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Donald F. Hones, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

hones@uwosh.edu

920-424-7209 (work)

920-896-2387 (cell)

Professional Interests: Institutional Leadership; Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Teachers; International Education; Preparation of Bilingual/Bicultural Teachers and Counselors.

Education:

Ph.D., Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy, Michigan State University. Areas of emphasis: social foundations, educational policy, second languages and cultures, adult learning. Dissertation title: The Education of New Americans: Hmong Immigrant Lives and Learning. 1997.

M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Minnesota. Areas of emphasis: sociolinguistics, applied linguistics. Thesis: Community Histories: Bridging the Gap Between ESL Students and the American Community. 1991.

M.A., Political Science, Duke University. Areas of emphasis: comparative politics and Islamic and Arabian studies. Thesis: Unity, Freedom, Socialism: The Pursuit of Bacthist Goals in Syria and Iraq. 1982.

B.A., Political Science, Hope College. 1980.

Experience:

Teacher Education:

• Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Responsible for undergraduate and graduate teacher licensure and degree programs and leadership of 10 full- and 40 part-time faculty. 2016-present.

• Graduate Coordinator, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Responsible for developing and maintaining a variety of graduate cohorts in the MSE, Teaching and Learning program. 2018-present.

• Professor, ESL and Bilingual Education at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Leadership in the development of program of teacher preparation and coursework for ESL minor and major, bilingual education minors. Co-Director, UW Oshkosh Project ESTRELLA I and II, Project ADELANTE, and Teachers and Personnel Grants. Courses taught: ESL Methods, Principles of Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Hmong Language, Culture and Learning, Latina/o Language, Culture and Learning, Culture, Identity and Educational Journeys, Culture and Community Change in Costa Rica. Supervision of student teachers. Research on issues in immigrant education. 1997-present.

• Curriculum Development and Instruction at Michigan State University. Courses taught: Reflections on Learning; Human Diversity, Power and Opportunity in Social Institutions; and Learning and Learners in Context. Developed a community-based, multicultural, service learning component for the latter two courses. 1994-1997.

• Researcher at Michigan State University. Historical and philosophical roots of service learning, K-12 Service Learning Center; Professional Development School foreign language learning project and school-to-work project in urban high schools. 1993-94.

Multiculturalism and Urban Education:

• Border Education Initiative. Creation of service learning opportunities on the Arizona-Mexican border, including volunteering with humanitarian aid organizations and interviewing with various stakeholders on issues related to undocumented immigration. 2007-present.

• Language, Culture, Community and Innovative Schools. Creation of two courses involving field trips and service learning in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participants, including undergraduates, teachers, and administrators, visited and volunteered at magnet and charter schools such as Phalen Lake Elementary School and the Community of Peace Academy; and visited community centers such as Centro Cultural Chicano and the Hmong Cultural Center. 2001-present.

• Political Science Lecturer at Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN; Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN; Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA. Courses developed: Media and Politics, Community Politics, European Politics, World Politics, American Presidency. 1988-1991.

• Community Organizer and Fundraiser with Carolina Action/ACORN, Durham, NC; California League of Conservation Voters; and the Holy Cross Wilderness Defense Fund, Red Cliff, CO. 1980 and 1983.

International Education:

• Study Abroad Leader. Culture and Community Change in Costa Rica, December 2012, 2016, 2017.

• Exchange Initiatives. Development of exchange of pre-service and in-service teachers with Siebold University, Nagasaki, Japan; Universidad Catolica, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Universidad de Miguel Cervantes, and Universidad de Bernardo O’Higgins, and the Ministry of Education in Chile; ongoing development of exchanges and short courses with Universidad de Veracruz and Universidad de Latin America in Mexico and Universidad de Costa Rica. 2000-present.

• Curriculum Development and Instruction in Programs for International Students at the following institutions: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR; Fulbright Center, Quito, Ecuador; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA; University of San Francisco; Korean Multiservice Center, San Francisco, CA; FIAC Language School, Sabadell, Spain. 1984-85, 1988-1996,

• Director of Teacher Preparation at Fulbright English Center, Quito, Ecuador. Responsibilities included hiring, staff development, in-service coordination, and in-country training of English teachers. 1991-92.

• International Education Advisor for Student Project for Amity Among Nations (S.P.A.N.), Minneapolis, MN. Program development, student selection and preparation, and in-country advising for student research (Spain). 1989-91.

Languages: Fluency in Spanish; advanced literacy and basic oral skills in Portuguese, French, and Catalan; some basic literacy and oral skills in Arabic, Quichua, Japanese and Hmong.

