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the questions that Micheal has been posing to our col- leagues for the past four years to be interesting and instructive. Indeed, although most readers will not have been subjects of this series, I invite everyone to look at the questions and think about how they would answer them; you might learn something about yourself! And if you want to look at past pieces, they are all posted at https://bit.ly/3FjTCeL.
I also want to thank Micheal for her development, organi- zation, and cowriting all the “Ask an Acoustician” essays. Micheal is a great partner to work with on AT, and I am very grateful for her collaboration in so many aspects of the magazine, including her “eagle eye” in doing the final editorial review of most articles.
The second essay is by Tyrone Porter. Tyrone writes a very powerful piece about his experiences as a Black acousti- cian. Personally, I found the piece very moving and have already encouraged Tyrone to write more about his expe- riences for future issues of AT. I strongly recommend that every member of the ASA read and think about Tyrone’s essay and his experiences.
I also invite other members of the ASA with impor- tant and interesting stories that can teach others about issues of diversity to share their stories through our “Sound Perspectives” essays. If you would like to con- sider doing this, please email me and let me know what you have in mind.
Our third essay is actually a repeat of one we had in the winter 2021 issue about Spanish-Speaking acousticians in the Americas, but in Spanish. When we originally did this essay, I invited the authors to provide a Spanish translation for the AT web page. I then realized that many ASA members might value seeing the essay in Span- ish, and, with the agreement of the authors, we publish the piece in this issue. Indeed, there are other Spanish- language articles from AT on our web pages—please look at http://bit.ly/AT-Spanish.
Finally, it is a delight to welcome the newest member of the AT family, Bennett Easthon Setzer. Bennett is the son of AT Editorial Associate Kat Setzer and her wife Lindsey Easthon. We look forward to Ben being an AT intern in perhaps 20 years!
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