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Thirty Years

This year, Confluence is publishing it’s thirtieth volume.[1] For thirty years now, we have had the privilege of publishing some truly excellent work—scholarly, creative, and in between—most of which was in some form or fashion produced for, inspired by, or encouraged from within a graduate liberal studies program. And although without such consistent, high-quality submissions there would surely be no Confluence, after thirty years it’s high time we formally acknowledge the individuals and programs who have put in the work and support to create and maintain this excellent publication. I don’t think it’s misguided to say that, even with consistent, high-quality submissions, without the time, work, care, and support of these individuals and programs, the Journal would have perished long ago. I hope that all who follow Confluence and who appreciate graduate liberal studies and the work of the AGLSP will share my immense gratitude for the people and programs listed below.

Past Editors-in-Chief

Paul J. Hintz, Hamline University

R. Barry Levis, Rollins College

Ken Smith, Indiana University South Bend

Gary Swaim, Southern Methodist University

Current and Past Editors, Editorial Board Members, Readers/Reviewers, and Staff

Adele Anderson, SUNY-Empire State College

Ana Thorne, Mount Saint Mary’s University

Anne Keiter, University of Delaware

Barbara MacEachern, Wesleyan University

Brigitte Byrd, Clayton State University

Brock Wynn, University of Oklahoma

Cally Mervine, Harrison College

Carol Rutz, Hamline University

Carole Shaffer-Koros, Kean University

Charles E. Yonkers, Georgetown University

Charles Strain, DePaul University

Charles Sullivan, Southern Methodist University

Charlotte Garrett Currier, Wesleyan University

Chester Gillis, Georgetown University

Christopher Pastore, University of Pennsylvania

Claire Thiebault, Rollins College

Clinton Atchley, Henderson State University

Darren Middleton, Texas Christian University

David Gentry-Akin, St. Mary’s College of California

David James, Indiana University South Bend

Deborah Keenan, Hamline University

Dennis Staffne

Donald Sloan, Coastal University

Frederick J. Ruf, Georgetown University

Hadley Jerman, University of Oklahoma

Harry Straight, Rollins College

Hayden McNeil, Dartmouth College

James Bunting, Duke University

James P. Pappas, University of Oklahoma

Janet Pope, Hiram College

Jeanne Foster, St. Mary's College of California

Jeffrey Hayes, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Jennifer Wooliscroft, Simmons College

Jeroen Pinckaers, San Diego State University

Jerry Jerman, University of Oklahoma

Jim Bunting, Duke University

John Childrey, Florida Atlantic University

John S. McClenahen, Georgetown University

Joseph Chaney, Indiana University South Bend

Judy Gilats, Hamline University

Julie Fox-Horton, East Tennessee State University

June Sturrock, Simon Fraser University

Karen R. Wright, Indiana University South Bend

Kelsey Botkin

Kent Wicker, Duke University

Kim Raptis, Rice University

Krista Bailey, Indiana University South Bend

Larry Sutin, Hamline University

Lauren Park, University of Oklahoma

Leslie Ross, Dominican University of California

M. David Arant, University of Memphis

Marcus G. Johnston, Independent Poet

Marialana L. Weitzel, Duke University

Marie Tedesco, East Tennessee State University

Martha Banz, University of Oklahoma

MaryJane Treacy, Simmons College

Megan Sagowitz, University of Oklahoma

Michael Garval, North Carolina State University

Michael Snyder, Indiana University South Bend

Naomi Miner, Hamline University

Naomi Starosta, University of Denver

Natalya Barker, Duke University

Neal Miller, Hamline University

Omar Swartz, University of Colorado–Denver

Phyllis Guest, Southern Methodist University

Raymond Callahan, University of Delaware

Rebecca Sharp, Rice University

Robert Cannon, University of North Carolina–Greensboro

Robert Christopher, Ramapo College

Rosemary Adams, DePaul University

Shirley Horbatt, Kean University

Stephen Kitzis, Fort Hays State University

Steven Vogel, Duke University

Susan Thurston Hamerski, Hamline University

Tara Kee, University of Delaware

Thomas M. Rivers, University of Southern Indiana

Timothy Crusius, Southern Methodist University

Tom Cook, Rollins College

Toni Easterson, Wesleyan University

Valerie Nielsen Williams, Indiana University South Bend

William Eaton, Zeteo

William Van Saun, Wesleyan University

Current and Past Institutional Sponsors

Arizona State University

Dartmouth College

DePaul University

Dominican University of California

Drew University

Duke University

Excelsior College

Fort Hays State University

Georgetown University

Hamline University

Hollins University

Houston Baptist University

Indiana University South Bend

Johns Hopkins University

Kean University

Loyola University Maryland

Marshall University Graduate College

Mary Washington College

Mount Saint Mary’s University

North Carolina State University

Northern Kentucky University

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Reed College

Regents College

Rice University

Rollins College

San Diego State University

Simon Fraser University

Skidmore College

Southern Methodist University

St. Mary’s College of California

St. Norbert College

Stanford University

SUNY Empire State College

Texas Christian University

University of Central Florida

University of Dallas

University of Delaware

University of Detroit Mercy

University of Memphis

University of Miami

University of Minnesota

University of North Carolina–Asheville

University of North Carolina–Greensboro

University of Oklahoma

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern Indiana

University of St. Thomas

University of Texas at Austin

University of Toledo

Vanderbilt University

Villanova University

Wake Forest University

Wesleyan University

Winthrop University

Current and Past Individual Sponsors

Anne Armstrong, Washington, DC

Charles O’Connor, Washington, DC

Dawn Carpenter, Washington, DC

Errol Payne, Diamond Bar, CA

Hussain Al-Ismail, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Jennifer Coleman, Tucson, AZ

John Huie, Asheville, NC

Kari Thyne, Tampa, FL

Kristina Kwacz, Stuyvesant, NY

Marian Cuevas, San Diego, CA

Michelle Jones, Durham, NC

Rachel Carter, Baltimore, MD

Rebecca Sharp, Houston, TX

Susan Callahan, Salem, OR

Tara Kee, Wilmington, DE

William Nericcio, San Diego, CA

[1] The first few volumes were published as VoicePrint, but the title of the Journal was soon changed to The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies. That title stood through Volume XI; Volume XII was the first volume under the title Confluence.

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