Editor 

Gerald E. Hills Bradley University 
 

Associate Editor  
 Bruce H. Kemelgor University of Louisville 
 Eugene Fregetto University of Illinois at Chicago  

 

Editorial Assistant 
Elizabeth Knapinski Bradley University 

 

Editorial Review Board 
 Semra Ascigil Middle East Technical University 
 Joe R. Bell University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
 David Brennan University of St. Thomas 
 Shawn Carraher Indiana Wesleyan University 
 Eugene Fregetto University of Illinois at Chicago 
 Joseph Geiger University of Idaho 
 Armand Gilinsky Sonoma State University 
 Michael L. Harris East Carolina University 
 David Lyn Hoffman Metropolitan State College of Denver 
 Jeffrey Hornsby Kansas State University 
 Cathleen (Folker) Leitch Wilfrid Laurier University  
 Robert Lussier Springfield College 
 Matthew R. Marvel Western Kentucky University 
 Brian McKenzie California State University, East Bay 
 Thaddeus McEwen North Carolina A&T State University 
 Abbas Nadim University of New Haven 
 John E. Prescott University of Pittsburgh 
 Neal Pruchansky Keene State College 
 Jeff Shields University of Southern Maine  
 Leo Simpson Seattle University 
 Matthew C. Sonfield Hofstra University 
 Harriet Stephenson Seattle University 
 Jude Valdez University of Texas at San Antonio 
 Dianne H.B. Welsh  

    Michael Goldsby 
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro  

  
 

 
 

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 Special thanks to Elizabeth Knapinski for her high quality editorial work and her commitment 
and devotion to creating a great product. Thanks also to James Foley and Jennie Hale that, through their 
excellent leadership, have ensured a high quality publication.  
  
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