Contributors

C o n t r i b u t o r s A u t h o r s R e g in a ld D y c k is a professor o f En glish at C ap it al Un iversity, Colu m bu s, O h io. H e h as recen tly pu blish ed essays on W illa Cath er an d W illiam Faulkn er. H is review o f th e N at io n al M useum o f th e A m er ican In dian brin gs togeth er h is in terests in art, arch itecture, an d N ative A m er ican studies. W illiam H . K a t e r b e r g is th e director of th e Dirk an d Jo A n n M ellem a Program in W estern A m er ican Stu dies an d an associate professor o f h istory at C alvin College in G ran d Rapids, M ich igan . H is essay is part o f a larger study o f u to­ pian , dystopian , an d apocalyptic fiction an d film set in th e A m erican W est. H e is also w orkin g on a th eoretical study th at exam in es th e relation sh ip betw een h istorical con sciou sn ess an d utopian ism . B e t h K r a ig is an associate professor of h istory an d th e cu n en t ch air o f th e W om en ’s Stu dies Program at Pacific Lu th eran Un iversity. H er exam in ation o f a pivotal libel suit again st Betty M acD on ald , “Betty an d th e Bish ops,” was publish ed in C olu m b ia: T h e M agaz in e o f N orth w est H istory in 1998 an d led h er to con sider M acD on ald ’s legacy as a N orth /W estern writer. R a m ó n Sald iv ar , ch air o f th e En glish D epartm en t at Stan ford Un iversity, is th e auth or o f Figural Lan gu age in the N ov el: T h e Flow ers o f Speech from Cerv an tes to Joy ce (1984) an d Ch ican o N arrativ e: T h e D ialectics o f Differen ce (1990). H is n ew book, titled T h e Borderlan ds o f C u ltu re: Social A esth etics an d the T ran sn ation al Im agin ary o f A m érico Paredes, w ill appear from D uke Un iversity Press in 2006. So n ia Sa ld iv a r - H u ll is a professor o f En glish an d th e execu tive director o f th e W om en ’s Stu dies In stitute at th e U n iversity o f Texas, San A n ton io. Fem in ism on the Border: Ch icaría Politics an d Literatu re, h er book on C h ican a fem in ist theory, was pu blish ed by th e Un iversity o f Californ ia Press in 2000. Sh e h as been th e coed itor o f L atin A m erica O th erw ise: Lan gu ages, Em pires, N at ion s, a book series w ith D u k e Un iversity Press sin ce 1997. H er pu blication s in clude n um erous book ch apters, articles, an d in troductory essays on C h ican a litera­ ture, fem in ism , an d th e cultural in tersection s o f borderlan d studies. K e n n e t h Sp e ir s is an assistan t professor o f En glish at Lon g Beach City College. H is recen t book, coedited w ith San San Kw an , is titled M...