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Appointments for Advising, Testing, and Tutoring are strongly recommended.
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Sitka, AK 99835
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 Assistant Director Business Services and Special Projects Phone: 747-7733 Email: jmhanson@alaska.edu Sitka Director's Office Sitka Campus | |
 Human Resources, Sitka Title IX Resource Phone: 747-7706 Email: nrrogers@alaska.edu Sitka Director's Office Sitka Campus | |
 Interim Director of the Sitka Campus & Associate Professor of English Phone: 907-747-7723 Email: mmtraftonii@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Humanities Sitka Campus Education:Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Colorado at Boulder M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Colorado at Boulder M.A. in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing, University of Colorado at Boulder B.A. in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing, University of Colorado at Boulder B.S. in Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder Courses Taught:
Biography:Dr. Trafton began teaching at UAS in 2013. Before that, he taught at the University of Colorado, where he earned his degree in Comparative Literature. His dissertation, “The Ghostmodern: Revisionist Haunting in Turn-of-the-Century American Literature (1887-1910),” explores complexities in American ghost literature and how a shift in some treatments of literary haunting prefigure a corresponding shift from Realism to Modernism and beyond. Beyond ghost stories, Dr. Trafton is interested in such topics as flash fiction, the modern love letter, cinema, feminist studies, the avant-garde, and postcolonialism. In the classroom, Dr. Trafton is committed to empowering students through rigorous interdisciplinary exercises that challenge students according to their interests and their abilities. He strives to support students in developing the experience, confidence, and skills to discover their voice and to use it effectively. Conversely, in all of his classes, he also challenges his students to widen their analytical perspectives and to listen thoughtfully before speaking. Dr. Trafton has deeply valued his time in Sitka, and he sees himself henceforth as a lifelong Alaskan. He enjoys the ocean, the lush vegetation, the closeness to the natural world, and the closeness to the community. He lives in Sitka with his wife and his daughter, along with the family pets—dog and rabbit. | |
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 Academic Affairs Faculty Support Office Manager Phone: 747-7709 , Fax: 747-7731 Email: kcdavis@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Education:B.L.A. University of Alaska Southeast Juneau 2017 | |
 Evening Coordinator and IT Support Technician Phone: 747-7757 , Second Phone: 907-747-9444 Email: edelsensohn@alaska.edu | |
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 Instructional Designer Phone: (907) 747-7725 Email: jfingmanjr@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Education:B.S. Music, University of Oregon MS Instructional Design, Quinnipiac University Other:Supports faculty in design and development of e-Learning courses. | |
 Instructional Design Technician Phone: 907-747-7787 , Fax: 907-747-7793 Email: leah.mason@alaska.edu Sitka Campus https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leah_Mason Office Hours:8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday Education:Bachelor of Arts, History and Philosophy of Science, University of New South Wales Research:Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Mineral Development, Environmental Ethics Publications:Biography:Leah has spent many years in Australia, where she studied sculpture, leathercraft, and printmaking, before becoming involved in public advocacy for community services and environmental causes. She ran her own print and digital design business for 17 years, while studying and working as an IT trainer and legislative research adviser. Prior to graduating as a mature-aged student from the University of New South Wales, she joined the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology(ISF), Sydney. In her five and a half years at ISF, Leah worked on projects that brought together her love of art, research, and empowerment of local communities | |
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 Tutor: Science, Writing Phone: 747-7786 Email: meredick@alaska.edu Student Success Center Sitka Campus Education:B.A Molecular Biophysics and Biochemitry and B.A English Literature | |
 Testing Support Specialist Phone: 747-7721 , Fax: 747-7768 Email: aroles@alaska.edu Student Success Center Sitka Campus Office Hours:8:00 to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday Education:A.A.S. University of Alaska Southeast B.B.A. University of Alaska Southeast Affiliations:Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Student Chapter President (2018-present) SHRM Student Chapter Treasurer/Social Media Director/Vice President (2017-2018) SHRM Student Chapter President (2018-2019) | |
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 Academic Advisor Phone: 747-7781 Email: cstromme@alaska.edu Student Success Center Sitka Campus Other:Advising specialties: Health Information Management, Pre-Nursing, Health Science, and Medical Assisting degrees | |
