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Editors, advisors, and officers

Contributing editors
•    Laurette T. Liesen, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Lewis University, Contributing editor for submissions and peer review
•    Steven A. Peterson, Ph.D., School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Editor for 26:2, 27:1, & 27:2
•    Richard Sherlock, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Utah State University, Contributing editor for book reviews
•    Robert Hunt Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D., School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Contributing editor for electronic publishing
•    Bradley A. Thayer, Ph.D., Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Missouri State University

Editors-in-chief
•    Thomas C. Wiegele, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1981-1991
•    Gary R. Johnson, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Lake Superior State University, 1991-2001
•    Robert Hunt Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D., School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, 2001-2007

Editorial advisory board
•    Laura Betzig, Ph.D., Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
•    William P. Brandon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
•    Lawrence D. Brown, Ph.D., The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
•    Marie Isabelle Chevrier, Ph.D., School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
•    Herman E. Daly, Ph.D., School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
•    Bartha Maria Knoppers, LL.B., B.C.L., L.L.D., Faculty of Law, University of Montréal
•    Glenn McGee, Ph.D., Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College
•    Janna Merrick, Ph.D., Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida
•    Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D., Hastings Center
•    John Orbell, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Oregon
•    Graham S. Pearson, Ph.D., Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
•    Jerrold M. Post, M.D., Political Psychology Program, George Washington University
•    Malcolm Potts, M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
•    Frans B. M. de Waal, Ph.D., Psychology Department and the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University
•    Susan Wright, Ph.D., Residential College, University of Michigan
•    Raymond A. Zilinskas, Ph.D., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Executive directors of the ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICS AND THE LIFE SCIENCES
•    Thomas C. Wiegele, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1981-1991
•    James N. Schubert, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1991-1996
•    Gary R. Johnson, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Lake Superior State University, 1996-2001
•    David B. Goetze, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Utah State University, 2002-

Executive council of the ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICS AND THE LIFE SCIENCES
•    Robert H. Blank, Ph.D., Division of Social Sciences, New College of Florida, Vice-Chair
•    Andrea L. Bonnicksen, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University
•    Ira H. Carmen, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Illinois
•    Peter Corning, Ph.D., Institute for the Study of Complex Systems
•    Samuel M. Hines, Jr., Ph.D., School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Political Science Department, College of Charleston
•    Laurette Liesen, Ph.D., Lewis University, Secretary
•    Joseph Losco, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Ball State University
•    Roger D. Masters, Ph.D., Foundation for Neuroscience and Society and the Department of Government, Dartmouth College
•    Janna Merrick, Ph.D., Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida
•    John Orbell, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Oregon
•    Steven A. Peterson, Ph.D., School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Chair
•    Johan M. G. van der Dennen, Ph.D., Department of Legal Theory, University of Groningen