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Program Faculty
David is Matador’s senior editor and the founding editor of The Traveler’s Notebook. A practitioner of multiple forms of writing–from guidebooks to poetry–he’s been published in a variety of both online and print publications, and has work forthcoming in two different poetry and short fiction anthologies in 2010. He is the author of You Can’t Help Touching Places That Hurt, (forthcoming June 2010, Robert Ne Veut Pas Lire). Before assuming editorship at Matador he worked as a staff writer for the Boulder Weekly as well as a reporter and columnist for the local Nederland, Colorado newspaper The Mountain Ear. He maintains a blog at www.miller-david.com.
Julie is the managing editor of the Matador Network and the lead editor on Matador’s Change and Pulse blogs. She’s authored city guides for Gayot (Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico) and TravelMuse (Havana and Mexico City), and is currently a contributing writer and editor working on the update of Fodor’s Puerto Rico.
Tim Patterson splits time between his small farm in Vermont and the wilds of Southeast Asia. When in range of a WiFi signal, he co-edits Matador Abroad and contributes across the Matador Network.
Ian is the founder and editor of Brave New Traveler. He has been published in both online and print publications, including university newspapers, online magazines, academic journals, and fiction digests.
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