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Editor Note

It is a pleasure to introduce the eighth volume of Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture.

Many thanks to the graduate students who contributed to this volume, your efforts made this issue especially rewarding for the editing team. Your work helped keep the journal strong and moves it forward as a trusted source for quality academic investigations and creative works in the fields of linguistics, literature, and cultural studies.

Special thanks to the professors on the editorial board for their continued support of the journal, especially to Dr. Rudyard Alcocer for his mentoring and guidance as the Faculty Advisor throughout the academic year.

April 14, 2023

Editors, Volume 8

Editor-in-Chief
Charles J. Brown
Associate Editor
Cecily Bernard

Collaborators, Volume 8

Alejandro Botia PhD Student, University of Alabama

Victoria Cataloni PhD Student, Ohio State University

Ramón E. Martínez PhD Student, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Enrique Muñoz-Mantas PhD Student, University of Florida

Geoffrey Tacinelli MA Student, University of Florida