Awards and Honors: John McNaughton Rosebush University Professorship, UW Oshkosh, 2010; Distinguished Teaching Award, UW Oshkosh, 2008; Exemplary Reviewer, AERA Publications Committee, 2005; Outstanding Dissertation Award, Second Language SIG, AERA, 1998; Academic Excellence Award, College of Education, Michigan State University, 1998; AERA Spencer Fellow, 1995-96; Michigan State University Fellowship, 1993-96; Fulbright Scholarship, 1991-92; Lockheed Leadership Fellowship, Earhart Fellowship, Duke, 1981.

Shared Governance: Faculty Senator, 2014-present; University Resource Alignment, 1016-present. University Studies Program committee, 2015-2018; Global Studies committee, 2015-2018; Past chair of COEHS personnel committee.

Publications:

Hones, D., Pasayes, M. and Vang, T. (2019). Refugees With or Without Papers: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resettlement of Two Bilingual Educators. Multicultural Education (Winter), 8-17.

Hones, D. and Alderton, A. (2017). A Road Made by Walking: University Faculty and ELL Teachers Learning Together. Multicultural Education, 24(3), 2-9.

Hones, D., Pasayes, M. and Vang, T. Refugees With or Without Papers: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Seeking Shelter in the United States. Chapter in a forthcoming volume edited by Fonkem, M. and A. Kisubi.

Hones, D., Li, C. and J. Baek (2016). Transnational English:  Dialogue and Solidarity Among Teachers. In Emmanuel, J.F., Avoseh, M.B., and Griswold, W. (Eds.) Perspectives on Transnational Education and Learning. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 127-140.

Hones, D. (2015). How Can English as a Second Language Teachers/Specialists Engage English Language Learners/Emergent Bilinguals in the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards? In Valdes, G., Menken, K. and M. Castro, Common Core and ELLS/Emergent Bilinguals: A Guide for All Educators. Philadelphia: Caslon Publishing, 206-207.

Hones, D. and P. Cifuentes (2013). Los Papeles No Trabajan/The Papers Don’t Do the Work: The Border, Human Rights, and Implications for Teachers of Immigrant Students. Multicultural Education.

Hones, D. (2013). On the Trail of Giants: Ig, Og, Ug and Other Tales. Xlibris Publishers.

Hones, D. (2012). Now is the Moment: The State, Public Education, and Communities of Resistance in Oaxaca and Wisconsin. Multicultural Education, 19(2), 2-9.

Hones, D. Xiong, S., Vang, C., Vang, H. and M. Xiong (2012). Transforming the World and Oneself: The Arts and Hmong American Identity. In Her, V.K. and M.L. Buley-Meissner, (Eds.), Choosing to Be Hmong and American: Re-Envisioning Identity, Community and Culture in Modern Society, St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society.

Hones, D. (2010). Education on the Immigrant Trail: Borderlands of Human Service. In Hagen, J. and Kisubi, A. (eds.), Best Practices in Human Services: A Global Perspective. Oshkosh, WI: CSHSE Monograph.

Hones, D., Aguilar, N. and Thao, S. (2009). La Lucha Continua: Becoming a Bilingual Teacher in the Era of Praxis II. Multicultural Education 10(3), 18-23.

Hones, D. (2007). “A Meeting Place for Us”: Milpera, a Newcomer High School. Multicultural Education, 14(4), 8-15.

Hones, D. (2005). We Are One, We Are Many: Portraits of Australian Bilingual Schools. Multicultural Education (Spring), 15-22.

Hones, D. (2005). Under One Dream: Aboriginal Education at Two Australian Schools. Multicultural Education (Fall), 10-13.

Hones, D. (2005). Growing Up in Two Worlds: A Murri Trilogy from Australia. MinneWITESOL Journal, 22, 101-102.

Hones, D. (Ed.) (2002). American Dreams, Global Visions: Dialogic Teacher Research with Refugee and Immigrant Families. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hones, D. (2002). In Quest of Freedom: Towards Critical Pedagogy in the Education of Bilingual Youth. Teachers College Record 104(6), 1163-1186.

Hones, D. (2002). Reading Your Rights: A Readers' Theater of Civil Liberties. WSRA Journal, 44(2), 45-50.

Hones, D. (2001). Hmong Language, Culture and Learning: A Course for Teachers. Midwest American Educational Research Journal, 14(4), 28-31.

Hones, D. (2001). Book Review of Finding One’s Place: Teaching Styles and Peer Relations in Diverse Classrooms. Contemporary Sociology, 31(1), 92—93.

Hones, D. (2001). The Word: Religion and Education in the Life of a Hmong Refugee. Journal of Religious Education, 96(4), 489-509.

