rkansas nglish Fall/Winter 2014/2015 News from the University of Arkansas Department of EnglishE FulbrightA College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty News New Faces Geffrey Davis Toni Jensen We are happy to have The Department of Eng- Geffrey Davis as a new Assistant lish welcomes Toni Jensen as an Professor in Creative Writing at Assistant Professor of Creative the University of Arkansas. Davis Writing here at the University of moved to Northwest Arkansas Arkansas. Jensen hails from Exira, when his wife, Lissette Szwydky, Iowa, a small town in the South- received her position in the Eng- ern part of the state. She received lish department last year, and upon her undergraduate and master’s finishing his graduate work, Davis degrees from the University of was able to join us in the Creative South Dakota at Vermillion and Writing and Translation program. her Ph.D. in Creative Writing and “I feel that it’s an exciting time to Native American Literature from be here at the University of Ar- Texas Tech University. The Fall kansas,” Davis says, “especially to 2014 semester was her first at the be in Fulbright College and to be University of Arkansas; she and working with the English De- Geffrey Davis her family moved from Pennsylva- partment’s Programs in Creative nia to Arkansas shortly before the Writing and Translation. I feel beginning of the semester. surrounded by colleagues who are Jensen’s work and research enthusiastic about what’s around interests have been heavily influ- the academic corner.” enced both by her family back- Davis, who is originally ground—Métis on her father’s from Tacoma, Washington, did side and Irish Catholic on her his graduate work at Penn State mother’s—and the places she has University, where he was en- lived. Her collection of linked rolled in a dual-track MA/Ph.D. stories, From the Hilltop: Stories, program. Throughout that pro- follows two Native families in two gram, Davis participated in poetry fictional towns: one in Minnesota, writing workshops and was soon based on Jensen’s hometown in approached by a professor of Iowa, and one in West Texas, simi- creative writing who urged him to lar to the area in which she did her make his poetry a priority. Davis graduate work. Her motivation Toni Jensen Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2

333 Kimpel Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701 tel (479) 575-4301 fax (479) 575-5919 email: [email protected] Faculty News (Geffrey Davis, cont.) then became simultaneously enrolled in the MFA and Ph.D. program. In 2012, he received his MFA in poetry, and in 2014, he received his Ph.D. in Literary Criticism, focusing on 20th and 21st Century American Poetics, specifically about the intersection between creative and critical writing. Davis’s poetry has been featured in The Academy of American Poets, The Feminist Wire, Poem-of-the- Week, and Verse Daily, as well as in Crazyhorse, Green Mountains Review, The Greensboro Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Massachusetts Review, Mississippi Review, Nimrod International Journal, [PANK], and Sycamore Review, among other places. His first book,Revising the Storm, received the A. Poulin, Jr., Poetry Prize in 2013. According to Davis, “at the core of the book is a desire to question difficult relationships, to find language that salvages experiences that felt flat or singular in their emotional charge…experiences of trauma, loss, regret, or frustration, and to try to interrogate the singularity of those memories, events, and relationships and push them to be something more.” He is currently working on a collaborative chapbook with California poet Doug Brown. The chapbook, which is scheduled for publication this year, focuses on themes of fatherhood and masculinity. While completing his graduate work, Davis taught a variety of college-level courses in composition, lit- erature, and creative writing. He has a particular fondness for introductory composition classes because he feels that these courses “set a standard for students’ critical inquiry that will ripple throughout their whole education.” Of course, he also enjoys teaching poetry courses and has enjoyed teaching a graduate-level poetry workshop at the University of Arkansas in the Fall 2014 semester. Of teaching poetry, Davis says, “I consider writing and teaching the writing of creative writing very important critical work, as poetry contributes to the languages and forms we have available for navigating the conditions of being human—which include joy and fear and trauma and survival and celebration, et cetera.” Continued on Page 3