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Adjunct, Biology Phone: 907-747-7789 Email: lawild@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Office Hours:Monday through Friday 9am to 4pm or by appointment. Education:B.A. in International and Global Studies, Brandeis University M.S. in Marine Mammal Science, University of St. Andrews Research:Humpback whale long-term monitoring in Sitka Sound, 2007-present
Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project, 2009-present
Publications:Wild, L.A., Chenoweth, E.M, Straley, J.M., Mueter, F. (2018). “Evidence of dietary time series in cetacean skin using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios.” Rapid Comm. Mass Spec. 32, 1425-1428. Wild, L.A., Thode, A.M., Straley, J.M., Rhoads, S., Falvey, D., and Liddle, J. (2017). “Field trials of an acoustic decoy to attract sperm whales away from commercial longline fishing vessels in western Gulf of Alaska.” Fish. Res. 196 141-150. Thode, A., Wild, L.A., Straley, J.M., et al. (2016). “Using line acceleration to measure false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) click and whistle source levesl during pelagic longline depredation.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140, 3941. Thode, A.M., Straley, J.M., O’Connell, V., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Mathias. D.K., Wild, L.A., Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G.S., Andrews, R.D., Liddle, J.B., Lunsford, C. (2015). “Cues, creaks, and decoys: using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying sperm whale depredation.” ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5) 1621-1637. O’Connell, V., Straley, J.M., Liddle, J.B., Wild, L.A., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Thode, A.M. (2015). “Testing a passive deterrent on longlines to reduce sperm whale depredation in the Gulf of Alaska.” ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5) 1667-1672. Straley, J.M., Thode, A.M., O’Connell, V., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Liddle, J.B., Wild, L.A. (2015). “Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project (SEASWAP): A successful collaboration among scientists and industry to study depredation in Alaskan waters.” ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5): 1598-1609. Wild, L.A., Gabriele, C.M. (2014). “Putative contact calls made by humpback whales (megaptera novaeangliae) in southeastern Alaska.” Can. Bioacoust. 42, 23-31. Thode, A., Wild, L.A., Mathias, D.K., Straley, J.M., and Lunsford, C. (2014). “A comparison of acoustic and visual metrics of sperm whale longline depredation.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135(5), 3086-3100. Affiliations:SMM (Society for Marine Mammalogy) Alaska Student Chapter (Sitka Representative) of SMM AFS (American Fisheries Society) Alaska Chapter AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Courses Taught:Biology 193 - Introduction to Stable Isotope Techniques in Research Biology 294 - Stable Isotope Analysis in Ecological Research Practicum Biography:Lauren was born and raised in Sitka, AK where she spent most of her childhood outside exploring southeast and southcentral Alaska, playing music, and dabbling in sports and music. She attended Brandeis University, where she received a BA in International and Global Studies, minoring in Mathematics, and studied abroad in Madagascar. She began an internship with Jan Straley at UAS Sitka in 2007 where she helped out on a long-term monitoring project with humpback whales. In 2009 she became a research technician on the Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project (SEASWAP) studying sperm whale interactions with commercial longline fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska. She has been with SEASWAP on and off since 2009, obtaining a master’s degree in Marine Mammal Science from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where her she received a distinction on her thesis, which explored a little-known acoustic signal male sperm whales make called a “clang”. She is currently a PhD Candidate with the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences where she is exploring diet and movement of sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska. She resides in Sitka, where she works out of UAS Professor Jan Straley’s lab at the UAS Sitka Campus. She can also be found playing music, hiking, boating, fishing, and generally exploring the Sitka area, rain or shine with her pup Nysa! | |
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 Assistant Professor of Biology Phone: 747-7749 Email: bnbahna@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences Sitka Campus Education:M.D., DPH, Ain Shams University, Egypt M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas | |
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 Program Director of Health Information Management Phone: 747-7746 Email: tlbell@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Education:BBA, University of Alaska Southeast AAS in HIM, University of Alaska Southeast Certifications: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), AHIMA
