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J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 6
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F E A T U R E S
20 HELP FOR HAITI: GROWING AN A&P; FROM WITHIN by Amy Laboda
24 TRACEY CURTIS-TAYLOR CHASES JOHNSON'S LEGACY by Patricia Luebke
30 NACHTHEXEN: THE RUSSIAN NIGHT WITCHES by Ksenia Weisz
34 FATIMA SHAFI: NAVIGATING A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE by James Wynbrandt
D E P A R T M E N T S
2 President's Message
4 WAI News
7 WAI Board Candidates 2016
10 WAI Chapter News
14 WAI Members in the News
16 WAI 2016 Conference Information
46 Careers & Classifeds
47 Calendar
48 In Our Own Words
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38 T I P S F R O M A C F I
by Meg Godlewski
40 T H E J U G G L I N G A C T
by Jo Damato
42 I N T H E P U S H
by Devan Norris
44 P E R S O N A L D E V E LO P M E N T
by Patricia Luebke
C O V E R P H O T O
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from Great Britain to Australia on October 1,
2015. Photo by John Goodman
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