Kyra G.
Kyra attended Brown University, where she studied English and Nonfiction Writing and graduated with honors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Nonfiction Writing at the University of Iowa.
Victor W.
Victor holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University, where he was awarded the John Hawkes Prize for fiction. He also earned an MA in philosophy from the University of Miami where he was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award, along with the Martha S. Weeks Graduate Excellence Award, and the Gerrit and Edith Schipper Award in philosophy.
Judy
Judy pursued her bachelor’s degree in History of Science at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She subsequently earned her master of science degree in History of Science, Medicine and Technology from the University of Oxford.
Clara B.
Clara holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia. She is now an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Eugenia
Eugenia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is completing a dissertation on contemporary capitalism and dystopian fiction.
Jesse
Jesse holds a BA in History from Columbia, where he was a Navab Fellow, Solomon & Seymour Fisher Civil Liberties Fellow, and Benjamin F. and Bernice Block Scholar. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Theatre Acting at Columbia.
Brian P.
Brian holds a PhD in English Literature at Rutgers University, where his research was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Modern Language Association, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. His prize-winning personal essays have appeared in Avidly, Literary Hub, TriQuarterly, and Electric Literature.
Morgan
Morgan holds a JD from Vanderbilt University Law School and a BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University. She is a former lawyer admitted to practice in the State of New York (having worked in both government and BigLaw), and most recently was the Script Coordinator on a Netflix TV show.
Julia H.
Julia double majored in Global Studies and Spanish Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her thesis on microfinance loans earned her Honors in Global Studies, and she graduated magna cum laude and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Maggie G.
Maggie is an Associate Professor of English at Skidmore College. She holds a PhD in English from Emory University and a BA in English from Agnes Scott College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Her first book, Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration from Einstein to the Present, was released by Oxford University Press in 2023.
Rob F.
Rob holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University. Previously, he worked for Bain & Company and graduated from Stanford with a major in Political Science. He currently writes poetry, fiction, and art criticism.
Jack Mc.
Jack earned his BA in Theatre and Performance Studies (cum laude) at Yale University, where he also pursued extensive coursework in humanities departments like English and History. After Yale, Jack earned his MA in Theatre at The Ohio State University with a focus on dramatic literature, history, and theory.
Elizabeth Be.
Elizabeth received her PhD in English from New York University, where she specialized in eighteenth-century British literature and Romanticism. Before NYU, she received an MA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a BA in English from the University of Central Florida.
Amy T.
Amy attended Stanford University, where she majored in Urban Sustainability and minored in Italian, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Amy went on to receive her MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University, where she was a Dillard Fellow and received the Andrew James Purdy Prize in Short Fiction.
Emmett K.
Emmett attended Amherst College, where he majored in English. After college, Emmett spent five years working as a journalist and television producer. Next, he received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.
Celine
Celine graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in English and Public Health Studies. After working as a consultant at The Bridgespan Group, she is now pursuing a PhD in English at Harvard.
Andrew S.
Andrew holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a BA in English from Calvin University. He has taught English and Creative Writing classes at the University of Iowa and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, as well as tutored at Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.
Connor M.
Connor is a PhD Candidate in Religion at Columbia University; his dissertation focuses on the relationship between religion, science, and technology in contemporary America. He also holds an MPhil and MA in Religion from Columbia, an a BA in Religion from Vassar College.
Michael O.
Michael holds a BA in Mathematics and American Studies at Wesleyan University, and a PhD in American Studies at Harvard University. His studies focus on 19th century US history and the history of the life sciences.
Layla
Layla is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and a minor in Islamic Studies. Her post-grad fellowship conducting ovarian cancer research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Science culminated in her choice to pursue a career in medicine.
Brandon H.
Brandon currently teaches at Georgetown University. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton, a JD from Georgetown University, and an MA and BA in Latin American Studies from UT at Austin.
Emilija
Emilija has a BA in Sociology from Queen’s University, and three Montessori MACTE teaching certifications from the Toronto Montessori Institute for children ages 2.5 through 12. Emilija completed an MA in International Studies in Education at the University of Birmingham, and an M.Ed in Educational Leadership, Organization and Entrepreneurship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She also has her Primary Years International Baccalaureate teaching license from the IBO.
Sean B.
Sean graduated from Yale University with a degree in American Studies. After teaching in Oklahoma City at Odyssey Leadership Academy, he went on to earn his MFA in Poetry at Boston University.
Matthew S.
Matthew attended Emory University, where he majored in English and Creative Writing and won several student film awards. He currently works in the film industry.
Nathan B.
Nathan is a lecturer in The Writing Seminars, the creative writing program at Johns Hopkins University. He earned his MFA at Hopkins, and also attended Emory University in Atlanta, majoring in English literature and creative writing and graduating summa cum laude.
Bex
Bex majored in theatre and minored in creative writing at Northwestern University, graduating summa cum laude. After settling in Chicago, Bex won a prestigious Luminarts Cultural Foundation fellowship in creative writing. They are now an MFA candidate at Hamline University, where they study writing for children and young adults.
Wyatt S.
Wyatt holds an AB from Kenyon College and an MA from NYU, both in English. He's currently a PhD student in Harvard's English department.
Tim L.
Tim holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's in English and Classical Languages from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
David
David graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a major in History and Science and a minor in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Currently, he is pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Sylvie
Sylvie graduated from Princeton with a BA in English and certificates in Gender & Sexuality Studies, Humanistic Studies, and Latin Literature (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She is now a PhD student in English at UC Berkeley.
