Dr. Justin Everett, assistant professor and director of the Writing Center; Paul Grabianowski; Prof. Dr. John Greene, chair of the Theatre Department; Dr. Grant M. Jenkins, assistantprofessor of English and director of the Writing Program; Dr. Lyle W. Morgan II, director of English education; V. Rev. Father Dumitru Păun; Dr. Aytül Özüm, assistant professor and specialist, postmodern English literature, cultural studies and literary theory; Av. Nelu Prodan, Esq., honorary consul general of Romania, USA; Dr. Fran Ringold, editor-in-chief of Nimrod and Poet Laureate of Oklahoma; Professor Natalija Sulciene; James Vroom, Humanities and Multicultural Studies Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University; Dr. Sufei Wei; and Prof. Dr. Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet Laureate of Russia.
I imagined that at the completion of this project, I would have a group of professors and administration and a group of friends to thank. I consider myself extremely fortunate that in many cases, I now find it difficult to form two separate lines. Special thanks to Mary P. Walker, associate dean, and Ms. Joyce Goodrum, administrative assistant at Tulsa Community College; Prof. Stephen E. Meats, chairperson of the English Department at Pittsburg State University and poetry editor for The Midwest Quarterly; Dr. Allen R. Soltow, vice president for research and Mr. Robert “Bob” Heath, assistant director and advisor of Association of International Students (AIS) at The University of Tulsa.
My gratitude also goes to professors, administration, colleagues, friends, and students at Al. I. Cuza University, University of Tulsa, Central European University, and Pittsburg State University and to my friends and family in the United States, Romania, and everywhere else in the world. You are too many to mention here, but you will always be in my heart.