BRENNA CASEY
Duke University, Ph.D., English
University of Notre Dame, M.F.A., Creative Writing
Boston College, B.A., English, B.A., Hispanic Studies

Brenna is a lecturer at Duke University in the Department of English, as well as the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. She teaches courses in literature, creative writing, ethnic studies, gender studies, and critical theory. Her research and writing interrogate the transnational formations of identity through the literature and visual culture of the Atlantic World. Brenna received her Ph.D. from Duke with a certificate in feminist studies. She also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame, where she was the Sparks Fellow. Brenna’s essays, poetry, and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Hyperallergic, Ploughshares, The Boiler, Post Road, Leviathan, and others. Brenna has led programs for Putney Student Travel and National Geographic Student Expeditions in Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ireland, Spain, and the Czech Republic. Brenna is fluent in Spanish.

VERONICA FITZPATRICK
University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., English and Film Studies
University of Notre Dame, M.F.A., Creative Writing
Michigan State University, B.A., English and Women’s Studies

Veronica is a writer and visiting assistant professor of film studies in the Department of Performing & Media Arts at Cornell University. Previously, she has taught film courses at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Art and the nonprofit Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and creative writing at the Young Writers Workshop. Formerly a featured contributor for the literary journal Ploughshares, she currently writes a monthly column for the film magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room. Veronica has led Putney’s Writing in Ireland program five times and also taught creative writing on the Pre-College Prague program.