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Joshua Pederson

Joshua Pederson is Associate Professor of Humanities at Boston University and author of "Sin Sick: Moral Injury in War and Literature." Follow him on Twitter @joshua_pederson.

Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderon, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield and Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

Everyone thinks “Stranger Things” Season 4 is about trauma. It’s not

Joshua Pederson