Certified Procedural Coder (CPC), AAPC
Certified Inpatient Coder, (CIC), AAPC
Certified Outpatient Coder, (COC), AAPC
Biography:Terissia begin her career at Sitka Medical Center working in the medical records department. She took advantage of the opportunity to start working the front desk and then moving to the accounts receivable department. While at Sitka Medical Center she earned her Bachelors in Business Administration and obtained her Certified Procedural Coding Certificate. She worked at Sitka Medical Center for over 20 years and then Terissia took the Health Information Managers job at Sitka Community Hospital where she worked for 5 years. While working at the hospital Terissia obtained her Registered Health Information Administrator certification through AHIMA and passed the exams for her Certified Inpatient Coder and Certified Outpatient Coder through AAPC. Terissia is excited to start her new career as the HIM Program Director at the University of Alaska Southeast. She hopes to bring real world experiences and examples into the teaching environment and is looking forwarded to directing and teach new students entering the HIM field. Terissia has lived in Sitka for over 20 years. She enjoys fishing, boating, camping and spending time with family. She has a husband that works for the Coast Guard as a civilian employee and an adult son that resides in Fairbanks and is pursing an electricians license. The family pet is an 8 year old dachshund who loves to play fetch. | |
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 Professor of Biology Phone: 747-7702 Email: mdchapman@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences Sitka Campus Education:M.S. Biology University of St. Joseph (Focus: Human Biology) 2008 Special Recognition:UA President’s Award for Outstanding Distance Educator in Alaska (2001) Courses Taught:BIOL 111 Human Anatomy & Physiology I Past Courses Taught:Microbiology, Natural History of Alaska, Intertidal Biology, General Biology, Biology & Society, Biography:I’m originally from Northern California and lived in Bethel and Skagway before moving to Sitka in 1992. I enjoy helping students build a firm foundation in the topic that will serve them well in their careers. I am active in the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS). As part of HAPS I helped develop standards for undergraduate human anatomy and physiology courses taught in the US and Canada. I am committed to quality eLearning opportunities and developed and delivered the first distance science courses offered by UAS. As Sitka’s lab director I currently help oversee the lab support portion of UAS Sitka Distance Science courses which have grown to involve multiple faculty members and currently serve over 200 students each semester. I believe it is important to give back to my community by doing what I can to enrich science literacy, assist in community-based scientific research, and help create science-related opportunities for everyone, especially K-12 students. Community Projects:
I am particularly interested in the ecology and functional anatomy of intertidal organisms, especially with respect to predator-prey relationships. I am also very involved in marine invasive issues and research, particularly with respect to invasive tunicates. I am a member of the Alaska Marine Invasive Species subcommittee and the Didemnum vexillum Rapid Response Team. | |
 Adjunct, Biology Phone: 907-747-7791 Email: emchenoweth@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Office Hours:Available upon request. Education:Ph.D. in Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks Research:
Affiliations:University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Advising and Mentoring Professional Courses Taught:
Biography:Ellen grew up in East Lansing, Michigan and has a bachelor's degree in Biology from Kalamazoo College. She got her start working with humpback whales in Glacier Bay National Park summers during college. After graduation, Ellen moved to Sitka in 2009 to work in Jan Straley's Cetacean-Human Interaction Lab. In August she earned her Ph.D in Fisheries from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which she completed while studying in Sitka and Juneau. Her dissertation focuses on the bioenergetic and economic impacts of humpback whales feeding on juvenile salmon at hatchery release sites. Ellen enjoys sea kayaking, camping, astronomy and usually plays 3rd base in the Sitka city softball league. As a Research Advising and Mentorship Professional with the UAF BLaST program she mentors students in research. | |
Welding Technology Assistant Phone: 747-7711 Email: dsclarke@alaska.edu Career Education: Welding Sitka Campus | |
 Associate Professor, Health Information Management Phone: 747-9477 Email: skfeero@alaska.edu Career Education: Health Sciences Sitka Campus Education:B.A. University of Hawaii - Hilo M.Ed. University of Alaska Southeast | |
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Professor, Nursing Phone: (907) 747-9468 Email: klingallinera@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Office Hours:Mondays & Wednesdays 3pm to 5pm Tuesdays 2pm to 5pm Education:M.S. in Primary Care, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing B.S. in Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing Publications:Co-authored an article published in a critical care nursing journal in 1988 on the success of our MRICU bereavement committee. | |
