In Memoriam Edna Aizenberg, Marymount Manhattan College, 9 April 2018 Nina Joan Auerbach, University of Pennsylvania, 3 February 2017 Jacques Barchilon, University of Colorado, Boulder, 19 June 2018 Nina Baym, University of Illinois, Urbana, 15 June 2018 Lawrence I. Berkove, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 19 May 2018 Maryellen Bieder, Indiana University, Bloomington, 31 January 2018 Richard Joseph Bourcier, University of Scranton, 27 May 2018 L. Ross Chambers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 18 October 2017 Brian W. Connolly, Xavier University, OH, 16 May 2018 June S. Cummins, San Diego State University, 22 February 2018 Craig J. Decker, Bates College, 17 March 2018 David R. Eastwood, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 14 July 2017 Milton D. Emont, Denison University, 21 January 2018 John Halperin, Vanderbilt University, 1 March 2018 Jonathan Hess, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 9 April 2018 Barbara Hodgdon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 22 March 2018 Donald D. Kummings, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, 10 November 2017 Thérèse Ballet Lynn, Chapman University, 30 May 2017 David D. Mann, Miami University, Oxford, 24 December 2017 Charles A. Messner, Jr., Carleton College, 1 March 2018 Sally Todd Nelson, Dawson College, Canada, 3 April 2018 Anna Norris, Michigan State University, 18 March 2017 Philip Roth, Cornwall Bridge, CT, 22 May 2018 Estella Irvine Schoenberg, Buffalo State College, State University of New York, 17 April 2017 C. Jan Swearingen, Texas A&M University, College Station, 1 June 2017 Betty Perry Townsend, University of Maryland, College Park, 22 December 2017 Daniel D. Townsend, Anne Arundel Community College, MD, 25 May 2018 This listing contains names received by the membership ofice since the March 2018 issue. A cumulative list for the aca- demic year 2017–18 appears at the MLA Web site (www .mla .org/in_memoriam). In Memoriam [ P M L A 774 PMLA 133.3 (2018), published by the Modern Language Association of America 775 Omeka.net is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. Omeka.net offers the perfect platform for your digital public history work. With a range of reasonably priced plans, Omeka.net provides a hosted solution for individuals, courses, and institutions. 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