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<p><b><span style="color: black;">Mary Farmer-Kaiser, PhD</span></b><span style="color: black;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Professor of History</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Dean of the Graduate School</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">University of Louisiana at Lafayette</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">337-482-6965</span><br>
<a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</span><br>
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