Editorial Staff
John C. Inscoe, founding editor; Edward Hatfield, managing editor; Stephanie Devine, assistant editor
Fact Checkers
University of Georgia Reference and Special Collections Librarians: Kristin Nielsen, Patrick Reidenbaugh, Renna Tuten, Skip Hulett, Donnie Summerlin
Executive Committee
Lisa Bayer, director, University of Georgia Press; Kelly Caudle, vice president of communications, Georgia Humanities; Toby Graham, university librarian and associate provost, University of Georgia; Lucy Harrison, executive director, GALILEO/University System of Georgia; Laura McCarty, president, Georgia Humanities
Technical Support
Sean Purcell, GALILEO
Former Staff and Other Vital Contributors
The NGE would not have been possible without the valuable contributions of many people. The NGE staff is especially grateful to the following former staffers and consultants:
Rinne Allen, photo researcher; Brad Baxter, GALILEO programmer; Ted Bazemore, fact checker; James Brady, intern; Kevin Brock, freelance copyeditor; Witt Callaway, intern; Caroline Cason, fact checker; Kelly Caudle, project director & managing editor; Mason Chapple, intern; Sheree Dendy, editorial assistant; Sheila Devaney, fact checker; Kristy Dixon, metadata librarian, Digital Library of Georgia; Chris Dobbs, intern; Mark Durant, programmer; Amy Feinberg, University of Georgia Press production intern; Philip Fitzpatrick, GALILEO technical support; Kayla Foley, intern; Diamond Forde, intern; Brittany Forrestal, intern; Camille Goldmon, intern; Nancy Grayson, project coordinator; Jaime Gumbrecht, intern; Ellen Harris, freelance copyeditor; Edward Hatfield, staff writer for the Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative; Frances Rebecca Helm, intern; Kate Howard, assistant media editor; Elisabeth Hughes, assistant editor; Tracy Hull, fact checker; Jessie Hunnicutt, freelance proofreader; Anne Hurst, fact checker; Noah G. Johnson, editorial assistant; Brett Kersey, fact checker; Liz Kinnamon, University of Georgia Press production intern; Elyse Klova, intern; Mary Koon, editorial assistant; Catherine B. Krusberg, freelance proofreader; Kat Leache, fact checker; Barb Mann, fact checker; Sheila McAlister, metadata librarian, Digital Library of Georgia; Molly McCommons, intern; Sandra McGill, intern; Sarah McKee, managing editor; Erin Randall McLeod, electronic editor; Melinda S. Mullikin, media editor; Amanda Nash, fact checker; Alex Osiadacz, intern; Morganne Patterson, intern; Merryll Penson, executive committee member; John Prechtel, statistical researcher; Jason Puckett, fact checker; Angie Rosete, intern; Corina Sanchez, intern; Darby Sanders, media editor; Jennifer Southall, freelance copyeditor; Ngaire Smith, fact checker; Deborah Stanley, fact checker; Molly Thompson, freelance copyeditor; Beth Thornton, fact checker; Ashli Totty, freelance copyeditor; Diane Trap, fact checker; Bob Trotter, GALILEO technical support; Elizabete Vasconcelos, editorial assistant; Elizabeth White, fact checker; Billy Williamson, programmer; Mindy Wilson, freelance copyeditor
Section Editors & Editorial Advisors for the First NGE Edition
Andy Ambrose, Cities & Towns: Atlanta; Ed Bean, Business, Industry & Labor; Matthew Bernstein, Media; Charles S. Bullock III, Politics; Robbie Burns, Sports & Recreation; John A. Burrison, Folklife; Ginger Carter, Media; Edward J. Cashin, Colonial & Revolutionary History; Thomas G. Dyer, Education; William Frazier, Physical Sciences; Frank G. Golley, Geography & Environment; Steve Gurr, Cities & Towns; Susan C. Henry, Military; Charles M. Hudson Jr., Archaeology & Early History; John Inscoe, Nineteenth-Century History; Edwin L. Jackson, Counties; Joseph Johnson, Music; Barry W. Jones, Agriculture; Joseph Jordan, Cities & Towns: Atlanta; Gregory Lisby, Media; Elizabeth A. Lyon, Architecture & Historic Preservation; David V. Martin, Business, Industry & Labor; Lee Orr, Music; David B. Parker, Twentieth-Century History; Craig S. Pascoe, Twentieth-Century History; Randall L. Patton, Twentieth-Century History; Patricia Phagan, Visual Arts; Carol Pierannunzi, Government & Politics; Ann W. Pullen, Twentieth-Century History; Hugh Ruppersburg, Literature; Carole Rutland, Physical Sciences; Thomas Scott, Twentieth-Century History; Lester D. Stephens, Science & Medicine; John D. Toon, Transportation; Dana White, Media; Gayle White, Religion; Mark Williams, Archaeology & Early History; Gwen Y. Wood, Government & Law; Sylvia Wrobel, Biological Sciences & Medicine