{"id":2048,"date":"2025-08-13T16:16:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/oisl\/?page_id=2048"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:17:07","slug":"zachary-erickson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/oisl\/people\/zachary-erickson\/","title":{"rendered":"Zachary Erickson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2048\" class=\"elementor elementor-2048\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1d300c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1d300c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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