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Editor:
Priscilla Wald, Duke University
Managing Editor:
Emily E. Dings
Senior Editorial Assistant:
Elma Longley
Editorial Assistants:
Clare Callahan
Rebecca Evans
Editorial Board:
Glenda R. Carpio, 2013
Peter Coviello, 2013
Amy Abugo Ongiri, 2013
Kathryn Bond Stockton, 2013
Ed White, 2013
Mary Pat Brady, 2014
Josephine Nock-Hee Park, 2014
Susan Scott Parrish, 2014
Jed Rasula, 2014
Robert Warrior, 2014
Andrew Hoberek, 2015
Stephanie LeMenager, 2015
Marianne Noble, 2015
Sonnet Retman, 2015
Milette Shamir, 2015
Current Calls for Papers:
• Pedagogy: A Critical Practice for the Changing World
• After the Postsecular
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