diff --git a/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/constants.js b/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/constants.js
index f807b327..f35f5743 100644
--- a/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/constants.js
+++ b/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/constants.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var year;
 
 var colors, prevColor, colorToAssign, 
 	colorToRemove, renderedObjects, URIToEntityRecord,
-	setOfLabels, URIToCheckedEntities, stopWordsToCount;
+	setOfLabels, URIToCheckedEntities, STOP_WORDS_FOR_TABLE;
 
 var graphContainer;
 var tableDiv;
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ function initConstants() {
 	URIToEntityRecord = {};
 	setOfLabels = [];
 	URIToCheckedEntities = {};
-	stopWordsToCount = {};
+	
+	STOP_WORDS_FOR_TABLE = ["Person", "Organization", "Agent"];
+	
 	lastCachedAtDateTimes = [];
+	
 	//options for Flot
 	FlotOptions = {
 			legend : {
diff --git a/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/util.js b/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/util.js
index adceb91f..3a341601 100644
--- a/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/util.js
+++ b/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/util.js
@@ -1040,8 +1040,6 @@ function removeCheckBoxFromGlobalSet(checkbox){
  */	
 function prepareTableForDataTablePagination(jsonData, dataTableParams){
 	
-	resetStopWordCount();
-	
 	var table = $('<table>');
 	table.attr('cellpadding', '0');
 	table.attr('cellspacing', '0');
@@ -1165,8 +1163,6 @@ function prepareTableForDataTablePagination(jsonData, dataTableParams){
  */	
 function reloadDataTablePagination(preselectedEntityURIs, jsonData){
 
-	resetStopWordCount();
-	
 	/*
 	 * In case no entities are selected, we want that redraw should happen so that top entities are 
 	 * pre-selected.
@@ -1246,24 +1242,14 @@ function updateRowHighlighter(linkedCheckBox){
 	linkedCheckBox.closest("tr").removeClass('datatablerowhighlight');
 }
 
+function removeStopWords(val) {
+	
+	return $.map(val.organizationType, function(type, i){
 
-function resetStopWordCount(){
-	stopWordsToCount["Person"] = 0;
-	stopWordsToCount["Organization"] = 0;
-}
-
-function removeStopWords(val){
-	var typeStringWithoutStopWords = "";
-	$.each(val.organizationType, function(index, value){
-		if(value == "Person"){
-			stopWordsToCount["Person"]++;
-		}else if(value == "Organization"){
-			stopWordsToCount["Organization"]++;
-		}else{
-			typeStringWithoutStopWords += ', '+ value; 
+		if ($.inArray(type, STOP_WORDS_FOR_TABLE) < 0) {
+			return (type);
 		}
-	});
-	return typeStringWithoutStopWords.substring(1, typeStringWithoutStopWords.length);
+	}).join(", ");
 }
 
 function setEntityLevel(entityLevel){
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/JsonObject.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/JsonObject.java
index 44c58118..c97761fb 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/JsonObject.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/JsonObject.java
@@ -19,16 +19,7 @@ public class JsonObject {
 	private String entityURI;
 	private String visMode;
 	private List<String> organizationType = new ArrayList<String>();
-	private List<String> stopWords = new ArrayList<String>();
 	
-	public List<String> getStopWords() {
-		return stopWords;
-	}
-
-	public void setStopWords(List<String> stopWords) {
-		this.stopWords = stopWords;
-	}
-
 	public List<String> getOrganizationTypes() {
 		return organizationType;
 	}