Volume II: Susquehanna University
Resilience


Reflections
Guest Speakers

MARTIN ESPADA
Martin Espada is a Puerto Rican poet, essayist, editor, translator and activist who currently teaches poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Espada has been named a finalist for a Pulitzer prize and has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and more. In 2018, he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Prize in Poetry.

Cheryl E. Ball is Director of the Digital Publishing Collaborative at Wayne State University Library and the editor of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. She is the Project Director for Vega, an open-access multimedia academic publishing platform. Ball has an M.F.A. in poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Ph.D. in rhetoric and technical communication from Michigan Technological University.
Cheryl E. Ball

Andrew Ciotola is the managing editor and book review editor of West Branch, Bucknell University’s nationally distinguished literary journal. He received his MA in English from Bucknell University and his BA from Gettsyburg College, where he graduated with honors in English literature.
Andrew Ciotola
2018 FUSE Conference Presentations
Editorial Discussions
Finding and Emphasizing Character Resilience
Katheryne Castillo, UCLA
Jodi Scott Elliott, UCLA
Taylor Harper, UCLA
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Mental Health Matters: Rewriting the Stigma
Hope Martin, Susquehanna University
Hannah Phillips, Susquehanna University
James Hoon, Susquehanna University
Patrick Durney, Susquehanna University
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Finding and Emphasizing Character Resilience
Kelly Bachich, Widener University
Carlie Sisco, Widener University
With James Esch, Widener University
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Publishing & Editing at Susquehanna: Origins, Experiences, and Ambitions
Elizabeth Baldwin, Susquehanna Univerisity
Taylor Breeding, Susquehanna University
Quinn Burkhart, Susquehanna University
Jason Ferris, Susquehanna University
Sarah French, Susquehanna University
Rachel Pietrewicz, Susquehanna Univerisity
With Dr. Laurence Roth, Susquehanna Univerisity
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Breaking Through to the Editors: Our Journey So Far, Challenges of Producing a Literary Magazine at a Growing, Diverse, Liberal Arts College
Quinn Burkhart, Susquehanna University
Jordyn Taylor, Susquehanna University
Bobby Bachman, Cabrini College
Tyohnah White, Cabrini College
Creative Workshop
Feminist Short-Shorts
Rachel Pietrewicz, Susquehanna University
Hannah Phillips, Susquehanna University
Hope Martin, Susquehanna University
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Resilience and Identity, Politics for the Apolitical Literary Magazine
Rachel Wielgopolski, Cedar Crest College
Jamie Kahn, Cedar Crest College
Jessica McManness, Gettysburg Collegeand Ellianie Vega, Gettysburg College
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Resilience in Writing: How to Keep Writing When You Feel Stuck
Jennifer Galvao, SUNY Geneseo
Isabel Owen, SUNY Geneseo
Meghan Fellows, SUNY Geneseo
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