Contributor Notes

Marlene R. Breu is associate professor in textile and apparel studies in the department of family and consumer sciences at Western Michigan University. She is currently a Fulbright-Hays scholar in Turkey where she is lecturing and conducting research on the sociocultural aspects of textiles and dress. She has published articles on various aspects of apparel, especially the interplay between traditional and contemporary patterns of dress in Turkish society.

John Henry Crosby is a writer living in the Washington, D.C. area. He is founder and president of the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project, an organization devoted to the translation and publication of the writings and thought of von Hildebrand. His translation of von Hildebrand's "Franz Schubert" recently appeared in Communio.

Andrew Fiala is assistant professor of philosophy and humanistic studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author of The Philosopher's Voice: Philosophy, Politics, and Language in the 19th Century.

Jan Michael Joncas is assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas. He is a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He has written three books, published over one hundred articles, and composed and recorded seventeen collections of liturgical music.

Ronald T. Marchese is professor of ancient history and archaeology in the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is a two-time recipient of the Fulbright-Hays senior research award and is author or editor of a number of books and articles on various aspects of archaeological and historical significance. He also is involved in the study of nomadic life in ancient Anatolia and modern Turkey and the disappearing world of Turkish nomads. He is currently conducting archaeological research in Greece.

Peter O'Leary is an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is author of Watchfulness (Spuyten Duyvil), a book of poetry, and Gnostic Contagion: Robert Duncan and the Poetry of Illness.

James V. Schall, S.J., is professor of government at Georgetown University. His books include On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, At the Limits of Political Philosophy, and Another Sort of Learning.

Eric J. Scheske is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in various publications including Touchstone, the Detroit Free Press, the National Catholic Register, and Our Sunday Visitor. He is also an editor of Gilbert! The Magazine of G. K. Chesterton.

Matthew Tsakanikas is a graduate of Christendom College. He was a guest of Israel with the Catholic Press Association in 1999 and covered Jubilee 2000 preparations. He recently began graduate studies at the JPII Institute in Melbourne, Australia.