(Toni Jensen, cont.) for this collection came from “trying to explore place and the lives of native people who didn’t live on reser- vations or in big urban Indian centers…that was my experience living in rural Iowa, we were the only Native family there.” Jensen’s work has also been featured in the Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2007; Best of the West: Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri, 2011; Denver Quarterly; and Iron Horse Literary Review, among others. Her story “At the Powwow Hotel” won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction in 2006. She is currently working on a collection of interconnected stories about the neighborhood of Lubbock, Texas, and a nonfiction piece about the Indian Division of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a topic on which there is rela- tively little scholarship. Jensen has been teaching at the college level for 11 years now, having held positions in both community colleges and universities, including Chatham University in Pittsburgh, the University of Central Florida, and, most recently, Penn State University. She has taught primarily creative writing courses but also enjoys teaching courses in Native American literature. Her favorite course to teach is the advanced undergraduate fiction work- shop, in which she feels she “gets a chance as a professor to shape students’ interests a little bit and introduce them to experimental literature that they’ve never read before.” Jensen now teaches both undergraduate and graduate fiction writing classes at the University of Arkansas. Since moving to Fayetteville with her husband, seven-year-old daughter, “rotten little dog named Bear,” and two fish, Jensen has enjoyed the number of outdoor activities that Fayetteville has to offer. Her husband, Don, enjoys the bike trails and disc golf course, and her daughter, Eva, enjoys school and playing at Wilson Park. So far, the family enjoys Northwest Arkansas, though Jensen does admit that she is looking forward to a little less humidity in the cooler months!

2 Faculty News (Geffrey Davis, cont.) Because of his wife’s appointment as Faculty in Residence, Davis is in the rather unusual position of liv- ing on the University of Arkansas campus. He and Szwydky are able to interact with a much wider population of students, and they also work with Resident Assistants on campus. Their young son, Carlos, has also enjoyed this opportunity; he’s gained a few extra tee-ball teammates and has no problem telling college students when they’re out too late! Davis enjoys living in Fayetteville and “the rich creative writing community that exists even outside the university.” Davis also enjoys fly-fishing, boxing, and spending time with his family.

Padma Viswanathan New Faces Kay Yandell The Department of English In the fall of last year, we is happy to have Padma Viswana- welcomed Dr. Kay Yandell to our than as an Assistant Professor of department as Assistant Professor Creative Writing. She had previ- of English. Coming to the Uni- ously been teaching at the Univer- versity of Arkansas was actually sity of Arkansas for four years as a homecoming for Yandell, who a visiting professor, so we are glad was born and raised in Fayette- to have her taking on a bigger role ville. Yandell’s family has lived in within our Creative Writing pro- Northwest Arkansas since the early gram. nineteenth century, and she says A native of Edmonton, that she has always felt that this is Alberta, Viswanathan graduated the place she belongs. This is her from the University of Alberta and second year back in Fayetteville, received her MA from the Writ- and she says, “I wake up every day ing Seminars at Johns Hopkins grateful that I have finally returned University. In 2006, she received Padma Viswanathan home.” her MFA from the University of Yandell graduated Magna Arizona. Her debut novel, The Toss Cum Laude from the UofA in of a Lemon, was a finalist for the the nineties, then traveled the Commonwealth (Regional) First world and lived in various coun- Book Prize, the Amazon.ca First tries before returning to the US Novel Prize, and the Pen Center to pursue a PhD in Literature at USA Fiction Prize. Her second Cornell University in New York. novel, The Ever After of Ashwin After completing her PhD in 2004, Rao, was published earlier this she worked at the University of year. Set in 2004, 20 years after Wisconsin-Madison and began the bombing of an Air India flight her “decade long quest toward a to Vancouver, her novel centers faculty position in the University around Ashwin Rao, an Indian psy- of Arkansas English Department.” chologist trained in Canada. The She is especially grateful to her novel begins with the character, colleagues in the department and but Viswanathan notes that “pretty department chair Dorothy Stephens much every South Asian Canadian Padma’s first novel for making it possible for her to Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4

