Rachel Hall | Faculty Advisor
Rachel Hall is the author of Heirlooms (BkMk Press, 2016) which was selected by Marge Piercy for the G.S. Sharat Chandra Book Prize. Her stories and essays have been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including Crab Orchard Review, Gettysburg Review, New Letters, Guernica Daily, and LitHub. She teaches creative writing and literature at Geneseo where she holds two Chancellor’s Award for Excellence–one for teaching and one for creative work.
Allison Brown | Production Advisor
Allison Brown, Production Advisor to Gandy Dancer, is the Digital Publishing Services Manager at Milne Library. She was on the staff for her college literary magazine, so she loves helping out with Gandy Dancer. Now she works on all types of open access publications and free online textbooks.
Mollie McMullan | Managing Editor
Mollie McMullan is a senior English Creative Writing major from Long Island whose work has been published in Bards Annual and previous Gandy Dancer issues. Though she’s primarily interested in poetry, she hopes to continue to explore the creative nonfiction genre as well. In her free time, Mollie enjoys reading, creating obscure Spotify playlists, and petting her landlord’s cat, Piggie.
Jordyn Stinar | Managing Editor
Jordyn Stinar is a senior English Literature major with a minor in Business Studies, and this is her fourth semester on the Gandy Dancer staff. She has always enjoyed the adventures that come when reading and wishes to travel one day herself. She is a member of Sigma Tau Delta and hopes to work in publishing. In her free time she enjoys reading, concerts, and spending time with friends and family.
Samantha McGinnis | Production Assistant
Samantha McGinnis is a junior Adolescent Education major with a concentration in English and Creative Writing from Potsdam, New York. After college, she hopes to become a high school teacher that can inspire her students to enjoy reading, writing, and learning. She is the President for the Korean-American Student Association at Geneseo, a member of Geneseo’s chapter of HerCampus, and works part time off-campus. In her free time, Samantha enjoys reading, writing, journaling, making playlists and buying K-pop albums.
Rachel Sharpe | CNF Editor
Rachel Sharpe is a junior English Literature major at SUNY Geneseo. They are partial to creative nonfiction, but love poetry and fiction as well. They spend their free time reading horror novels and drawing, and they hope to one day become a children’s book illustrator.
Sonia Horowitz | Fiction Editor
Sonia Horowitz is a sophomore English (Creative Writing) major with a minor in Theatre from Vestal, NY. Sonia is a member of the Musical Theatre Club, Between the Lines acapella, and a founder of The Globe–a Shakespeare club at Geneseo. She hopes to become an editor at a publishing house or at a literary magazine in the future and is thankful for the opportunities Gandy Dancer has given her. In her free time, she is most likely reading romance books, posting on bookstagram, or listening to One Direction.
Jack Carnes | Poetry Editor
Jack Carnes is a senior English Literature Major at SUNY Geneseo and is from Pulaski, NY. Outside of classes, he is a member of the Men’s Club Rugby team while also playing bass and guitar for a few different bands. After graduating, he plans to continue his education and eventually become an English teacher. In his second semester with Gandy Dancer, Jack is excited to work with everyone and be exposed to the works of many writers.
Paige Loucks | Poetry Editor
Paige Loucks is a junior English Lit major from Saratoga Springs, NY. She isn’t quite sure how to write about herself in 3rd person, but she loves writing anything and everything else. She’s a firm enjoyer of cutting a bob with kitchen scissors, and convincing her friends they should let her pierce their ears. She enjoys snow, film cameras, old women’s costume jewelry, and the oxford comma. She thinks she’ll pursue publishing when she graduates, and may even dabble in trying to get her own work published.
Archer Maduro | CNF Reader
Archer Maduro is a junior creative writing major at SUNY Geneseo. They thrive in the creative non-fiction and poetry genres. In their free time, they enjoy photography, baking, and napping with their cat. Archer has previously been published in Gandy Dancer and Geneseo’s Iris Magazine.
Edison Hubbard | Fiction Reader
Edison Michael Hubbard is a writer, musician, voice actor and radio host of the show “Cornerstone” on WGSU. Edison is a literary editor on Gandy Dancer.
Ella Singer | Poetry Reader
Ella Singer is a sophomore English major with a French minor from Saratoga Springs, New York. In her spare time she likes to write poetry, play cello and guitar, and work on her presentation of ranking romcom movies.
Evan Burmeister | CNF Reader
Evan Burmeister (He/They) is a junior at SUNY Geneseo, dual majoring in Musical Theatre and English Creative Writing. He is very interested in many aspects of the arts, and has participated in many performances including the world premiere of “A Christmas Carol” at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, and the 2021 NYSSMA All State Choir. He also was the first place winner of a flash fiction contest at his high school, hosted by SUNY Oswego. He grew up in Baldwinsville, a small town outside of Syracuse NY.
