Editorial Board
Ryan Fish is currently a senior at University
at Albany, with studies concentrating in Sociology and Women's
Studies. He came to Albany 4 years ago from his hometown
of New Castle, New Hampshire on the Northeast seacoast. He
has relished his college life and will miss all the unique
individuals he has met along the way.
Jennifer Hanley is a University
at Albany student in Anthropology and a Women's
Studies minor, graduating in the Spring of 2005. She is a
transfer student from Suffolk County Community College where
she had been chief editor of the campus's women's issue literary
magazine Lilith.
Joanelle Lusk, the managing editor of transcending
silence… has returned to the Northeast and her
hometown of Saratoga Springs after over a decade of life south
of the Mason-Dixon. After the Interdisciplinary Studies Program
at St. Petersburg College, she studied Creative Writing at
Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. She
is also a published writer and performance poet, most noted
for her contributions to the G-Spot concerts and the “You’ll
Shoot Your Eye Out!” Christmas benefit in the Tampa Bay
area. Joanelle is currently pursuing an education in Women’s
Studies, working on a novel, and exploring the potentials
of hypertext fiction. She is looking forward to the opportunity
to participate in the Women’s
Studies Teaching Collective next year.
Jihyun Lyo, a member of editorial board of transcending
silence... is currently attending University
at Albany. She majors in Public
Policy and minors in Chinese
Studies and Women’s
Studies.
Mandy T. Maguire is a transfer student from UMASS
Boston and is currently finishing up her first year at the University
at Albany. She is a double major in Women's
Studies and English.
After graduating in 2006, Mandy plans to move to New York to
become a writer.
Trista Neinast is a student at the University
at Albany, with a major in History and
a minor in Women’s
Studies, graduating in May 2005. She is a member of the University’s
Cross Country and Track and Field teams, and is also a paralegal
in the Army Reserves.
Drew Pancila is a senior at the University
at Albany and will be graduating with a B.A. in English,
with a concentration in Writing and a minor in Communication.
While at SUNY Albany, Drew has been a contributing writer for the
Albany Student Press, an intern and Master Electrician at the historic
Cohoes Music Hall, a member of several intramural teams and a judge
for the Frankenstein student competition. He would like to acknowledge
the UAlbany Department
of English for a rigorous academic experience, and for their
excellence in staff and education.
Shoko Takizawa transferred from
SUNY Cobleskill’s
Child and Family Services Program to University at Albany’s
Women Studies Department two years ago. She is Interested in
supporting women psychologically. Her
paper, "The
Cultural Feminization of Men," was recently awarded the Presidential
Scholar’s Award for undergraduate research. She is graduating
this May.
leigh vandebogart, author
of "Invisibility and Visibility of Queer Women and Lesbians
In the Sex Work Industry Between 1970 to 1990," is currently
a junior at the University at Albany . Interested in the Women's
Studies curriculum at the University, Leigh transferred from
Wells College and Schenectady County Community College. She
is majoring in Women's
Studies and looking into graduate work in the same field
after her graduation in 2006. Leigh will be part of the Women's
Studies Teaching Collective next year, and is looking forward
to further involvement in the field of Women's Studies, both
here at the University at Albany and elsewhere.
Back Row, Left to Right: Drew
Pancila, Trista Neinast, Jennifer Hanley, Joanelle Lusk, leigh
vandebogart, Jihyun Lyo
Front Row, L:eft to Right: Shoko Takizawa, Mandy MaGuire, Ryan
Fish. (Photo: Vivien Ng)
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