Ber-Henda Williams
Ber-Henda Williams, a Wayne State University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and minor in International Marketing, has a passion for culture, community and connections. She has served as host, coordinator and marketing professional for cultural enrichment events. She draws her inspiration [...]
Benjamin Turner
Benjamin Turner Writer-in-Residence "I was equally concerned with guiding them professionally in writing, as I was concerned with giving them the space to be their own professional guides. Then, by calling attention to that budding skill set, I feel like we were able to pinpoint and excavate whatever [...]
Megan Stockton
Megan Stockton Writer-in-Residence “Sometimes [ELL] students are more hesitant to speak up in class as they are working between languages, and it is amazing to see their voice come out in a poem.” Megan’s time as a Writer-in-Residence has allowed her to teach in [...]
Shawntai Brown
Shawntai Brown Writer-in-Residence “Students cheered when it was time for poetry. They were eager to share, and they were sad when the residency ended.” When Shawntai was a student in school, she experienced InsideOut as a young writer. Now she is an InsideOut [...]
Audra Kubat
Audra Kubat Writer-in-Residence “I saw growth in many of the students’ confidence in speaking and reading in front of each other.” Audra, an accomplished singer-songwriter, uses her love of and experience with music in her creative writing pedagogy as a Writer-in-Residence with InsideOut. [...]