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The staff who make the Nomad possible
Interested In Joining?
The Nomad staff is always looking for new members. No prior experience is required—just an interest in writing, editing, or graphic design! The Nomad is an excellent way to get publication experience and create a tangible product Catamounts can put on their resume. Please send us an email if you’re interested in joining or just show up to one of our weekly meetings listed on our Events page!
Jessica (Jess) Taylor (she/her)
Managing Editor
Jess is a professional writer, reporter at NSJ, and a writing tutor at the WaLC! She is a senior majoring in English with a minor in Computer Information Systems (a painful path), and spends most of her time outside of work wrangling up her cat, Frankie. She enjoys drawing, hosting DnD games, whimsy-maxing with friends, and writing stories based in eloquent prose, deep psychology, and looming atmosphere.
McKenna Anderson
Assistant Editor
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Lindsey Frank
Head of Graphic Design
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Ari Pohl
Fiction Editor
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Amy Waddell
Nonfiction Editor
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Rachel Pascha Barron
Poetry Editor
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Finley Wagner-Dunn
Online Publication Editor
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Ashleigh Bryant Phillips (she/her)
Faculty Advisor
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips is an Assistant Professor in English Studies at WCU. Her collection, SLEEPOVERS, won the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize and the Towson Prize for Literature. Ashleigh’s short stories have appeared in the Paris Review, the Oxford American, and the Southwest Review. She earned her MFA from UNCW.
Alice Martin (she/her)
Faculty Advisor
Alice Martin is an Assistant Professor of English Studies at Western Carolina University. She received her PhD in American Literature from Rutgers University. Her writing has appeared in the Carolina Quarterly, Appalachian Heritage, Triangle House Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, Westward Women, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press in March 2026.