During the Spring of 2022, Professor Hope Bastian's Seminar in Anthropological Theory class at Wheaton College, Massachusetts designed a game... 

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Olivia Payne

Olivia lives in Brooklyn, New York, and over the summer she conducted research on birth justice with Dr. Hope Bastian. She hopes CounterCanon will be a tool for building networks of radical individuals passionate about critical theory. Olivia is also on Wheaton's Moot Court team and will be competing in the AMCA Eastern Regional Moot Court Tournament this November, and plans to attend law school post-grad.

You can connect with Olivia via her LinkedIn or email: payne_olivia@wheatoncollege.edu

Rosie Iaria

Originally from south of Boston, Rosie, his family, and several animal species moved to Lovell, Maine in 2018. Rosie, a lover of all card games, was and continues to be excited at the prospect of students learning from CounterCanon's theories in a fun and fresh way. As the card and website artist, Rosie also believes in the power of visual media to promote social justice and inspire critical thinking. Rosie plans to go right into the workforce after graduating from Wheaton College: navigating the intersection between international politics and medical anthropology. 

If you'd like to see other examples of Rosie's art work, check out his portfolio website, and personal Instagram @ventrirose. For commission questions and inqueries, email Rosie at iariamarguerite@gmail.com.  You can also connect with their LinkedIn.  

Marley REEDY

Marley lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family and two dogs. She hopes CounterCanon will make learning about critical ideas and theorists fun and accessible to anthropology students and beyond. She is a poet and editor for Smudge Magazine and aims to pursue her passion for writing, environmental conservation, and cultural anthropology in the future.

You can contact her at reedy_marley@wheatoncollege.edu and preview Marley's work with @smudgemag on Instagram.

DAKOTA MONEGRO

Dakota is from NYC and has lived in lower Harlem all her life. She is mixed race being of European and Afro Caribbean descent. Dakota hopes that Counter Canon can facilitate in centering and highlighting the historically silenced voices of queer, Black and Indigenous theorists. Post college, Dakota hopes to travel and pursue administrative work in the public health and medical field.

You can connect with Dakota through her email at monegro_dakota@wheatoncollege.edu

TAYLOR COUTO

Taylor is originally from Bristol, Rhode Island and is a member of the Wheaton Swim and Dive team as well as a Personal Care Assistant on campus. Taylor hopes that Counter Canon  serves as a catalyst for breaking down the barrier of the stereotypical cannon and creates a system by which people can have fun learning about critical theory. She plans to go to graduate school and earn her degree in Psychology to become a talk therapist. 

You can connect with Taylor through her linkedin or email: couto_taylor@wheatoncollege.edu

ABBY ROGERS

Abby is from Mystic, Connecticut where she spends her mornings farming vegetables and caring for animals. She wants CounterCanon to set off a chain reaction of awareness that continues to recognize marginalized voices that deserve to be listened to. She is undecided about next steps after her undergraduate degree, but she plans to work in a field surrounding human/animal behavior. 

You can contact Abby via email: rogers_abigail@wheatoncollege.edu

HOPE BASTIAN

Assistant Professor at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. 

Dr. Bastian is an Anthropologist whose field research explores the impacts of economic reforms on everyday life and inequalities and social movements around birth, breastfeeding, LBGTQ+ rights and gender violence in Cuba’s emerging virtual public sphere.

She is the author of Everyday Adjustments in Havana: Economic Reforms, Mobility and Emerging Inequalities (2018) which examines the impacts of economic reforms on everyday life and inequalities in Socialist Cuba. From 2015-2021 she taught at the University of Havana and worked for the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad at the Casa de las Américas in Havana.

She enjoys facilitating collaborative project-based learning for undergraduate students and supporting students in exploring the relevance of anthropological theory and methods to their lives and social justice struggles. 

She hopes that other professors will download the game and play it with their students and contribute by adding new theorists and theories to the game. 

You can contact Dr Bastian via email: bastian_hope@wheatoncollege.edu