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Board lander photo
2008 Pulitzer Prize Board
Board lander photo caption

Front row: T. Friedman, J. Byrd, M. Pride, S. Gissler, D. Allen, R. Oppel, A. Bennett
Back row: J. Amoss, K. Carroll, P. Gigot, P. Tash, D. Graham, A. Lipinski, A. Gyllenhaal, D. Kennedy, G. Moore

Board Lander Sub Title
Joann Byrd and Mike Pride, co-chairs; Sig Gissler, administrator

Claudia Emerson

Years
Employer
Mary Washington College
Location
Fredericksburg, VA
Job title
professor of English, Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry, department of English, linguistics and speech
Ordering weight
0 (Chair)
Position on jury
Chair
Employer is a publication
No
Categories: Poetry
Associated Person(s)

H. W. Brands

Years
Employer
University of Texas
Location
Austin
Job title
Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor, department of history
Ordering weight
0 (Chair)
Position on jury
Chair
Employer is a publication
No
Categories: Biography

Lisa Portes

Years
Employer
The Theater School, DePaul University
Location
Chicago
Job title
head of MFA Directing and artistic director of Chicago Playworks for Young Audiences
Ordering weight
4
Employer is a publication
No
Categories: Drama