Alexis Grant '03

(“Silver Lining") is a journalist who is writing her first book, a travel memoir about backpacking solo through Africa. Until May 2008 she worked as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

Adam Howard

(“From Privilege, a Call for Social Justice") is associate professor of education and director of the Education Program. His research and writings focus on social class issues in education, especially on privileged youth and schooling.

Melanie Brown '13

(“Magnetic North") is the winner of the Colby magazine Class of 2013 essay contest. Hailing from Denver, Colo., she is an avid fiction writer and poet, and a member of the Cellar Door creative writing club, the chorale, and the Colbyettes.