The Avenue | 2011
Maggie P. Saia Maggie P. Saia graduated from East Carolina University in 2007 with a BA in English and Sociology. She is now working on a novel which she hopes to complete during her time as a graduate student in the Writing Studies program at Saint Joseph’s University.
Lauren Briana Schwartz Lauren Briana Schwartz recently received her BA in English from Saint Joseph’s University, where she is also currently studying for her MA in Writing Studies. A devotee of digital media, Lauren serves as the manager of the university’s newly-refurbished communications laboratory in Merion Hall. She hopes for a career in rhetorical pedagogy at the collegiate level.
Laronnda V. Thompson Editorial Board Member
A 2003 Central High School graduate (262), Laronnda earned her B.A. in Communications from Temple University in 2008. Quickly realizing that the characteristically one-sided realms of journalism and law school were not tailored for her, Laronnda returned to her first love—creative writing. She will graduate from the Saint Joseph’s University Writing Studies M.A. program this May (2011). Laronnda credits the work, faculty and students of the program with helping her to harness her talent and professional ambitions… to that end, Laronnda will miss you SJU! This is her second appearance in The Avenue as both an editor and contributor. Laronnda extends a genuine thank you to every classmate and professor that