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Philip Smith has worked for Wiley Blackwell since May 2007. He is the associate managing editor for Literature Compass and Social and Personality Psychology Compass. He manages Sociology Lens. Phil is doing a PhD in English Literature (Art Spiegelman and representing history since you ask) and is a member of a closed-door kung fu family (really!).
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First Geography Compass Video Abstract now live

by philipsmithFebruary 9, 2011
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21st Century Challenges: Natural Disasters

by philipsmithMarch 15, 2010July 1, 2014
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The geographies of ‘good’ motherhood: Kinder, Kuche, Kirche – Kaput?

by philipsmithMarch 10, 2010
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