It is semi-traditional at PALAIOS for the outgoing editor to provide a Spotlight article as their tenure as editor ends. Past editors have pontificated on the state of the journal, its ranking, and its path to the future (e.g., Hasiotis and Taylor 2010; Hasiotis and Zonneveld 2012; Hasiotis 2013). In truth, I have a very positive outlook for the journal. PALAIOS is strong and healthy and I leave it in the capable hands of co-editors Gabriella Mangano and Thomas Olszewski and managing editor Kathleen Huber; three amazing human beings, each of whom possesses a wiser head than...

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