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A Baltimore resident for 19 years, Mike Field has worked at Johns Hopkins University for the past 12, currently in university administration on the Homewood campus. A previous article for Johns Hopkins Public Health,
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won a gold award from the CASE district II competition for feature articles in 2003. Field is a part-time playwright and holds a Masters in Drama Studies from Johns Hopkins. He teaches playwriting on an adjunct basis at Goucher College, and his most recent work is part of the 2005 season at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.
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