Dr. Robert Con Davis-Undiano is Dean of the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma and Executive Director for World Literature Today. RC (as he is called) joined OU’s faculty in 1980, and in 1999 he was named Executive Director of OU’s international magazine World Literature Today and holder of the Neustadt Professorship in Comparative Literature.  In 1999, he received a Presidential Professorship, and in 2004 he became the third recipient of the prestigious Sullivant Award for Perceptivity.  In 2005, he became Dean of OU’s Honors College.  He and his wife Julie have three children.

Daniel joined the WLT staff in 2002, after previous editorial positions at the University of Oklahoma Press and University of Nebraska Press. He received his doctorate in comparative literature—with an emphasis in translation studies—from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2000. At OU, in addition to his work at WLT, he serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the English department and affiliate faculty member in the School of International & Area Studies, teaching a course in magazine editing and publishing every fall.  A Nebraska native, Daniel is in obedience training to be a husband, father, and dog owner: learning, from his wife, the true meaning of commitment; from their three young daughters, the true measure of love; and from their three dogs, the true gift of devotion.

Michelle Johnson is WLT’s managing editor. Also a lawyer, Michelle served as the managing editor of the Oklahoma City University Law Review and teaches courses in advanced legal writing and  law and literature. This fall she is teaching the Neustadt course, held in conjunction with the Neustadt Festival of International Literature and Culture on the OU campus.

Short stories, novels, poetry, essays, travel writing, food writing—Michelle enjoys them all. In addition to reading and dogs, she loves going to the movies, cooking, and walking through new cities with her husband, Mark.

Victoria Vaughn has been Programs Coordinator at World Literature Today since 1993. A native Oklahoman, Vicki enjoys spending time with her friends and family, and her half Chihuahua/half Pomeranian Gracie LuLu.

Terri Stubblefield, an Oklahoma native, has been the Marketing Director at World Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma since August 2001. Terri has more than 20 years experience in marketing and promotions in the private sector, and has been a registered barber for 32 years. She is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and has served on the Full Circle Adult Day Center Board since 2001. She has been married to Joe for 23 years, has a daughter Leslie, a granddaughter Abby, and two black Labradors Hannah and her dog Hank.

Merleyn Bell is the art director of World Literature Today magazine. A Norman native and graduate of OU, she has worked at World Literature Today since 2003.