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GARY MARVIN DAVISON has very diverse teaching experiences as he has taught in prison, at four high schools and two universities, and at English-as-a-Second Language institutions in Taiwan, where he has lived for two lengthy periods and where he visits frequently.
BARBARA E. REED teaches in the Religion Department and Asian Studies Program at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. /e
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