Hones, D. (2000). Story Weaving: Teacher Research with Bilingual/Bicultural Family Narratives. Multicultural Perspectives, 2(4), 25-33.

Hones, D. (2000). Building Bridges Between University, School, and Community. Chapter in K. Johnson (Ed.), Case Studies in Teacher Education. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

Hones, D. (1999). U.S. Justice? ESOL Content Instruction, Critical Pedagogy and the Case of Mumia Abu Jamal. TESOL Journal, 8(4), 27-33.

Hones, D. and Cha, S. (1999). Educating New Americans: Immigrant Lives and Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hones, D. (1999). Making Peace: A Narrative Study of a Bilingual Liaison, a School and a Community. Teachers College Record, 101(1), 128-156.

Hones, D. (1999). Crisis, Continuity and the Refugee: The Educational Biography of a Hmong Father and His Daughter. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 28(2), 166-198.

Hones, D. (1998). Known in Part: The Story, the Teller, and the Narrative Researcher. Qualitative Inquiry, 4(2): 225-248.

Hones, D. and Gee, M.K. (1994). Flying by the Seat of One's Pants: An Intensive Teacher Training Program. TESOL Journal, 3(2), 8-12.

Hones, D. (1994). Regeneration of the English Language Arts Curriculum: An Essay Review. Michigan Reading Journal, (Fall).

Hones, D. (1993). Working: ESL Students Interview Americans About Their Jobs. ORTESOL Journal, 14, 76-83.

Hones, D. (1993). In the Spirit of Evaristo: EFL Student-created Improvisational Theater in Ecuador. Language Quarterly, 30(3-4), 41-46.

Hones, D. (1993). Children of Abya-yala: EFL Students Consider the Quincentennial of Columbus' Arrival. MinneTESOL Journal, 10, 59-65.

Hones, D. (1992). Community Histories: Bridging the Gap between ESL Students and the American Community. TESOL Journal 1, 9-13.

Grantwriting and Grant Management:

Project AMOR: Preparing ESL and Bilingual Teachers for Menasha, Oshoshkosh and Appleton. Funded through the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. $110,000. 2019-2021.

Project MBGB: Maestros Bilingues para Green Bay funded through UW System Administration (UWSA). $29,382. 2018-2019.

Project COMPASS. Wrote and directed this 17month, $110,000 grant in support of ESL and regular education teachers in developing and implementing co-taught curriculum. Funded through the Wisconsin ESEA Improving Teacher Quality. 2015-2016.

Project ESTRELLA II. Co-directed this $1.6 million federal grant, whose principle investigator is Kathryn Henn-Reinke. Among my activities is organizing the Language, Culture and Education Institute, creating and supporting a family/school/university collaborative grant, and leading the IHE-ELL Teacher Collaboration initiative. 2012-2017.

Project ESTRELLA. Wrote and co-directed this $1.45 million federal grant for preparation of ESL and bilingual teachers and personnel, university faculty curricular support, development of web-based clearinghouse on ELL secondary education, and family education programs, 2007-2012.

Project ADELANTE. Wrote and co-directed this $1.5 million federal grant for preparation of ESL and bilingual teachers and personnel, university faculty curricular support, and family education programs, 2002-2007.

Teachers and Bilingual Personnel. Wrote and co-directed this $1.2 million federal grant for preparation of ESL and bilingual teachers and personnel, 2000-2005.

Race and Ethnicity Research Grant. $2,000 grant supporting research on immigrant families divided by the border, 2010.

Race and Ethnicity Curriculum Grant. $4,000 grant supporting course development for Education Along the Immigrant Trail, 2008.

Race and Ethnicity Research Grant. $5,000 grant supporting student/faculty research on Becoming a Bilingual Teacher. Student researchers: Nancy Aguilar and Stacie Thao. 2006-2007.

UW Oshkosh Faculty Development Teaching Grant. $4,000 to support travel to Chile for the setting up of a student and teacher exchange, 2006-2007.

UW Oshkosh Faculty Development Undergraduate Research Collaboration Grant. $3,000 for collaborative research with bilingual students in elementary schools. Student researcher: Beatriz Martinez. 2007-2008.

Title VII Lakeshore Training for all Teachers Grant (through DPI), IHE partner, 2000-2005. This grant involves approximately $65,000 towards workshops on educating linguistically diverse students.

Title III, WIDA Project, $300,000 (through Wisconsin DPI), partner and curriculum writer, 2002-2005. This national consortium of state departments of public instruction focuses its attention on developing alternative assessments online for English Language Learners. UW Oshkosh serves as the home for this webiste. I have developed materials for teachers which can be accessed from this site.