3 Faculty News (Padma Viswanathan, cont.) is only one degree of separation from somebody who lost their whole family in that bombing,” so it was a very influential event in her life and community. She is currently working on a nonfiction book. In addition to teaching at the University of Arkansas, Viswanathan has taught for Stanford Continu- ing Education, Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth, and the University of Arizona during her MFA. This fall at the University of Arkansas, Viswanathan is teaching two graduate courses: the Craft of Fiction (Short Story) and a course she originally designed for undergrads, Literary Non-Realisms. In the spring, Viswanthan will be teaching a pilot course that received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant and will explore the concepts of morality as represented in literature. “My proposal was to investigate whether good books can make better people,” Viswanathan says of the course; “I found that many of the undergrads ask this very good question, which is what’s the moral attachment to the stories we’re reading….Writers are often too attached to a position of moral neutrality when it comes to literature, and yet this is a very fundamental question.” In her course, she hopes her students will have a chance to explore this question fully. When not writing or teaching, Viswanathan enjoys “the high density of cool, nice people in Fayetteville. It’s so easy to meet people who are genuinely nice, to have real conversations, not just small-talk conversa- tions.” She did not know what to expect when she moved from Montreal to Northwest Arkansas, but she has been impressed by how culturally rich the area is. A lifelong dancer, she has even begun taking classes in Afri- can dance, a form of dance that she hoped to continue after she moved from Montreal. Viswanathan lives in Fayetteville with her husband, poet and translator Geoffrey Brock, and their two

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(Kay Yandell, cont.) return to live and research in the Fayetteville community. This fall semester at the university, Yandell has been teaching Colonial and Early Romantic American Literature and Early American Short Story. In the spring, she will be teaching American Indian Autobiography and Ozarkanas Regional Literature. In addition to teaching, Yandell is currently working on revising a book about the ways that new nineteenth-century telecommunication practices changed the plots and visions of community that arise within American literature. After the completion of that project, Yandell intends to create a scholarly edition of Ella Cheever Thayer’s out-of-print novel Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes, originally published in the 1870s. The novel tells the story of two nineteenth-century telegraph operators who fall in love online and eventually wed. Yandell finds the novel particularly engaging since it “tells a sort of story that we might assume doesn’t arise until the advent of the internet, but which in fact occurred at least as soon as telegraphers started talking to each other in Morse Code during their off hour.” She hopes to reintroduce this fascinating novel to the reading public. Yandell returned to Fayetteville with her husband, Sean Teuton, who also teaches in the department, and three “energetic children to keep [her] busy when [she’s] not on campus.” She says that since her children are young, “I often participate in such off-campus activities as teaching someone to read, playing hide-and-seek, making dinner, or talking to my husband as we watch children play.” As a returning Fayetteville native, Yan- dell’s favorite thing about Fayetteville is running into people whom she has known all her life but hasn’t seen in years. She also enjoys the familiar sights of the Uof A campus, where she can see her own mother’s name in the sidewalk, and seeing both her former professors and new colleagues. “ I feel very lucky to work with the sorts of colleagues and students whom I encounter here,” Yandell says.

4 Faculty News (Padma Viswanathan, cont.) children. With two such creative people as parents, it is no surprise that both children have taken interest in reading and writing. Viswanathan has begun holding advanced creative writing classes for each child’s grade to continue to encourage this creative thinking. As a family, they enjoy cycling and playing whiffle ball and Fris- bee with their neighbors.

Sean Teuton New Faces Dr. Sean Kicummah Teuton munities sought to adapt western joined our faculty last year, and institutions and values in order to we’re happy to be able to feature be viewed as sovereigns in the eyes him in this edition of the newslet- of the United States and thus to re- ter. Teuton serves as an Associate main in their ancestral homelands.” Professor of English and Indig- In July 2015, his contribution to enous Studies and came to the Oxford’s Very Short Introduction University to help establish the series, American Indian Literature: Indigenous studies program. Of A Very Short Introduction, will this exciting new program, Teuton be published. He has also writ- says, “The U of A is brimming ten pieces about the Indigenous with scholarly and student interest American novel for The Oxford in Indigenous life and art, and the Handbook of Indigenous American administration wishes to serve and Literature, The Oxford History of magnify that spirit of discovery. the Novel in English, and The Cam-

The program will promote intel- Sean Teuton bridge History of the American lectual and cultural exchange with Novel. the sizeable Indigenous communi- he will also be offering a course Teuton lives in Fayetteville ties in and near the university.” He in Native American Literature and with his wife, Kay Yandell, who also notes that his move to Fayette- Culture that focuses specifically also teaches in the department, and ville last year marked “a return to on indigenous populations and the their three children. my roots in the Cherokee Nation, environment. located just fifty miles away.” In addition to these topics, Teuton was born in Comp- Teuton’s research interests include ton, California; like many Okla- North American Indigenous litera- homa residents, his grandparents ture, Cherokee studies, and global left to work in California during Indigenous literature. His more World War II. Teuton completed recent research has focused on In- his Master’s in Literature at San digenous social movements, eman- Francisco State University and cipatory teaching and Indigenous received his Ph.D. from Cornell men’s confinement, and disability University in 2002. This fall at the in Indigenous communities. His U of A, Teuton has taught courses current project is a “monograph to in Native American Literature and explore a nineteenth-century Indig- Indigenous Literature of the South- enous social movement set in the ern United States. In the spring, southeast, when Indigenous com-

