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Current Advisory Board, H-AMSTDY:
Sarah Chinn, Trinity College<sarah.chinn@MAIL.TRINCOLL.EDU>
Jeff Finlay, University of Maryland, University College<jfinlay@UMUC.EDU>
Steve Fountain, UC Davis<smfountain@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Ellen Garvey, New Jersey City University <ellengarvey@earthlink.net>
Jennifer Goloboy, Harvard<goloboy@FAS.HARVARD.EDU>
Ian Gordon, National University of Singapore <ascilg@NUS.EDU.SG>
Leon Jackson, English Department, University of South Carolina
<jacksol@gwm.sc.edu>
Andrew Jenkins, Texas A&M University<a-jenkins@neo.tamu.edu>
Kim Myung Ja, Catholic University of Korea<mjkim@WWW.CUK.AC.KR>
Kevin R. McNamara, University of Houston, Clear Lake
<mcnamara@UHCL4.CL.UH.EDU>
Heather Neilson, Australian Defence Force
Academy<h-neilson@POP.ITSC.ADFA.EDU.AU>
David Phillips, Wesleyan University <dphillips@mail.wesleyan.edu>
Mary Rizzo, University of Minnesota<rizz0015@TC.UMN.EDU>
Mary Sies, University of Maryland-College Park <Mary_C_SIES@UMAIL.UMD.EDU>
Chris Suggs, John Jay College of CUNY <jcsjj@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Thomas Thurston, Teachers College, Columbia University
<thurston@ILT.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Jaap Verheul, University of Utrecht, Netherlands <jaap.verheul@LET.UU.NL>
Jim Zwick, Boondocksnet.com<jim@BOONDOCKSNET.COM>
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