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Phil Starks, Tufts University

Jacob Dykes, Mississippi State University and Eric Michel, Mississippi State University

Eliza Grames, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Chris Elphick, University of Connecticut, and Rob Cooke, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Christine Slaughter, Boston University

Liv Coleman, University of Tampa

Grace Jennings-Edquist, The Conversation and Justin Bergman, The Conversation

Michael A. Mische, University of Southern California

John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

Sara Suzuki, Tufts University

Christopher A. Snyder, PhD, Mississippi State University

Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

David Blazar, University of Maryland

Adam Annaccone, University of Texas at Arlington

Neha Gour, George Mason University; John Kotcher, George Mason University, and Teresa Myers, George Mason University

Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota

Fengxiu Zhang, George Mason University and Saba Siddiki, Syracuse University

Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

Andrés Henao, University of Colorado Anschutz

Aditi Sen, Queen's University, Ontario

Ukachukwu Abaraogu, University of the West of Scotland

Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago

Guus Kroonen, Leiden University; University of Copenhagen; Eske Willerslev, University of Copenhagen; University of Cambridge, and Hugh McColl, University of Copenhagen

Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder

Yjan Gordon, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Sanjay Kumar, University of Michigan and Mark Moldwin, University of Michigan

Jack Daly, University of Colorado Boulder

Adrienne Krone, Allegheny College

James Malm, College of Charleston

Ankolika De, Vanderbilt University and Jessica Maddox, University of Georgia