Our Staff

Robert Bell has worked in Writing Centers since he was an undergraduate.  More recently, he is the co-author of America's Disaster Culture (Bloomsbury 2017) and co-editor of Eco Culture (Rowman & Littlefield 2017).  With his writing partner Robert Ficociello, he is also the co-chair for the “Disasters, Apocalypses, and Catastrophes”…

Brenan Beresford graduated from UNC Asheville with their degree in History in May 2014. Two hours later, Brenan began plotting their return to campus and has thus far refused to leave. In their free time, Brenan forages in the woods for food and the junk yard for project materials.

Simon is a senior Literature student with a fondness for film analysis. When he is not working or poring over his thesis work, Simon devotes his time to UNCA's Cult Classic Club. He has an orange cat named Bill, whom he would carry around like a little purse-dog, if only…

Laura is a junior majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Spanish and Creative Writing. Laura also participates in Blue Echo, the Blue Banner, and Blue Crew. When not writing or crying, she enjoys drawing, spending time with friends, and making ridiculous and unnecessary puns.

Zuria is a junior majoring in Environmental Studies. Besides her academic goals, she strives most to reach a heightened state of comfort established by the activities of listening to rock music, eating spaghetti, baking apple pie, and snuggling with her two dogs.

Albert is a junior majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry. When he isn't solving problems on chalkboards or cooking, he can be found spending time with friends, sightseeing, or in a pocket-sized form at the Writing Center.

Lea is a senior majoring in Drama and double minoring in Arts Management and Accounting. If she could stay in school learning for forever she would, but other than that, she likes to hang out with her friends, be a part of as many shows as possible, and dig her…

Elsa is majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Management and Policy, and minoring in Economics. She enjoys learning about food, growing food, cooking food, and eating food. So basically, Elsa likes food.

Joe is an Environmental Studies major with a concentration in ecology with a minor in English. He loves to read, hike, eat, sleep, repeat.

Amanda is a sophomore majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Spanish. Most of their time outside of class is spent with their friends, watching Netflix, or rereading Harry Potter. Their favorite things are cats, pandas, and their plants that they seem to never keep alive for more than a couple…

Willow is a sophomore majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. In her free time, she enjoys cooking unnecessary amounts of vegan food, looking at pictures of animals on the Internet, and trail running. She loves the outdoors, her very fat cats, and peanut butter.

Be is a senior with a Political Science major and Economics minor. She is treasurer of UNCA's Model United Nations and Political Science clubs, and she volunteers for the Warren 2020 campaign on campus. At any moment there is a 100% chance she is arguing with strangers on Instagram or…

Danny is a sophomore from Raleigh, NC studying Mass Communication. His passions include competitive jump rope, breakfast foods, and conversations about music.

Baye is a sophomore majoring in Psychology and Health and Wellness Promotion. She is a member of the Cheer and Dance Team as well as Alpha Xi Delta. She is also a fitness instructor for Zumba, Cycling, and Circuit Training at UNCA Campus Recreation. Baye loves to dance, eat Taki's,…