About Serendip Studio

Anne has been teaching at Bryn Mawr College since 1982; she is Term Professor of English, a long-time affiliate (and erstwhile director) of the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and a more recent associate in Environmental Studies. During the 2011-2012 academic year, she received the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Change Master Fund award for her contributions to social betterment through scholarship. Her areas of research include emergent pedagogies and assessment practices, feminist theory and narrative traditions, revisionary work in the canon of American literatures, and the intersections between science and literature. She also has a long-standing commitment to various forms of digital dialogue.

As the Coordinator for Academic Technology initiatives at Bryn Mawr College, Jennifer serves as a liaison between the Provost’s Office and Information Services, and is responsible for helping faculty incorporate technology into their teaching and research in meaningful ways.  In this capacity she also coordinates a multi-institutional study of Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts, initially funded by a Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave I grant. Jennifer began developing her technological skills and the ability to teach them to others while working as technical writer and (2-D) graphic designer in the computer game industry.  She co-founded a writing and design services company specializing in this area, called Incan Monkey God Studios, in Austin, Texas in 1997....

Julia has been a Serendipian (contributor) since the summer of 2008.  As a Bryn Mawr College K-12 Summer Science Institute 2008 intern, she was active in conversations about science, education, and life here.  She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2010 with a double major in Biology and Chemistry.  Serendip has continued to be an important place for her to think through interesting problems, the broader, the stranger, the better.  She enjoyed being a member of the Slippery Brain Sodality (a Serendip book club).  This summer, she attended the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop. The creation of the Writers' Studio has helped satisfy her desire for workshop and publication.  She is planning to start working on an MFA next fall.  Julia fully expects...

Olivia has been the Outreach and Information Technology Librarian at Bryn Mawr College since 2011.  Her background is in cognitive psychology and anthropology, via undergraduate work at the University of Chicago and graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.  She serves as the main social science and data librarian at Bryn Mawr supporting the faculty and students of all social science departments as well as the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.  Her additional interests in social media and educational technology motivate her work with faculty to develop innovative approaches to pedagogy and classroom engagement, such as Serendip Studio.