Elise Bickford received an SB in Philosophy from MIT, an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa. She translates poems and essays from German. Her work can be found in Chess Life Magazine, the Columbia Review, Guesthouse, and Peripheries.

Pia Struzzieri is an Assistant Visiting Professor of English. She earned her MFA in Fiction Writing at Columbia University and an AB in Literary Arts and Modern Culture/Media at Brown University. 

Tobias Veeder is a Visiting Assistant Professor teaching "ENGL-1200 The Interpretation of Literature: Diverse Voices in Classic and Contemporary Texts."