Support for sabbatical study in Mexico in Spring, 2011.

Support for Sabbatical study in Australia, August, 2003 to January, 2004. During this leave, studied the policies and practices of immigrant education in Australia, producing 4 research articles as well as curriculum revision toward a required course in the new global education certificate.

Vander Putten grant for travel to Japan, January, 2002. This grant provided $5,000 toward travel expenses and materials acquisition. Contacts were established in Japan with the goal of offering coursework there for UW Oshkosh study abroad students.

UW Oshkosh Diversity Innovation Grant, “From the Valley to the Campus: Recruitment Weekend for Minority Language Students.” This grant provides $2,400 towards transportation lodging and meals for 30-40 bilingual high school students to spend a weekend on campus in May, 2003.

Graduate Summer Initiatives Grant, “Hmong Language and Culture: St. Paul Experience.” This grant will provide $5,000 to support transportation, lodging and meals for students spending a week in the St. Paul, Minnesota Hmong community, June-July, 2003.

UW Oshkosh Diversity Innovation Grant, “Understanding Hmong America: Twin Cities Field Experience for UW Oshkosh Students.” This grant provides $3,000 towards transportation, meals, lodging and honorariums in relation to a weeklong student field experience in the Twin Cities as part of the Hmong Language, Culture and Learning course.

UW System Race and Ethnicity Grant of $3,500 for curriculum development for a new course, Hmong Language, Culture and Learning, during academic year 2000-2001.

UW Oshkosh Diversity Innovation Grant, “From the Valley to the Campus: Recruitment Visits for Minority Language Students.” This grant provided $1,500 towards transportation and meals for 150 bilingual high school students who spent a day on campus in April and May, 2002.

UW Oshkosh Diversity Innovation Grant, “From the Valley to the Campus: Recruitment Visits for Minority Language Students.” This grant provided $3,000 towards transportation and meals for 140 bilingual high school students who spent a day on campus in April and May, 2001.

UW System Race and Ethnicity Grant for book seminar with college, community and other participants. $400 for the purchase of books by Faltis & Wolfe (1999) and Freire (1998) around the theme of finding effective instructional practices for minority language youth. This seminar involved 7 UW Oshkosh students, as well as faculty and community members.

UW System Race and Ethnicity Grant for a Milwaukee Field Experience for UW Oshkosh pre-service teachers taking the Fall Interim 2000 course, 13/14-201. This $1,000 grant provided funding for student travel expenses, guest speakers and the purchase of multicultural children’s literature which will be share with, and donated to, Milwaukee Public Schools.

Professional Presentations:

Hones, D. and Pasayes, M. Refugees With or Without Papers: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resettlement of Two Bilingual Educators. National Association of Multicultural Education Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, November 28-30, 2018.

World English: The UW Oshkosh TESOL Certificate Program. Presented with Caitlin Cobb, Suyeong Jo and Jongho Kang at the WITESOL Conference, Oshkosh, WI, November 12, 2016.

Project COMPASS: Building a Co-Teaching Collaboration between ESL and Regular Education Teachers. Presented with Gretchen Lettau at the WITESOL Conference, Oshkosh, WI, October 24, 2015.

Water in the Desert: Migrants, Militarized Borders, and Human Rights. National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) conference, Tucson, AZ, November 6-8, 2014.

Write the Book. Presented with Alfred Kisubi at the Language, Culture and Education Institute, Oshkosh, WI, April 5, 2014.

Our Stories: An Immigrant Family Literacy Project. Presented at the LESSLA international conference, San Francisco, CA, August 7-9, 2013.

Chartering a New Direction: The Appleton Bilingual School. Presented with Katie Hanna and Frida Adrian at the CARLA Immersion Conference, October, 2012.

No Culpable/Not Guilty: Theater Up Against the Wall. Presented with Persida Cifuentes at the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, November 5, 2010.

Portraits of the Artist as a Hmong American. Presented at the International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry, Charlottetown, PEI (Canada), October, 2009.

Transforming Oneself, Transforming the World: The Arts and Hmong American Identity. Presented at the Hmong National Development conference, Appleton, Wisconsin, April 4, 2009.

La Lucha Continua: Becoming a Bilingual Teacher in the Era of Praxis II. Presented with Nancy Aguilar at the National Association of Bilingual Education conference, Austin, Texas, February 28, 2009.

No More Deaths: News from the Border. Presented at Language, Culture and Education Institute, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, March 28, 2008.

