Welcome our editors of the 2023 – 2024 academic year!
Editor-in-Chief
Khalila Simon is the editor-in-chief of the 2023-2024 issue of The Albion Review, they’re also the Programming Chair of Students for Reproductive Justice. They are currently a sophomore at Albion College. They are majoring in English and minoring in Women and Gender Studies. Khalila hopes to go on to get a Masters’s degree in Library Science and work with children and teens, they also hope to be a published author at some point down the line. They are very passionate about storytelling and its incredible impacts on our society and hopes to be able to enact some social change, especially with queer youth. They spend much of their free time reading, with their favorite genres being fantasy and sci-fi, but they’re incredibly passionate about queer storytelling.
Fiction Editor
Trinity Castle-Pollard is a current student at Albion College, majoring in English-Creative Writing and minoring in History, with the hopes of becoming a published author in the future. Trinity is the Fiction Editor at The Albion Review and Secretary for the Model United Nations.
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Bella Bakeman is a junior at Albion College, majoring in English with a concentration in Secondary Education. Bella is the current Creative Non-Fiction Editor and Flash Fiction Editor of The Albion Review. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of The Albion Pleiad and serves as Historian of the English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta. Outside of literary efforts, she is an active member of Students for Reproductive Justice. Bella loves all forms of writing but has a special admiration for those who can write about their own lives and share it with the world. She believes that anyone can be a storyteller, they just have to find their chosen medium.
Art Editor
Tuesday McBride, a sophomore enrolled at Albion College, delves into the realm of artistic expression with a specialization in three-dimensional art, complemented by a pursuit of a minor in Anthropology. Prior to their collegiate journey, Tuesday honed her skills as a Graphic Design enthusiast at Saginaw Career Complex, culminating in their graduation within the top decile of her class at Arthur Hill High School. On campus, Tuesday’s presence is often ensconced within the Ceramics studio, fervently crafting their next masterpiece, or within the confines of her dormitory, where creative inspirations and academic endeavors seamlessly intertwine. Beyond the academic sphere, Tuesday finds solace in the harmonies of music, the immersive realm of gaming facilitated by their dedicated computer setup, and the cherished camaraderie of their social circle and perhaps a cold diet coke.
Poetry Editor
Shay Athayde is the Poetry Editor of the Albion Review. She is also the Vice President of Students for Reproductive Justice and Vice President of the History club. They are currently a junior at Albion College. They are a double major in History and Anthropology with a minor in English. Shay wants to pursue a career in museum work and hopefully, one day go on an archeological expedition around the world. Shay likes to spend her time listening to music, watching Derry Girls or The Mentalist, and spending time with her cat Josie.
Additional Staff
Amelia Douglass is a freshman at Albion College and is studying Art History and History. Part of the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program at Albion and hope to graduate with full honors in the future, and make use of their degree after college with a job related to the Archival and Museum Fields. Amelia has had an interest in art and drawing since they were younger, and paired with that, writing and worldbuilding have always been hobbies they enjoy, their interests in all three topics fit well into their time in the Albion Review. Whenever they can find free time, Douglass enjoys the aforementioned hobby of drawing, as well as reading and studying independently regarding topics they find engaging.
Will Goudie is a senior at Albion College and is a religious studies major with a concentration in public service. In his free time he likes to play music with the school’s orchestra. He also enjoys gardening.
Heather Phipps, ’24 Theatre/English (with creative writing emphasis) Major Heather feels passionately about writing and media, spending much of their time reading, writing, gaming, listening to music, and playing board games. They joined the Review to develop a student-run project that gives skilled but unknown writers deserved recognition and a foot in the door of professional creative pursuits.
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