In Spring 2023, the first Counter Canon Expansion Pack was created by students in Professor Hope Bastian's Seminar in Anthropological Theory class at Wheaton College, Massachusetts.

The Expansion Pack includes: Katherine Dunham, Lila Abu Lughod, Christen A. Smith, Sameena Mulla, Zoe Todd, and Robin Gair Nelson.

Meet the individual contributors

Get to know us

Brooke Stonefield

Brooke lives in Scarborough, Maine, with her family and two dogs. She hopes that CounterCanon will be an fun way for students to learn about theorists in a friendly, but competative environment. Brooke plans to work as a Pre-K or Kingergarten teacher after leaving Wheaton.

You can connect with Brooke via her email: stonefield_brooke@wheatoncollege.edu

Cora day

Cora lives with her family and two dogs in rural New Hampshire. She loves the environment and anthropology and has loved doing research on her theorist Zoe Todd! She hopes that the CounterCanon game can be a fun, interactive tool for students of all ages to learn about the interesting research that these theorists are doing.  After Wheaton, Cora would like to work in the environmental field, helping people and the planet in any way she can! 

You can contact her via email: corasue.day@gmail.com

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.

AVA SHEEDY

Ava is from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and is an active member of Art Haven, a nonprofit working hard to help make art accessible to all. She hopes that Counter Cannon will help promote the creation of accessible, interactive, exciting ways of learning and highlight historically silenced voices in academia. Post college, Ava hopes to become involved in the nonprofit sector or museum world, focusing on the environmental or visual arts fields.

You can contact Ava via email: sheedy_ava@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

savannah jones

Savannah is from Washington, D.C., but spends most of her year in the Wheaton area with her friends and younger sister. She hopes CounterCanon will provide a space for underrespresented voices in the field to be seen and appreciated for their contributions. Savannah plans to attend graduate school after Wheaton.

You can connect with Savannah via her email: jones_savannah@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