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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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Appalachian State University
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Chardon State University
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Copy Editor: Jean M.E. Bonde

Editorial Board
Robert S. Bednarz, Texas A&M University
Cynthia J. Berlin, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse
John Fraser Hart, Univ. of Minnesota
Neal G. Lineback, Appalachian State University
Robert W. McColl, Univ. of Kansas
Darrel Napton, South Dakota State University
Kendra McSweeny, The Ohio State University
Dean G. Wilder, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Everett A. Wingert, Univ of Hawaii
Wendy Wolford, Univ. of North Carolina
James E. Young, Appalachian State University

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