Kaylyn Beachner | Fiction Reader
Kaylyn Beachner is a sophmore adolescent education major at Suny Geneseo. She enjoys waitressing, tattoos, and Gandy Dancing.
Liberty Dodds | Fiction Reader
Liberty is a Junior at SUNY Geneseo and is majoring in English Lit. She enjoys reading fiction and poetry in her spare time, as well as writing when she can. She is always interested in reading and writing with new genres and types of literature. Outside of academics, Liberty loves to bake, spend time outdoors with her two black labs, and play board games (especially Scrabble).
Marie Naudus | CNF Reader
Marie Naudus is a senior English Adolescent Education Major from Long Island, New York. She has just finished her student teaching and is soaking up her last few months as a Geneseo student before starting a literacy program in the fall. Outside of school, Marie enjoys reading on her Kindle, cooking, and running with the cross country and track team. Her favorite album is “Heard it in a Past Life” by Maggie Rogers.
Marra DiGiovanni | CNF Reader
Marra DiGiovanni is a freshman English Literature major from Phoenix, New York. She is a member of Peace Action Geneseo and previously held a job at a local library. In her free time, Marra enjoys reading, crochet, listening to music, and spending time with friends and family.
Max Greanier | Poetry Reader
Max Greanier is a junior Adolescent Education major with a concentration in English literature. He is a published author and an avid writer of novels, short stories and occasionally poetry. His favorite pastimes include reading, writing, hiking, and going to the movies. He is always excited to meet aspiring writers and delve into the imaginations of talented wordsmiths.
Michael Crowley | Poetry Reader
Michael Crowley is a sophomore English Literature major at SUNY Geneseo and is from Eden, NY. Outside of class, he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, listening to music, reading and writing poetry, and spending time with good friends.
Nia Jones | Fiction Reader
Nia Jones is a Senior English Literature major at SUNY Geneseo from Rochester, NY. When Nia isn’t reading for her courses, she can be seen reading for pleasure or watching an old film with friends. Outside of the classroom, Nia is the Opinion Editor for Geneseo’s paper, The Lamron, a student editor for the Proceedings of GREAT Day, and a Presidential Scholar. Nia has a keen eye for editing fiction pieces and occasionally enjoys creative nonfiction pieces.
Niia Conklin | Poetry Reader
Niia Conklin (she/her) is a Junior English Major, with a particular interest in writing and crafting Fiction and Poetry. In her free time, you can find her playing video games, reading, singing, and writing. She enjoys helping others see the whimsicality of writing and the personal growth that accompanies one through the creative process and is excited to be part of that journey this semester.
Nina Avallone-Serra | CNF Reader
Nina Avallone-Serra is a junior French and Comparative Literature double major at SUNY Geneseo. She serves as a Student Senator, secretary to the French Club, and a writing tutor on campus, but her primary passion is literature—a love which she hopes to nurture in the future by way of a career in publishing. She is also a member of two national honors societies: Sigma Tau Delta for English honors and Pi Delta Phi for French. Nina is an enthusiastic reader both in the classroom and at home, but when she isn’t working on bumping up her Goodreads numbers she can often be found crocheting or rollerskating if the weather allows.
Noah Banas | Fiction Reader
Noah Banas is a sophomore at Geneseo majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing. His favorite hobbies are watching movies and hanging with his dog Marlo.
Penelope Greene | Fiction Reader
Penelope Greene is a senior English Literature major with a minor in Communications from Long Island, New York. She also is on the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. She loves to read and enter the new worlds and stories that come along with it. She hopes to work in publishing soon. Besides reading, Penelope enjoys running, thrifting, and spending time with her friends and family.
Regan Russell | Poetry Reader
Regan Russell is a junior English literature and communication double major from Bethel, NY. Outside of classes, Regan still greatly enjoys literature in various forms. She has been the Knight’s Life editor for The Lamron since her freshman year and a member of Geneseo’s book club, The Spinebreakers. Alongside her love for literature, she also has many hobbies including attending concerts, crafting, spending time with friends and with her cat named Skippyjon Jones.
RJ Marra | Fiction Reader
RJ Marra is a junior English Literature major at Suny Geneseo, with an associate’s in Liberal Arts and Exercise Science/Physical Education from Monroe Community College. They have dreams of becoming a high school English teacher and a hockey coach. Though they excel in writing creative non-fiction, they also have a guilty pleasure for writing queer mafia romances. RJ also enjoys reading, musicals, sports and playing D&D with their friends.
Skylar Riedell | CNF Reader
Skylar is a sophomore at SUNY Geneseo. She is an early childhood and childhood education major with a concentration in English. She likes to listen and make music, sing, and spend time with family and friends.