5 Faculty News Spotlight on Teaching Service-learning is a the Veteran’s Health Care System method of teaching and learning of the Ozarks, 7Hills Homeless that integrates hands-on learning Center, the Elizabeth Richardson into a course, and students work Center, and Life Styles. with community partners to ben- Seth Bartholomew, a stu- efit the common good and engage dent from the course, said, “This in purposeful reflection activities course addresses medicine in a that link the service to academic way that provides real insight into and civic learning goals. Dr. Casey what it is like to be a physician. Kayser began work at the U of A From the literature, we were able as a Visiting Assistant Professor to learn from distinguished and of English in Fall 2012 to develop renowned physicians what they and pilot a service-learning Medi- believe it means to be a physician cal Humanities course for junior and what they think about their and senior pre-medical students. career choice. From the shadowing, Kayser, who finished her PhD in we are able to apply and connect Student shadowing a doctor English at Louisiana State Univer- with the principles and ideas that sity (LSU) in 2010, served as the ally-competent medical care. we learn in the classroom.” H. Eustis Reily Service-Learning The course has evolved Through course discussion Graduate Assistant in the Cen- from physician-shadowing in its and reflection and writing activi- ter for Community Engagement, first year to the current model in ties, Kayser leads students towards Learning, and Leadership at LSU. which students complete medical- making connections between The course uses an interdis- ly-relevant service work in addition course concepts and their shadow- ciplinary approach, as the field of to shadowing local physicians. In ing and service experiences. One medical humanities acknowledges Fall 2013, Kayser connected the student shadowing a pediatrician the ways in which the humanities, service-learning model to the One was better able to understand Wil- the arts, and the social sciences Book One Community (OBOC) liam Carlos Williams’ short story, contribute to medical education and selection, Pete Earley’s Crazy: A “The Use of Force.” After observ- knowledge. The course combines Father’s Search Through America’s ing her doctor deal with stubborn literary and critical texts that attend Mental Health Madness. Students adolescents offering monosyllabic to the social rather than the techni- read this text, attended OBOC answers while playing on their cal aspects of medicine, focusing programming, completed service cellphones, the theme of the story on such topics as the human condi- work connected to the mental connected for her. Students placed tion, personal dignity, social re- health theme and reflected on is- at the Veteran’s Hospital for their sponsibility, cultural diversity and sues surrounding mental health and service make connections between the history of medicine. Through its effect on individuals, families veterans and conversations in class readings, class discussion, writ- and communities. Even without the about Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel ing activities and first-hand ob- connection to the OBOC program, Ceremony which deals with post- servation in hospitals and clinics, many of the partnerships forged traumatic stress disorder. students practice critical analysis that Fall have continued into the One physician partner, Dr. and reflection to instill in them a Spring 2014 iteration of the course. Debbie Deere, who specializes in commitment to compassionate, In addition to local physicians and family practice, also emphasizes community-responsive and cultur- health clinics, students work with Continued on Page 7

6 Faculty News (Spotlight on Teaching, cont.) the importance of the course: “I wish this course had been offered when I was a student, and I know many physicians who would’ve benefitted from such an experience. The exposure to these lessons early and in a safe, academic environment helps a physician more gracefully navigate the topics when confronted by them in the field.” Kayser said, “Though I have always been passionate about undergraduate education, teaching this course is especially rewarding because its content is so directly applicable to my students’ future careers. Prac- ticing good medicine requires more than scientific knowledge. Knowing that I have the ability to influence the philosophies and expand the knowledge base of future physicians is both humbling and gratifying.”

Writer’s Spotlight The Scotiabank Giller Prize, one of Canada’s most pres- tigious literary awards, has recog- nized Assistant Professor of Fiction Padma Viswanathan for her latest novel, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao. Padma was one of twelve Canadian authors in the running for the $100,000 prize. This year, it awarded $100,000 to a winner and $10,000 each to four finalists, one being Padma. She says of the experience, “I would have thought I would feel more disappointed on not winning, Padma Viswanathan but the winning book is excellent, one. Founded in 1994, the Scotia- ulty member this fall. The Ever After and its writer, Sean Michaels, be- bank Giller Prize recognizes excel- of Ashwin Rao, her second novel, came a friend through our various lence in Canadian fiction. This follows an Indian psychologist as events together, so I found myself year’s prize jury celebrated “writ- he investigates the fatal bombing of just feeling very happy for him. ers brave enough to change public an Air India plane from Vancouver, Also, the whole experience turned discourse, generous with their twenty years after its fateful flight. out to be a lot of fun and the ‘con- empathy, offering deeply immer- His intent is to create a “study of solation prizes’ are substantial: the sive experiences. Some delve into comparative grief,” but his interest is $10,000 and a whack of extra pub- the sack of memory and retrieve more emotionally complex than he licity (my book just went into a 3rd the wisdom we need for our times, would lead his subjects to believe. printing in Canada). Now, though, others turn the unfamiliar beloved. The novel has been garnering praise I’m very contented to be back in All are literary achievements we since its release earlier this year. my normal life: writing, teaching feel will touch and even transform Padma’s first novel,The Toss of a and hanging out with my kids.” you.” Lemon, was published in 2008 to Although her work was not Padma joined the U of A critical acclaim. chosen, the honor of being consid- Program in Creative Writing and ered for the prize is a substantial Translation as a tenure-track fac-

7 News From Around the Department From Medieval and Renaissance Studies

The newest program in our department is the interdisciplinary Medieval and Renaissance Studies Track (MRST), with Professor William Quinn and Assistant Professor Joshua Byron Smith teaching and advising. This past year has been academically vigorous. Four guest lectures, held on campus and open to the public, were well attended: Barbara Newman, Professor of English, Religion, & Classics and John Evans Professor of Latin at Northwestern University, presented “Persona: Some Thoughts about Medieval Selfhood”; Richard Kieckhefer, John Evans Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, presented “The Mystical Presence of Christ: Three Ways Late Medieval Christians Talked about Experiencing Christ as Present”; and Lindy Brady, University of Mississippi, presented “An Introduction to Old Irish Literature.” MRST attracted national recognition with the purchase of 12 medieval folios for the University Library, bringing a collection of works from the Middle Ages to Fayetteville, Arkansas. The effort was the culmination of help from several sources. Initial funding was provided by the Wally Cordes Teaching Grant, with additional funding from the Library Special Collections, Dr. Lynda Coon, and the Departments of English, History, and Art History. If you are interested, you can read more here: http://manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/ manuscript-road-trip-heading-south/ This summer marks year two of MRST’s successful study abroad program at Durham. To see pictures and read more, please visit: http://mrst.uark.edu/5748.php

Our new Medieval and Renaissance Studies Pro- gram hosted four speakers this last year:

Winthrop Wetherbee III (Avalon Foundation Profes- sor in the Humanities, Emeritus; Cornell University), “Judging Dido” (October 2014)

Lindy Brady (English, University of Mississippi), “ An Introduction to Old Irish Literature” (May 2014)

Richard Kieckhefer (John Evans Professor of Reli- gious Studies, Northwestern University), “The Mystical Presence of Christ: Three Ways Late Medieval Chris- tians Talked about Experiencing Christ as Present” (March 2014)

Barbara Newman (English, Religion, and Classics and John Evans Professor of Latin, Northwestern Univer- sity), “Persona: Some Thoughts about Medieval Self- hood” (March 2014)

