Contributor  Biographies

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Brooke Branch

Brooke Branch has a light inside her belly. She enjoys sprouting, taking walks, climbing trees, jumping on unexpecting backs, comfortable silences, interpretive dance, watercolor, open fields, feathers, metaphysics, leaves, hands and fingers, honesty, raining, creative variety, rawness, love-smiles, warming that cold skin, tattered thread, swing sets, squirmy worms, writing letters, being soft, finding insides, the word "momma," fruit, phonographs, pressing flowers, "knowing," roly-polies, the ocean, whispering winds, wideness, circles, and the number 3. She is everywhere, in everything.

Debbie Ciepiela

Debbie is a senior, majoring in English, with a specialization in professional communications. She works fulltime in University Relations at Winthrop University. She has been married for 16 years to her best friend, Mark. They have a 14-year-old son, Cory, who is a freshman in high school. In her spare time, Debbie loves to read, knit, hike, scrapbook, and travel. She can often be found in her garage, assisting her husband in restoring his 1976 Pontiac Trans Am.

Heather Harman

Heather Harman is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in English and has her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.  She admits that she probably should have gone for the Bachelor’s in English instead, but alas, hindsight is 20/20.  As far as interests go, Heather has a fondness for Star Wars, caffeine, and history, not particularly in that order.  As such, Heather’s contribution to this website makes perfect sense.  She sincerely hopes that visitors to the website enjoy reading “Anakin Skywalker-and-Napoleon Bonaparte: A Comparison.” 

Stephanie Harris

Stephanie Harris is a junior English Major at Winthrop University. She enjoys reading, sleeping on the beach, writing, caffeine, spending time with friends, going for walks, playing volleyball, and blowing gum bubbles. She hopes to one day publish a book of short stories if she can ever find the time to complete the stories. She works as a copy editor for Winthrop's student-run newspaper The Johnsonian, is a Peer Mentor for the ACAD 101 program at Winthrop, and volunteers for The Red Cross. Stephanie is very opinionated and enjoys discussing thoughts and ideas with her peers.

 Jo Koster

Jo Koster teaches courses in British literature and advanced composition at Winthrop University when she is not spending her time going to committee meetings and making brownies for students. Although most of her creative writing is done in her checkbook, her chapbook No Going Home was published by Devil's Millhopper Press in 2002 and her next collection, Nine Day's Wonder, will appear in 2006. And oh yes, she is the instructor of record for WRIT 501.

 Jamerson Magwood

Jamerson Magwood is a senior English/Professional Communications and History major. His primary interests are with Neo-classical and Victorian British literature as well as syntactic rhetoric. He plans to write for an established journal in the future. Jamerson is Treasurer for the Literary Society at Winthrop University, Vice President of Programming for the Resident Students' Association, and Vice President of the National Residence Hall Honorary Chapter at Winthrop.

Marcus Pierre Moore

Marcus Moore, a Mass Communications major, is an intellectual the caliber of a young Chris Matthews or Mark Wahlberg. He is a democrat and deeply religious Christian. He enjoys writing and describes his writing style as "often bland but informative." He is a PFC in the United States Army.

Josh Parks

Josh Parks is a senior in the Professional Communications track of the English program. He has been involved in a variety of on-campus organizations including Winthrop's student government, NCTE, the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and the Interfraternity Conference. He hopes to graduate in December and begin a career in technical writing/editing or corporate communications. He currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina.

Rebekah Woodson

Rebekah Woodson wrote her first short story at age eight and was first published in high school with an essay on Barbie dolls. At Winthrop University she is studying English and specializing in professional communications. Rebekah is editor in chief of Winthrop’s student-run newspaper, The Johnsonian. She recently decided to begin work on her first book, which she plans to write on her mother. “Writing this fiction piece for More Than Words has really inspired me to find out the truth behind my mother’s illness. I’ve never written a book before, but I look forward to interviewing people I haven’t seen in years,” she said. In her spare time, Rebekah plays in the mud with her boyfriend, journals, draws with sidewalk chalk and writes poetry. On a rainy day, you may find her walking around barefoot.

Reggie Worth

Reggie Worth is a York Technical College graduate and senior at Winthrop University majoring in Professional Communications.  Some of his hobbies include playing drums, writing, skateboarding, tennis, skiing, and going to concerts.  He comes from a large family of six and immensely enjoys spending time with his family and friends.  After school, he plans on traveling the States and possibly spending some time in Ireland.