IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning College of General Studies Boston University C r e a t i v e E s s a y s N o n f i c t i o n Book Reviews Winter 2013 IMPACT EDITORS Chris Coffman, College of General Studies, Boston University Jay Corrin, College of General Studies, Boston University Regina Hansen, College of General Studies, Boston University Leslie Kriebel, College of General Studies, Boston University Natalie McKnight, College of General Studies, Boston University Megan Sullivan, College of General Studies, Boston University Alan Taylor, College of General Studies, Boston University Kathleen Vandenberg, College of General Studies, Boston University Aaron Worth, College of General Studies, Boston University BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Chris Coffman, College of General Studies, Boston University BOOK REVIEW CO-EDITOR Megan Sullivan, College of General Studies, Boston University EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Caroline Brown, University of Montreal Jana Funke, University of Exeter Lisa Gitelman, New York University Joscelyn Godwin, Colgate University Linn Cary Mehta, Barnard College Columbia University Dawn Skorczewski, Brandeis University Didem Vardar, Wellesley College IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning is a peer- reviewed, bi-annual online journal that publishes scholarly and creative non-fiction essays about the theory, practice and assessment of interdisciplinary education. Essays should be between 500 and 5,000 words and should follow the documentation style of the author’s main discipline. Essays can be submitted at: http://CITL.submittable.com/submit. For questions, contact Natalie McKnight at
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