Sarah Ghazal Ali, a former Stadler Fellow at Bucknell, is the author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024), winner of the GLCA New Writers Award and California B (https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/special-events/california-book-awards)ook Award and a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award.​​ She teaches at Macalaster College.Tiffany Mi, the Fall 2025 Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell, is a Chinese-American poet interested in collective memory and the archive. Her work appears in Poetry Northwest, Nimrod, Pithead Chapel, and elsewhere. She recently completed an MFA in Literary Arts at Brown University. 

Exhibition: Stafford Smith & Ritsu Katsumata: Ancestry in Progress

Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree encapsulates 6 years in communion with a single tree. Bridging art, ecology, and queer experience, the project approaches wood as a living being and explores interconnection, habitat, and environmental responsibility. Organized by the Museum for Art in Wood and curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken.

Birckhead's approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. His place in a storied lineage begins with his surname, Birckhead, and extends to his extensive musical education and work ethic. Educated at Howard University, Birckhead was named best blues/pop/rock soloist and outstanding instrumental jazz soloist by Downbeat magazine as part of the annual Student Music Awards. In 2011 he was named Best Alto Saxophonist by the Washington City Paper. The New York Times calls Birckhead "one of the most riveting young improvisers in New York."

Exhibition: Stafford Smith & Ritsu Katsumata: Ancestry in Progress

Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree encapsulates 6 years in communion with a single tree. Bridging art, ecology, and queer experience, the project approaches wood as a living being and explores interconnection, habitat, and environmental responsibility. Organized by the Museum for Art in Wood and curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken.