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"Human Studies," has fomented a sea change in the character of inquiry in social sciences and professional fields during the past 25 years. When "Human Studies," began publishing there were hardly any outlets for essays and studies in "human science." If one attempted to publish such work, much scarce space had to be given to explaining, nay, justifying, one's non-normal approach to topics of non-obvious interest to readers of established journals. To say that "Human Studies," filled a niche is to miss the emergent, and fragile, nature of alternate inquiry enterprises. If "Human Studies," and its intrepid editors had not persevered, much scholarly work would not have seen the light of day, or would have appeared in the firmament as mere pinpricks of light. Sociologists exercising the luxury of abstraction might postulate that some such journal would have come into being, given a developing supply of articles in a publish or perish environment. Busy academics know, though, that few among us are willing to expend the energy to produce an outlet for other academics to publish. And even fewer of us have the tenacity, tact, and talent to make a journal at the margins become more than a marginal journal.