reviewers who took precious time 
out of their busy schedules to provide constructive feedback to the authors. We were 
fortunate to have Mariko Eguchi from the University of Shimane in Hamada, Japan, 
serve as our guest editor for this issue. Her expertise and support were invaluable.  
 
We are pleased to announce that, for the first time, this issue of GPEJ includes a 
special section comprised of student essays along with the regular peer-reviewed 
papers. Mariko Eguchi provides an introduction to the special Student Section which 
follows the regular papers. 
 
We sincerely thank all who have served on the editorial and review boards over the past 
two years. Your reviews are essential to maintaining the quality of every issue of GPEJ.  
 
Finally, it saddens us to announce that publication of GPEJ will be suspended for at 
least the next two years. Unfortunately, the current economic climate has resulted in 
significant cut-backs and organizational reprioritization that do not allow for the 
resources required for the review and publication process.  We thank all who have 
supported the journal in the past and we look forward to resuming publication as soon 
as resources allow. 
 
 
 

Editor in Chief 
Marion Eppler 

East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 

 
Guest Editor 
Mariko Eguchi 

University of Shimane 
Hamada, JAPAN 

 
Managing Editor 

Jami Leibowitz 
East Carolina University 

Greenville, NC, USA 
 

Technical Editor 
Biwu Yang 

East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 

 
 

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Associate Editors 
 

Blakely Brooks 
East Carolina University 

Greenville, NC, USA 
 

Heidi Luchsinger 
East Carolina University 

Greenville, NC, USA 
 

Cynthia Deale 
East Carolina University 

Greenville, NC, USA 

Irina Swain 
East Carolina University 

Greenville, NC, USA 
 
 

Review Board 
 

Chris Brighton 
Krosno State College 
Krosno, POLAND 
 
Jessica Chen 
Shandong University 
Shandong, CHINA 
 
Rosina Chia  
East Carolina University  
Greenville, NC, USA  
  
Vivian Covington 
East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 
 
Elizabeth Crawford 
University of North Carolina at 
Wilmington  
Wilmington, NC, USA  
 
Rai d’Honore 
East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 
 
Marion Eppler  
East Carolina University  
Greenville, NC, USA  
 
Marina Falasca 
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional 
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA 
 

Susan Fournier 
Cesar Ritz College 
Le Bouveret, SWITZERLAND 
 
Anna Hammershoey 
University College Northern Denmark 
Aalborg, DENMARK 
 
Anders Justenlund 
University College Northern Denmark 
Aalborg, DENMARK 
 
Jami Leibowitz  
East Carolina University  
Greenville, NC, USA  
  
Laura Levi Altstaedter 
East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 
 
Shu Mou 
Teachers’ College of Beijing Union   
     University 
Beijing, CHINA 
  
Noureddine Mouhadjer  
Université Abou Bekr Belkaid  
Tlemcen, ALGERIA  
  
María Luisa Mu 
Customized Training Services 
Lima, PERU 
 

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Maj-Helen Nyback 
Novia University of Applied Sciences 
Vaasa, FINLAND 
 
Nilüfer Pembecioğlu 
Istanbul University 
Istanbul, TURKEY 
 
Rita Rodabaugh 
East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 
 
Nadya Rudenko 
Ural State Pedagogical University 
Yekaterinburg, RUSSIA 
 
Donald Schoffstall 
Johnson & Wales University 
Charlotte, NC, USA 
 

Sol Sierralta Patron 
Universidad ESAN 
Lima, PERU 
 
John Southworth 
East Carolina University 
Greenville, NC, USA 
 
Kathrin Ullrich 
Universidad Regiomontana 
Monterrey, MEXICO 
 
Sean White  
Ryukoku University  
Kyoto, JAPAN  
  
Vadim Zyubanov  
Tomsk State Pedagogical University  
Tomsk, RUSSIA  
 

 
 

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