Max
Max is a PhD Candidate in Film and Visual Studies at Harvard. Previously, he earned his BA in Film & & Media Studies from Johns Hopkins (Phi Beta Kappa), completed his MSt at Oxford in Film Aesthetics, and worked as a film editor.
Jordan
Jordan is a PhD student in English and American Literature at Boston University, whe she also earned her BA in English. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a faculty assistant at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Emily K.
Emily earned her PhD, MPhil, and MA in Theatre and Performance from Columbia University, and her BA in Theatre and Philosophy from Williams College. She is now a consultant at the Columbia Writing Center.
Annabel
Annabel graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton with a BA in English. She recently completed an MA in Philosophy & Literature at University College Dublin as a George J. Mitchell Scholar.
Lauren
Lauren is a published poet and English tutor. She earned her Master's in Creative Writing at Oxford and her BA in English at Amherst, where she was a Davis Scholar.
Samuel
Samuel earned his BA with honors in English at UC Berkeley. Now, he is a PhD candidate in English at Harvard University, writing about nationalism, cultural history, and literature.
Sara Deniz
Sara is a poet, educator, and scholar. She holds a BA in English (Wesleyan) and an MFA in Poetry (Iowa Writers' Workshop). She is currently working on her PhD in English at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Kannan
Kannan holds a BA in the History of Science (University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa) and an MFA in Fiction (Iowa Writers' Workshop). His stories have been published in the LA Times, the LA Review of Books, and Racquet.
Emma
Emma earned her BA in English from Sarah Lawrence and her MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has worked as a writing teacher, editor, and agent, and is now a freelance editor based in California.
Evander
Evander is a Residential Tutor at Harvard. He holds a PhD in American Studies (Harvard) and a BA in Art History and English (Vassar). Previously, he worked at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shelby
Shelby holds a Master's in American Studies (Oxford) and an MFA in Fiction (UC Irvine). His stories have been published in places such as Vice News and GOOD Magazine, primarily about climate change and the environment.
Logan
Logan is an MD/PhD at Harvard. Prior to med school, she spent two years in affordable construction through AmeriCorps, and earned her BA in Child Development at Duke (Truman Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa).
Andrew
Andrew is earning his MA in Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University on a Fulbright Scholarship. He earned his BA in History from Columbia University (cum laude), where he received the Natalie Shawn Fellowship.
Mallory
Mallory earned her BA in English from Harvard University, where she was awarded a creative thesis in Playwriting. She went on to earn her MFA in Playwriting from the New School. She is a teacher in Salisbury School's summer program.
Claire
Claire holds a BA in English Literature (Brown) and an MFA in Painting (New York Academy of Art). Since 2016, she has been teaching high school English Literature at BASIS Independent in Brooklyn.
Brent
Brent graduated from NYU with a BA in Literature and Music, and was awarded the Dean's Grant for Creative Writing. His music has appeared in shows such as Gossip Girl and Skins, and he is currently at work on his first novel.
Jackie
Jackie is an MD student at NYU School of Medicine. She earned her BA in Neuroscience and English and was the managing editor of her college newspaper at the University of Miami (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Tova
Tova attended the University of Chicago and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Anthropology. She recently completed her MPhil in Archaeology (with Merit) at the University of Cambridge.
Emmy
Emmy studied Literature and Visual Arts at Yale and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. She is now a PhD Candidate in English at Harvard, working on her dissertation about the American graphic novel.
Anna
Anna holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature (Harvard), an MA in Slavic Languages and Literature (MA), a BA in History and Philology (Russian State University) and a BA in Fine Arts (Pushkin State Museum Art College).
Julia
Julia holds a BA from Princeton University in English Literature, with certificates in Theater and Music Theater. Her thesis won the Alan Downer prize for research in English and drama. Currently, she works in theatrical costuming.
Noam
Noam earned her BA in Philosophy from U Chicago and was a Rehabilitation Specialist at the South End Community Health Center. She is now pursuing her MD at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine.
Katherine
Katherine earned a BA in Psychology with a concentration in Liguistics from Columbia. Currently, she is completing an MA in Lingusitics at the Graduate Center at CUNY.
Joseph
Joe is a PhD candidate in the Biological Sciences in Public Health at Harvard. He earned his BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley and his MS in Cell and Molecular Biology from San Francisco State.
Tim
Tim recently earned a Master's in Economic Policy from the University College London. He has worked in international affairs management consulting, as a lead research analyst, and as an assistant economist.
Peter
Peter is a PhD student in German at Columbia University. Prior to grad school, he earned a BMus in Musical Arts with distinction from Eastman, and, simultaneously, a BA in German Studies from University of Rochester.
Hanul
Hanul recently graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design as a Wyss Fellow. She holds a BA in Environmental Science from Dartmouth, where she was an Endowed Scholar, Presidential Scholar, and Stefansson Fellow.
Jenna
Jenna is a PhD student of Medieval English Literature at Columbia. She holds a BA in English from Tufts, where she received the English Department Award and highest honors for her senior thesis, and graduated summa cum laude.
MG
MG is a PhD candidate at Harvard University, where she studies the relationship between literature, psychology, and ethical development. Previously, she earned her EdM in Language & Literacy (Harvard Graduate School of Education).