EDUCATION

Master's in Library and Information Science, Simmons University, Boston, MA, 2026 (online)

Bachelor of Arts in English & Dance, Minor in Women and Gender Studies, Concentration in Writing, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre,

     Pennsylvania, 2020

Limon Professional Training Program, Limon Dance Foundation, New York, NY, 2021 (online)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 -             Youth Services Specialist, Osterhout Free Library; Wilkes-Barre, PA

2022 - 2023    Student Support / Tutor, Holy Trinity Catholic School; York, PA

2021 - 2022    Youth Services Program Coordinator, Glatfelter Memorial Library; York, PA

2021 - 2022    Archives Library Volunteer, York County History Center; York, PA

2018 -            Staff Writer, Cripple Magazine; Online

2020              Literary Publication Consultant; Mimesis; Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School; Wardsboro, VT

2020              Social Media Coordinator; Sordoni Art Gallery; Wilkes-Barre, PA

2019-2020     Executive Editor; Manuscript; Wilkes-Barre, PA

2018-2020     Writing Center Consultant; Wilkes University; Wilkes-Barre, PA

2018-2019     Social Media Coordinator; Manuscript; Wilkes-Barre, PA

 

PUBLICATIONS

Research

2021     "Come Look at the Freaks: Examining and Advocating for Disability Theatre." The Norton Field Guide to Writing, W. W. Norton

                   & Co., 2021.

2021     "Temporarily Blinded: Brontë’s Ableist Descriptions of Disability in Jane Eyre." UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate

                   Research and Creative Activity, Stonybrook University, 2021. https://nchcureca.com/temporarily-blinded-brontes-ableist-descriptions-of-disability-in-jane-eyre/

2020     "This Week in Disability Representation: Examining Reality TV and Modern Drama." Cr*pple Magazine, Twitter & Vice Media

                   Group, 2020. (Planned for distribution at SXSW, cancelled due to COVID)

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Poetry

2021     "Poem for Dad." Sh!t Men Say to Me: A Poetry Anthology in Response to Toxic Masculinity, Moon Tide Poetry, March 2021.

           

2020     "Online Dating is Weird," "Cycle," "Dressing Up Alone," "Kinesthetic Memory." 2020: a zine put together by distant friends;                             edited by Frankie Parker, September 2020.

              "The Change." Luzerne County Poetry in Transit, August 2020.

              The Body at Work, May 2020.

              "deaf girl." Cr*pple Magazine, May 2020.

              "Heel Turn 2," "Insurance Fraud #2," "Woman, Why Are You Weeping," "The Ghosts of Kirby Hall*," "The Lion I Lived

                    With^." Manuscript, May 2020. (*Short Fiction, ^Creative Nonfiction)

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2019     "Cork." Luzerne County Poetry in Transit, August 2019.

             "Solitary Research," "I am at war with a poem." Manuscript, May 2019.

             "Lateral Knots," "My Body is Not a Flower," "Spotlight." Sagebrush Review, April 2019.

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2018     "Burnout." Luzerne County Poetry in Transit, August 2018.

             "Goodnight." Manuscript, May 2018.

 

PRESENTATIONS

2022     "Did You Pass the Bechdel Test? Representation of Women in Children’s Television Programming." Wilkes University Women and

                  Gender Studies Conference, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA.

2020     "Structure and Truth in Fun Home's Comic Narrative." Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, Las Vegas, NV. (cancelled

                  due to COVID)

2019     "The Face of Fame: How Hundreds of Eyes and Ears Empower in House of Fame." Undergraduate Conference in Medieval &

                  Early Modern Studies, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA.

2019     Featured Student Reader, The Writer's Showcase, Scranton, PA.

2019     "Pretty Girls: Taking Back Women’s Roles in Dance." King’s College Women and Gender Studies Conference, King's College,

                   Wilkes-Barre, PA.

2019     "Look at the Freaks: Examining Disability Theatre." Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, St. Louis, MO.

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PROJECTS

2021     Shettel Collection Cataloguing - Worked in the York County History Center Archives Library to organize and digitally inventory

                  a collection of over 10,000 items relating to circus and theatre history in the Northeast United States collected by York

                  resident James W. Shettel.

2020     Manuscript 2020 Publication - Led publication team to produce the 2020 Manuscript Literary Magazine as Executive Editor. 

2020     Manuscript Digitization - Kickstarted the scanning and uploading of all hard copies of Manuscript, Wilkes University's student-

                  run literary magazine, for online availability. The project was completed in 2021.

2020     The Body at Work - A chapbook of poems created for my undergraduate senior project. 

 

AWARDS & GRANTS

2020     Annette Evans Humanities Award, Wilkes University

2020     Student Government Grant for Sigma Tau Delta, Wilkes University

2019     Caesura Poetry Festival Scholarship Recipient, Caesura Poetry Festival

2019     Patricia Boyle Heaman and Robert J. Heaman Scholarship, Wilkes University

2018     Pell Grant Recipient, Wilkes University

2018     Frank and Edna Freund Scholarship, Wilkes University

2016     Honors Scholarship & Grant Recipient, Wilkes University

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020     "Talks with a Twenty-Something: Brianna Schunk." Twenty Somethings, July 2020.

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2019     "Wilkes University Junior Brianna Schunk Finds Passion in Performance." News@Wilkes; March 2019.

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2018-             Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society

2016-2020     Wilkes University Honors Scholar

2014-             International Thespian Society