Acknowledgments
Many important people contributed professionally to this research endeavor.
I thank Alicia Merritt from Praeger/ABC-CLIO for contacting me about this
project, and Jessica Gribble for being a great help and encouragement along
the way. I thank our editorial board members for recruiting authors, review-
ing manuscripts, and submitting their own work for this project. The board
members are Harry Dammer, University of Scranton; Michael Hallett, Univer-
sity of North Florida; Byron Johnson, Baylor University; Jodi Lane, University
of Florida; and Todd Matthews, Cabrini College. Thanks to my graduate
research assistant, Illandra Denysschen, for extensive proofreading, locating
resources, and making sure the manuscript format was consistent. Finally,
I thank my amazing administrative assistant, Mrs. Cathy Moseley, for helping
me stay or ga nized and anticipating the time and effort needed to complete this
project.
