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Ultimately, 10 of the second-round prospectuses resulted in submission of full manuscripts to one of the two targeted journals,

AJP and PRST-PER. At that point, all submitted manuscripts went through the standard journal review process with reviewers

selected by the journal editors. The journal editors and reviewers either decided against further consideration of the manuscripts

or, in all other cases, required the authors to submit revised versions; in some of those cases, multiple revisions were required.

Papers that were considered acceptable or potentially acceptable by the journal reviewers and editors went through yet another

stage of review by the book editors to decide on suitability for the book and adherence to the published book guidelines. In all

cases, additional revisions were required to bring the papers into full conformity with the guidelines.

The fi nal result was that fi ve of the original set of prospectus submissions ultimately resulted in papers that were accepted by and

published in one of the journals and also accepted by the book editors for publication in this book. The fi ve papers were published

in the journals during 2010 and the fi rst half of 2011. These have been supplemented by reprints of six additional papers that had

previously been published either in AJP or PRST-PER. The reprints were selected by the Editors and Editorial Board based on

their relevance to the book’s theme and their consistency with the book guidelines. The Summaries were written either by the

Editors or by the original authors, but in all cases reviewed and approved by the authors.

Acknowledgments

It is a pleasure to express our gratitude to Dr. Theodore Hodapp, Director of Education and Diversity of the American Physical

Society. It was his vision and drive that ensured that this book project would eventually be realized. We are also grateful to Prof.

Steven J. Pollock (University of Colorado, Boulder) and Prof. Bradley S. Ambrose (Grand Valley State University, Michigan)

for assistance during the editorial review process.

David E. Meltzer, Arizona State University

Editor

Peter S. Shaffer, University of Washington

Associate Editor

October 14, 2011

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