Benjamin Marcoulier

Ben (he/him) is a sophomore at Villanova University majoring in English and Criminology. He serves on the executive board for the Outdoors Club, plays the drums in the University Jazz Band, and is a member of the Ellipsis Literary Art Magazine. As a Research Fellow for "Taught By Literature: Recentering Black Women Writers," Ben has researched the textual history of Dunbar-Nelson's short stories and proofed a transcription of an unpublished manuscript handwritten in cursive. Ben finds joy in literature, and as the work of Dunbar-Nelson makes its way into the public eye, he notes how that joy only continues to blossom.