Project ESTRELLA and Challenging Praxis II. Presentation with Kathy Henn-Reinke, Nancy Aguilar, Stacie Thao, See Lee and Neng Yang at the WITESOL/DPI Joint Conference, September 28, 2007.

Project ESTRELLA. Presented with Kathy Henn-Reinke at the Title III Project Forum, Institute on Race and Ethnicity Conference, Milwaukee, April 26, 2007.

American Dreams, Global Visions: Teachers and Immigrant Families Together. Keynote Speech, Pennsylvania Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, October 28, 2006.

Project ADELANTE: Evaluating Four Years of Alternative Teacher Preparation. Presented with Kathryn Henn-Reinke at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006.

Project ADELANTE: Learning from the First Two Years of An Alternative Licensing Program. Presented with Kathryn Henn-Reinke, Sam Fields, Mark Wirtz and Michelle Bolstad-Szele at the National Association of Bilingual Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January, 2005.

Working with Culturally Diverse Students and Families. Presentation to the UW Oshkosh Social Work Conference, March, 2005.

Education and the Legal Rights of Immigrants and Refugees. Invited Presentation, UW Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, October, 2004.

Project ADELANTE: An Alternative Licensing Program for Teachers of English Language Learners in Wisconsin. Presented with Kathryn Henn-Reinke at the Department of Public Instruction Fall Meeting for ELL Program Administrators, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, September, 2004.

Project ADELANTE: An Alternative Licensing Program for Teachers of English Language Learners. Presented with Kathryn Henn-Reinke, Dawn Harmon, Sandra Gavin, and Amanda Frenkel. American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April, 2004.

Breaking the Silence on Immigrant Rights. Presented with Katie Boldt and Erin Tremble at the Midwest TESOL Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November, 2002.

Struggle, Dialogue and Teachers’ Lives. Presented at the International TESOL Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, March, 2001.

Teaching NAFTA and Learning Students’ Lives. Presented at the International TESOL Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, March, 2001.

Working Effectively with Diverse Families. Presented at the Wisconsin School Public Relations Conference, Brown Deer, Wisconsin, April, 2001.

Hones, D., Vue, Ge and Hinz, K. Towards Critical Pedagogy in the Education of Bilingual Youth. International TESOL Convention, Vancouver, BC, March, 2000.

Hones, D. Story Weaving: Teacher Research with Bilingual/Bicultural Family Narratives. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada, April, 1999.

Hones, D., Lor, C., Lor, K. and Van Damme, F. Teacher Research with Bilingual/Bicultural Family Narratives. Demonstration presented at the International TESOL Convention, New York, March, 1999.

Hones, D., Lor, C., Lor, K. and Van Damme, F. Teacher Researchers and the Writing of Bilingual/Bicultural Family Narratives. Demonstration presented at the Oshkosh Writing Conference, Oshkosh, WI, March, 1999.

Hones, D. Service Learning and Diversity Education: Narratives of Pre-service Teachers. Paper presented at the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, November, 1998.

Hones, D. Making Peace: Narratives of a School, a Community, and a Bilingual Liaison. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, April, 1998.

Hones, D. Educating New Americans: The Life and Learning of a Hmong Refugee. Invited Poster Session, American Anthropological Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November, 1997.

Hones, D. Resourcefulness, Relationship, Respect: Learning from the Life of a Hmong American. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, March, 1997.

Hones, D. Preparing Teachers for Diversity: A Service Learning Approach. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, March, 1997.

Hones, D. Known in Part: Transforming the Story, the Teller, and the Narrative Researcher. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illiinois, March, 1997.

Hones, D. Educating New Americans: Uprootedness, Identity and the Interpretation of Lives. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York City, April, 1996.

Hones, D. Adult Learning, Generativity, and "Successful" Aging in Multicultural Perspective. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York City, April, 1996.

Hones, D. and Weiland, S. Adult Learning and the Study of Lives. Paper presented at the American Gerontology Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1996.

Hones, D. Invited Roundtable on Diversity Education. Michigan Association of Bilingual Educators/Lansing Celebrating Diversity Conference, May, 1996.

Hones, D. Crisis, Continuity and the Refugee: The Educational Biography of a Hmong Father and His Daughter. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Regional Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, October, 1995.

Hones, D. Native American Literature in the ESL Classroom. Demonstration presented at the Oregon TESOL Conference, May, 1993.

Hones, D. and Hansen, A. May Day Activities for the ESL Classroom. Workshop presented at the Minnesota TESOL Conference, May, 1991.

Professional Activities and Memberships

Title III Advisory Board Member for English Language Learner Issues, Wisconsin DPI.

Member, National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE)

Member, National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME)

Member, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Member, Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (WITESOL)

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