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Editorial Board Members

John Krull
Director, Pulliam School of Journalism at Franklin College
Chair, One Year Term (2024)

Keira Amstutz
President, Indiana Humanities
Three Year Term (2023-25)

David Bodenhamer
Executive Director Emeritus, The Polis Center
One Year Term (2024)

A’Lelia Bundles
Journalist and author
Three Year Term (2023-25)

Marlene Dotson
President, Indiana Latino Institute
One Year Term (2023)

Charlene Fletcher
Assistant Professor of History, Butler University
Three Year Term (2023-25)

David Hampton
President, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
One Year Term (2023)

Sean Huddleston
President, Martin University
Two Year Term (2023-24)

Richard Pierce
Associate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
Two Year Term (2023-24)

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth-El Zedek
Three Year Term (2023-25)

Gail Thomas Strong
Vice President for Community Engagement, WFYI
Two Year Term (2023-24)

David Wantz
President Emeritus, Independent Colleges of Indiana
One Year (2023)

Robert G. Barrows
Professor Emeritus, IUPUI
Special Advisor

James Madison
Professor Emeritus of History, IU
Special Advisor

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