Faculty Advisers

We would like to acknowledge each of the faculty advisers who worked with the student authors on their articles both before they were submitted for publication in Bridges and during the publication process. These faculty advisers, whose photographs and biographies follow the articles, dedicated time and energy far above their regular teaching responsibilities to guide their mentees in original research and writing. In many cases these articles were originally written as the student’s senior project, capstone paper, or honors thesis. Working with advisees on such endeavors is not required for professors. They do this work for select students whose work rises above the normal expectations for undergraduate work. They also model faculty-student collaboration for our learning community. Without the work of the faculty advisers who direct the student toward success, Bridges could not exist.

We want to offer our sincere appreciation and gratitude to the following advisers who worked on articles for Issue 9:

Adviser and Department	Student Author and Title
Sheila Mitchell, Accounting	Austin Willmore, “The Implication of US GAAP and IFRS Convergence on American Business”
Christian Smith, English	Margaret Nichols, “Identity Crafting: Reading the Agency and Art Implicit in Selfies”
Daniel Cross Turner, English	Pat Siebel, “Specters of Nature; or, From Metaphor to Murder: The Nonhuman-animal in Rash’s Serena”
Rachel Whitaker, Chemistry	Daniel McDonough, “Bacterial Death Results from Mutations Made in Translocation Peptide of Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase”

Other Acknowledgements

We would also like to acknowledge the following people who have supported Bridges and
should be recognized for their ongoing efforts to foster undergraduate research and scholarship at
Coastal Carolina University. Without their continued commitment to this journal and their belief
in the importance of promoting undergraduate publications, producing Bridges each year would
literally be impossible. Our deep gratitude is given to:

J. Ralph Byington, Provost and Senior Vice President
Robert Young, Director of Undergraduate Research
Michael Ruse, Director of the Honors Program

We have wonderful website and administrative support as well, which is a testimony to the
broader community support Bridges receives. Special recognition goes to:

Debbie Hamm, Program Assistant of the Honors Program

We received additional help at critical moments from certain dedicated Board members.
Appreciation for additional service goes to:

Paul Peterson, Politics and Geography
Michael Ruse, Honors Program

In addition, we would also like to acknowledge the work of our faculty reviewers. These faculty
members agree to read and comment on articles that have been submitted for consideration. The
faculty reviewers serve as subject matter experts who comment on the value of the articles and
offer suggestions for improvement before the article is published. In order to be published, an
article must first be nominated by a faculty adviser and then reviewed positively by the entire
Bridges Editorial Review Board. At that point, the article is sent to a faculty reviewer. Only
when an article has received a positive review from the objective outsider can it be slated for
publication.

It is essential for Bridges to have this kind of outside review process because almost all scholarly
work proceeds in this manner. Our student authors are experiencing this important process for
the first time. Without the unpaid work of these readers, this outside review process could not
take place. We wish to thank the following faculty members for serving as reviewers this year.

Ronald Green, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Steven Hamelman, English
Daniel Hasty, English
Elizabeth Howie, Visual Arts
Karen Maguire, Accounting
Tripthi Pillai, English
Christian Smith, English
Yoav Wachsman, Finance & Economics
Daniel Williams, Biology

The Editorial Review Board is composed of Coastal Carolina University faculty members who
are dedicated to strengthening our broadly defined research community. Their guidance of
Bridges is invaluable.

Sarah Banks, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies
Paul Clark, Marketing and Resort Tourism
Howard Coleman, Educational Leadership
Steve Earnest, Theatre
Monica Fine, Marketing and Resort Tourism
Susan Flynn, Special Education
Melanie James, Accounting, Finance, and Economics
Linda Martin, English
Kevin McWilliams, Chemistry/Physics
Paul Peterson, Politics and Geography
Michael Ruse, Honors Program
Keaghan Turner, English
Philip Whalen, History
Robert Young, Undergraduate Research