ERIKA JO BROWN | Director; British History
University of Houston, Ph.D., Literature and Creative Writing
University of Iowa Writers Workshop, M.F.A., Poetry
Cornell University, B.A., English

A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Erika Jo has taught students of all ages, including undergraduate courses in film and literature, drama, poetry, and nonfiction. As an undergraduate, she studied abroad in England, and later pursued a Translation Certificate in Old English and Latin. She is the author of the poetry collection I’m Your Huckleberry and editor of the scholarly volume Beatrice Hastings: On the Life and Work of a Lost Modern Master. In April 2019, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the University of Houston, focusing on contemporary women’s poetry, avant-garde aesthetics, and lyric studies. Currently, Erika Jo is an organizer of the monthly Poison Pen reading series and leads weekly workshops at the MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital and Menil Museum through WITS. Last year she taught creative writing on Putney’s Pre-College Florence program.

BECCA MACY | International Relations; Globalization & Human Rights
Lesley University, M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies
Lesley University, B.A., Holistic Psychology

For her graduate degree at Lesley University, Becca focused on somatic psychology and cross-cultural studies. This was a natural continuation of her interdisciplinary undergraduate work in holistic psychology and international relations. Her favorite experience during college was her participation in the yearlong Model United Nations course, which culminated with the Harvard National Model United Nations conference, where she served as the sole World Health Organization delegate for Mozambique. Becca has always been fascinated by the intersections of psychology, health, sociology, cultural anthropology, global studies, and social justice. She has lived and worked in both Belize and Costa Rica, where she supported local initiatives for sustainable, community-based entrepreneurship. As a visitor to these countries, she studied and experienced firsthand the complexities of globalization and the impact of U.S. foreign policy on global sociopolitical dynamics. Becca began teaching at the college level in 2014 and is currently an instructor at Lesley University and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science. She teaches various psychology courses and seminars that focus on systems theories and global perspectives, as well as Spanish language courses. This fall, she will teach in the School of Arts & Sciences at MCPHS University and prepare applications for Ph.D. programs in clinical health psychology with a concentration in global health. Becca has taught psychology twice for Pre-College at Amherst College.

AARON MACCARLEY | Photography; Travel Photography
dBs Film School, Film Production Diploma
Reed College, B.A., Philosophy

After studying philosophy and creative writing at Reed College, Aaron spent half a year teaching English in China before deciding to pursue his love for the arts by moving to Berlin, Germany, to study film production at dBs Film School. He then returned to his hometown of Los Angeles, where he worked in the camera department for film productions ranging from commercials for Uber to music videos for Lele Pons. He missed the European lifestyle, however, and last year moved back to Berlin, where he now freelances as a filmmaker and photographer and teaches film editing and camera technique both privately and in workshops. He is fluent in English and German, and is currently learning Spanish. He holds a TEFL certificate and has also taught English to elementary and middle school students. This fall he’ll be traveling around eastern Europe with his camera and notebooks, documenting his adventures and finishing work on a feature film script he hopes to pitch to studios this winter.

ADAM DE BOER | Art History; Drawing & Sketching
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, M.A., Fine Art
College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara, B.A., Painting & Drawing

While at UCSB and the Chelsea College of Art, Adam focused on narrative painting history, strategies, and materials in order to tell stories visually. Over the past 10 years he has shown his work in numerous national and international exhibitions and has participated in studio and teaching residencies throughout the world. In 2017, Adam was awarded a Fulbright research fellowship to Indonesia to investigate his Eurasian heritage. His recent work employs imagery and traditional crafts from the region as a way to connect his artistic practice with those of his distant cultural forebears. Adam is an avid surfer, is fluent in Spanish, and proficient in Bahasa Indonesia. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Last summer Adam taught Art History and Drawing & Painting on Pre-College London.

ARNAUD B. MULLER | Business & Economics; Marketing & Media
ICHEC Brussels Management School & Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), B.A., Business Administration
Université de Louvain, B.A., Veterinary Medicine

After studying veterinary medicine, Arnaud transitioned into business and focused specifically on international business and marketing during his time at ICHEC in Belgium and at UNAM in Mexico, where he also learned Spanish. As a Belgian national, he is fluent in French, Dutch, and English, which he learned during a gap year in the UK. Arnaud is now very involved in social entrepreneurship, and is the leader of the Belgian chapter of the Global Shapers, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. He is also actively involved with an NGO supporting women and children in Burkina Faso, where he travels several times a year to teach children and run business and financial literacy workshops with adults. For the past two years, Arnaud worked for a global pharmaceutical company as part of their marketing team. He oversaw the up-skilling of the company’s marketers globally, as well as the optimization of product launch readiness. Arnaud has co-developed a marketing academy to train the next generation of marketers. In his free time, Arnaud is a long-distance runner and coach, a Scout leader, and a horse riding instructor.