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 Associate Professor of Biology Phone: 747-9432 Email: kllabounty@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences Sitka Campus Education:B.S. University of Washington M.S. University of California at Riverside | |
 Professor of Mathematics Phone: 747-7792 Email: jbliddle@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences Sitka Campus Education:
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 Assistant Professor and Program Director of Fisheries Phone: 747-7760 Email: jamarkis@alaska.edu Career Education: Fisheries Technology Sitka Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/ Education:B.S. Montana State University M.S. University of Alaska Fairbanks Courses Taught:
Biography:Growing up in Southcentral Alaska, Joel was continuously exposed to the outdoors and fisheries. After graduating from Bartlett High School in Anchorage, he pursued a growing passion for fisheries by attending Montana State University in Bozeman, MT, where he received a B.S. in Fish and Wildlife Management while honing his skiing and fly fishing skills. This newfound knowledge allowed Joel to work various fisheries jobs all over Alaska, traveling to exotic places all while under the context of 'work.' After spending time in places like Katmai, Aniakchak, Kenai Fjords, Denali, the Tongass, and Wrangell St. Elias he decided to pursue a graduate degree in Marine Biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he used SCUBA to study the nearshore fish and habitat complexity in Kachemak Bay. Before coming to the UA system, Joel was a research fisheries biologist with the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve in Homer. While there he studied marine ecology and questions pertaining to fish habitat use in the nearshore environment. Joel also coordinated a nationwide water quality and meteorological monitoring project and worked on a hardshell clam recruitment and growth study focused on determining the timing of spawning, recruitment and growth of pacific littleneck clams. Joel has been with the Fisheries Technology Program since 2013 when he was an outreach coordinator and adjunct faculty at the Homer campus. In his free time, Joel enjoys backcountry skiing, fishing, sailing, is an avid SCUBA diver and dive instructor, and generally likes spending time outside. He is passionate about teaching and Alaskan fisheries. | |
 Assistant Professor of Biology Phone: 747-7752 Email: jmart118@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences Sitka Campus Education:B.S., M.S. Portland State University | |
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 Assistant Professor, Welding Technology Phone: 747-7711 Email: adpuckett@alaska.edu Career Education: Welding Sitka Campus Education:AWS Certification in Welding Education AWS Certification in Welding Inspection | |
 Asst. Professor, Construction Technology Phone: 747-7730 Email: gareynolds@alaska.edu Career Education: Construction Sitka Campus | |
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 Associate Professor and Program Director, Medical Assisting Phone: 747-7748 Email: aksamuel@alaska.edu Career Education: Health Sciences Sitka Campus Education:A.S. Whatcom Community College B.A. University of Alaska Fairbanks M.Ed University of Alaska Anchorage | |
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 Professor of Marine Biology Phone: 747-7779 Email: jmstraley@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences Sitka Campus Education:B.S. University of Washington Seattle M.S. University of Alaska Fairbanks | |
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Interim Director of the Sitka Campus & Associate Professor of English Phone: 907-747-7723 Email: mmtraftonii@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Humanities Sitka Campus Education:Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Colorado at Boulder M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Colorado at Boulder M.A. in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing, University of Colorado at Boulder B.A. in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing, University of Colorado at Boulder B.S. in Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder Courses Taught:
Biography:Dr. Trafton began teaching at UAS in 2013. Before that, he taught at the University of Colorado, where he earned his degree in Comparative Literature. His dissertation, “The Ghostmodern: Revisionist Haunting in Turn-of-the-Century American Literature (1887-1910),” explores complexities in American ghost literature and how a shift in some treatments of literary haunting prefigure a corresponding shift from Realism to Modernism and beyond. Beyond ghost stories, Dr. Trafton is interested in such topics as flash fiction, the modern love letter, cinema, feminist studies, the avant-garde, and postcolonialism. In the classroom, Dr. Trafton is committed to empowering students through rigorous interdisciplinary exercises that challenge students according to their interests and their abilities. He strives to support students in developing the experience, confidence, and skills to discover their voice and to use it effectively. Conversely, in all of his classes, he also challenges his students to widen their analytical perspectives and to listen thoughtfully before speaking. Dr. Trafton has deeply valued his time in Sitka, and he sees himself henceforth as a lifelong Alaskan. He enjoys the ocean, the lush vegetation, the closeness to the natural world, and the closeness to the community. He lives in Sitka with his wife and his daughter, along with the family pets—dog and rabbit. | |
