Theme: Liminal Spaces

The liminal space is the threshold--the moment of becoming, the moment of intersection, the moment of occupying two spaces at the same time. It is the moment when the writer's pen hits the page and the imagination becomes real; it is the moment when inertia and motion are one; it is the moment when the past transitions into the future. Students, artists, scientists, scholars, writers, musicians, and athletes are all invited to explore the liminal spaces in their own disciplines and in their own lives and take part in TEDxPineCrestSchool's LIMINAL SPACES 2016.

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Anton Generalov

Anton is a high school All-American swimmer and graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). He is attending the University of Chicago where he will continue to compete as a backstroker at the NCAA level.

Bianca de Souza

Bianca is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016) and will be attending the University of Edinburgh to study law.

Brooke Bernstein

Brooke is a high school All-American swimmer and graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). She is attending Tufts University where she will continue to swim and compete at the NCAA level.

Caroline Roschman

Caroline Roschman is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016) and is going to attend Marymount Manhattan College in New York City where she will continue her studies in Musical Theatre.

Chris Campanioni

Writer/Professor

Chris Campanioni seeks to blur boundaries. He has worked as a journalist, model, and actor, and he currently teaches literature and creative writing at the City University of New York. He was awarded the Academy of American Poets Prize at Lincoln Center in 2013, and his novel, Going Down, was selected as Best Debut Novel for the 2014 International Latino Book Awards.

Emily See

Emily is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). She was born in Evanston, Illinois. Over time she also lived in Flourtown, Pennsylvania; Tokyo, Japan; and Jacksonville, Florida. Emily has been a part of the crew team, the weightlifting team, and the debate team. She has experienced many cultures by visiting them around the world.

Hailey Weinberg

Hailey is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). She is attending New York University.

Jane Wong

Poet

Jane Wong holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is a former U.S. Fulbright Fellow and Kundiman Fellow. Her poem "Thaw" was recently chosen by Sherman Alexie in the Best American Poetry 2015 anthology. She is also the recipient of scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Currently, she teaches literature and poetry at the University of Washington and the Richard Hugo House. The recipient of Meridian’s 2013 Editors’ Prize, poems have appeared in journals such as CutBank, Hayden’s Ferry Review, ZYZZYVA, Mid-American Review, The Volta, Salt Hill, The Journal, and the anthologies Best American Poetry 2015 (Scribner), Best New Poets 2012 (The University of Virginia Press) and The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral (Ahsahta Press).

Jeffrey Rozanski

Jeffrey is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016) and will be studying business and finance at Hofstra University.

Jillian Powers

Professor of Sociology

Jillian Powers is a Florence Kay Fellow in Immigration and American Society at Brandeis University—a joint position between American Studies and Sociology. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University in 2011 with an emphasis on culture, race and ethnicity, and comparative/historical sociology. Before coming to Brandeis she was a postdoctoral fellow in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis where she taught courses on qualitative methods and community engaged research, globalization and American identity, intersections of race, class and gender, and visual methods. Powers has been published in peer-reviewed journals like the American Behavioral Scientist and the Chinese Historical Society’s Journal History and Perspectives and is currently working on a book manuscript, Traveling to Belong, which examines diasporic homeland tourism, and is forthcoming by NYU Press.

Jubin Gorji

Jubin is a member of Pine Crest School's class of 2017.

Julian Kasky

Julian is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). He is a jazz pianist and plays several other instruments. He is fluent in Chinese.

Justin Friedman

Justin is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). He is attending Florida State University.

Madison Noonan

Madison is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). She is attending the University of Kentucky.

Matthew Dardet

Matthew is a member of Pine Crest School's class of 2017.

Matthew Jacobs

Matthew is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). He is attending Emory University.

Michi Pendergast

Michi is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). She is an aspiring writer and will be studying at Bard College.

Nicole Phillips

Nicole Phillips is a member of Pine Crest School's class of 2018. She is a trained dancer.

Noah Masimore

Noah is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). He has a passion for music, playing the tenor sax.

Ryan Koning

Singer/Songwriter

Singer-songwriter, former U.S. Army Sergeant, Iraqi War Veteran, and fashion model signed by Soul Model Management--Ryan Koning can sure get down to business. He is currently a student at Columbia University studying Computer Science. He studied music composition at the Juilliard School. He is a regular performer at Greenwich Village hotspot "The Bitter End." With upbeat guitar rhythms reminiscent of John Mayer or Dave Matthews and a more introspective side taken from his love of Paul Simon and James Taylor he sings easily catchy songs and has developed a unique fingerprint as a songwriter. Recently his first recorded single "the world again brand new" spent 4 months at no. 1 on the songcirclemusic.com fire chart.

Tony Alfonso

Tony is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016) and will be attending the University of Florida. He is a certified scuba diver and a competitive volleyball player.

Tori Engler

Tori is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016) and is attending the University of Florida

William Petri

William Petri is a graduate of Pine Crest School (class of 2016). A trained singer and seasoned performer, he has performed in both amateur and professional theatre, including credits at the Broward Center. Some of his favorite shows that he has had the honor of performing in include West Side Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Les Misérables.