8 News from Around the Department More From Medieval and Rennaissance Studies

Our own Joshua Byron Smith and Lindy Brady (Department of English, University of Mississippi) are in the process of forming a collaborative Southern Celtic Studies Consortium. They have received two SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grants in support of this consortium, for summer 2014 and summer 2015, and hope to go “live” after the summer of 2015. Recognizing that Celtic Studies is a difficult and highly specialized field and that scholars are often forced to work in isolation, both geographically and intellectually, they envision this consortium as a longstanding collaborative initiative that will give graduate students access to advanced and specialized areas of study, provide better networking opportunities for scholars working in these areas, open the door for future collaborative research, and increase the visibility of Celtic Studies in the south. First, they hope to facilitate cross-institutional study (and course credit) for graduate students at member institutions, combin- ing resources to offer MRST graduate students a level of specialized training in Celtic Studies that is otherwise very difficult for them to attain. Along those lines, they envision a password-protected online interface for the consortium that would contain a master calendar of events and classes hosted at all our partner institutions and facilitate exchanges of course materials among interested members. Second, they hope to host an annual workshop for consortium members (intended to complement rather than compete with extant conferences) to exchange ideas, ask advice, and receive feedback on works in progress. If you are a Celticist in the southeastern US, stay tuned for updates!

Karen Lentz Madison Receives CEA Award for Service to the Profession College English Association awarded Dr. Karen Lentz Madison its Joe D. Thomas Award for Distin- guished Service to the Profession at its 46th Annual Conference held in March 2014. Dr. Scott Borders, Immediate Past President of CEA and 2014 Chair of CEA Awards Committee, had been tasked with process of this important honor. In making the announcement, Dr. Juliet Emanuel, Executive Director of CEA, stressed that Dr. Madison received the award owing to her years of service to CEA and the profession of English studies in general. Noted was Dr. Madison’s advocacy for raising awareness of, and finding strategies for, the improvement of the work- ing lives of contingent faculty, the majority of those teaching on college campuses in the US. Her creation of the Karen Lentz Madison Award for Scholarship for an outstanding presentation by a contingent faculty mem- ber (endowed by James R. Bennett) and CEA’s Coffee on the Commons Colloquium on contingency issues, its newest standing event, are two of her initiatives. She currently is serving as the Executive Secretary (as well as the Communications Committee Chair) for The New Faculty Majority Foundation Board (http://www.newfacultymajority.info/equity/nfm-founda- tion) (2012-present) and is the Immediate Past Chair of MLA’s Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profes- sion (2011-4) (http://www.mla.org/committee_contingent). She joins a prestigious group of Joe D. Thomas Award recipients, including Milton scholar, John Shawcross. Dr. Madison also is a past president (2010-11) and board member (2003-6) of CEA and serves as U of A’s liaison for the English Department’s conference-attending graduate students. Dr. Madison continues to be a steadfast member of the College English Association community.

9 News From Around the Department Dr. Ulna Foster Park Dr. Ulna Foster Park died on September 25, 2014, in Lexington, KY, his home since 1991. The funeral was held at Christ Church Cathedral, conducted by the Very Reverend Carol Wade, Dean. (http://www.legacy. com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?pid=172597220) Dr. Park, 88, had suffered a serious stroke six weeks earlier, according to his family. He is immediately survived by his wife, Martha G. Park, his daughter, Amy, and Doug Park (BA English ’89 and MFA Fiction, ‘03). Dr. Park is remembered as “a true gentleman and a fine colleague, possessed with a manner both pleas- ing and unpretentious” by Professor Joseph Candido, who also said of Park, “He was a real asset to the English Department for many years—one of those dedicated, charmingly old-fashioned scholars who put the department and students first.” Emeritus Professor James R. (Dick) Bennett also commented on Dr. Park’s unique contributions to our department: “Foster Park served our Department in diverse and important ways--from teaching a key genre course (comedy) to his position as Assistant Editor of the D. H. Lawrence Review.”

Dr. Karen Lentz Madison agrees with Professor Candido regarding Dr. Park’s focus on students. She says that Dr. Park was a kind and professional role model for students like her in the department. When he re- tired, he gave her some of his books, and she still recalls with pleasure that he would think of her, as he did the many other students who appreciated his personal connection with them. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to God’s Pantry, 1685 Jaggie Fox Way, Lexing- ton, KY 40511; Friends of the Lexington Public Library, 140 E Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507 or CROSS Ministries, Christ Church Cathedral, 166 Market Street, Lexington, KY 40507. Contact for Dr. Doug Park: [email protected] If you have a memory of or statement of appreciation regarding Dr. Park that you would like to share, please forward it to [email protected].

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Contributing Writers and Editors

We’d like to thank the contributing writers and editors of this issue:

Casey Kayser Sara West Karen Madison Brandon Weston

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