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Adjunct, Biology Phone: 907-747-7789 Email: lawild@alaska.edu Sitka Campus Office Hours:Monday through Friday 9am to 4pm or by appointment. Education:B.A. in International and Global Studies, Brandeis University M.S. in Marine Mammal Science, University of St. Andrews Research:Humpback whale long-term monitoring in Sitka Sound, 2007-present
Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project, 2009-present
Publications:Wild, L.A., Chenoweth, E.M, Straley, J.M., Mueter, F. (2018). “Evidence of dietary time series in cetacean skin using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios.” Rapid Comm. Mass Spec. 32, 1425-1428. Wild, L.A., Thode, A.M., Straley, J.M., Rhoads, S., Falvey, D., and Liddle, J. (2017). “Field trials of an acoustic decoy to attract sperm whales away from commercial longline fishing vessels in western Gulf of Alaska.” Fish. Res. 196 141-150. Thode, A., Wild, L.A., Straley, J.M., et al. (2016). “Using line acceleration to measure false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) click and whistle source levesl during pelagic longline depredation.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140, 3941. Thode, A.M., Straley, J.M., O’Connell, V., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Mathias. D.K., Wild, L.A., Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G.S., Andrews, R.D., Liddle, J.B., Lunsford, C. (2015). “Cues, creaks, and decoys: using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying sperm whale depredation.” ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5) 1621-1637. O’Connell, V., Straley, J.M., Liddle, J.B., Wild, L.A., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Thode, A.M. (2015). “Testing a passive deterrent on longlines to reduce sperm whale depredation in the Gulf of Alaska.” ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5) 1667-1672. Straley, J.M., Thode, A.M., O’Connell, V., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Liddle, J.B., Wild, L.A. (2015). “Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project (SEASWAP): A successful collaboration among scientists and industry to study depredation in Alaskan waters.” ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5): 1598-1609. Wild, L.A., Gabriele, C.M. (2014). “Putative contact calls made by humpback whales (megaptera novaeangliae) in southeastern Alaska.” Can. Bioacoust. 42, 23-31. Thode, A., Wild, L.A., Mathias, D.K., Straley, J.M., and Lunsford, C. (2014). “A comparison of acoustic and visual metrics of sperm whale longline depredation.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135(5), 3086-3100. Affiliations:SMM (Society for Marine Mammalogy) Alaska Student Chapter (Sitka Representative) of SMM AFS (American Fisheries Society) Alaska Chapter AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Courses Taught:Biology 193 - Introduction to Stable Isotope Techniques in Research Biology 294 - Stable Isotope Analysis in Ecological Research Practicum Biography:Lauren was born and raised in Sitka, AK where she spent most of her childhood outside exploring southeast and southcentral Alaska, playing music, and dabbling in sports and music. She attended Brandeis University, where she received a BA in International and Global Studies, minoring in Mathematics, and studied abroad in Madagascar. She began an internship with Jan Straley at UAS Sitka in 2007 where she helped out on a long-term monitoring project with humpback whales. In 2009 she became a research technician on the Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project (SEASWAP) studying sperm whale interactions with commercial longline fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska. She has been with SEASWAP on and off since 2009, obtaining a master’s degree in Marine Mammal Science from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where her she received a distinction on her thesis, which explored a little-known acoustic signal male sperm whales make called a “clang”. She is currently a PhD Candidate with the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences where she is exploring diet and movement of sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska. She resides in Sitka, where she works out of UAS Professor Jan Straley’s lab at the UAS Sitka Campus. She can also be found playing music, hiking, boating, fishing, and generally exploring the Sitka area, rain or shine with her pup Nysa! | |
 Assistant Professor of Art Phone: 747-7710 Email: eszacher@alaska.edu Arts and Sciences - Humanities Sitka Campus Education:B.F.A. The Hartford Art School M.F.A. Ohio University | |
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