Congratulations to Cristina Benedetti, who reawakened our civic fervor with her able defense of her dissertation Dreams of Democracy, Logistics of Crowds: Public Gatherings on the National Mall. Her committee consisted of Katey Borland, Comp Studies; Isaac Weiner, Comp Studies; Jason Baird Jackson, Mather Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University; Shilarna Stokes, Theatre, Yale; and Dorry Noyes, Comp Studies (chair). We’re plotting our next march on Washington –