The Switchback Books Staff
Megan McMullen, Development Director
Megan McMullen lives in Chicago, where she earned her MA in Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has a diverse and extensive arts background and currently works for an architecture firm.
Dolly Lemke, Publicity Coordinator
Dolly was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI. She is pursuing her MFA in Poetry at Columbia College Chicago and has work forthcoming in Columbia Poetry Review.
Elizabeth Hildreth, Development Specialist
Elizabeth Hildreth recently translated Anna Aguilar-Amat's poems from Catalan to English and has been working on a collection of English to English poetry translations titled [Insert Poet] I Love You. She has Master's degree from NYU's creative writing program and works in Chicago as an instructional designer.
Jen Cullerton Johnson, Development Specialist
Jen Cullerton Johnson is the author of Seeds of Change: The Wangari Maathai Story, a non-fiction children’s book that demonstrates the connection between people and nature. She holds a MFA in Creative Non-Fiction, and MEd in Curriculum and Development. http://www.jencullertonjohnson.com
Stevie Curl, Intern
Stevie hails from a fair land just north of Pittsburgh called Zelienople: known by few; loved by all; rarely pronounced correctly. Her poetry is of the yinzer persuasion. She will be reading at the Printer's Row Lit Festival and has work published in Columbia Poetry Review and Calliope.
ALUMNI
Cathy Nieciecki, Kristin Aardsma, Jennifer Steele, Rachel Finkelstein, Jen Watman, Elizabeth Metzger Sampson, Jess Rose, Helen Kiernan, Beatriz Ruiz, Mairead Case, Melissa Severin