Sine Qua Non Team
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor - Theory and Craft
Managing Editor - Theory and Craft
Raúl Calvoz, Ph.D. is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sine Qua Non. Raúl previously founded the Texas Education Review while working towards his Ph.D. at UT Austin. He has published numerous scholarly articles in the areas of Constitutional Law and Entrepreneurship. He publishes fiction under the pseudonym J.K. Franko.
Managing Editor - Theory and Craft
Managing Editor - Theory and Craft
Managing Editor - Theory and Craft
Janelle Gray, Ph.D. is a creative writer and educator. She is a produced playwright and published writer with a portfolio that contains works of prose, poetry, theater, and TV/film. Gray’s research and interdisciplinary methodology explore the connections between creative works, history, and actions toward justice and equity in creative and academic spaces.
Managing Editor - Poetry
Managing Editor - Poetry
Managing Editor - Poetry
Matthew W. Baker, Ph.D. is a poet and professor and lives in Dallas where he teaches Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research focuses on aesthetics and contemporary U.S. poetry. He is also the author of the chapbook Undoing the Hide’s Taut Musculature (FLP 2019), and other craft essays and poems appear in Clea
Matthew W. Baker, Ph.D. is a poet and professor and lives in Dallas where he teaches Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research focuses on aesthetics and contemporary U.S. poetry. He is also the author of the chapbook Undoing the Hide’s Taut Musculature (FLP 2019), and other craft essays and poems appear in Cleaver, Muzzle Magazine, The Southern Review, The Atlanta Review, and Booth Journal, among others.
Managing Editor - Prose
Managing Editor - Poetry
Managing Editor - Poetry
Carmon Brandow, Ph.D. is a Visiting Lecturer in the Writing and Reasoning Program at Southern Methodist University. She has been teaching in Texas since 2001, educating children and young adults for most of her professional career. Her middle-grade novel, Fairview, is an echo of her scholarly work that explores regionalism and girls’ fiction.
Editor - Prose
Editor - Theory & Craft
Editor - Poetry
Abhipriya Priyadarshi is a creative writer and translator, pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature with a focus on Anglophone fiction at The University of Texas at Dallas, where she also teaches Rhetoric and Composition. She previously worked as a Research Associate at the Texas Senate in Austin, conducting legislative research and analy
Abhipriya Priyadarshi is a creative writer and translator, pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature with a focus on Anglophone fiction at The University of Texas at Dallas, where she also teaches Rhetoric and Composition. She previously worked as a Research Associate at the Texas Senate in Austin, conducting legislative research and analysis. She has published scientific papers in Bioinformatics and has experience as a research scientist in India.
Editor - Poetry
Editor - Theory & Craft
Editor - Poetry
Kim Horner is a writer and educator. She is author of the memoir Probably Someday Cancer (University of North Texas Press, 2019) and her work has appeared in publications including Seventeen and The Texas Observer. She earned an MFA from The University of Arkansas at Monticello and is a PhD in literature candidate at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Editor - Theory & Craft
Editor - Theory & Craft
Editor - Theory & Craft
Heidi K. Sawitzke, MLA, MEd, is a novelist, screenwriter, and educator. Her work blurs the lines between history, psychology, and literature to analyze human patterns of behavior. She specializes in writing for television, placing as a semifinalist in prominent screenwriting competitions such as Save The Cat and ScreenCraft. Heidi devour
Heidi K. Sawitzke, MLA, MEd, is a novelist, screenwriter, and educator. Her work blurs the lines between history, psychology, and literature to analyze human patterns of behavior. She specializes in writing for television, placing as a semifinalist in prominent screenwriting competitions such as Save The Cat and ScreenCraft. Heidi devours new knowledge, and the study of craft excites her almost as much as applying it. Because of this, she cultivates creative writing spaces through her website and social media. Heidi aims to inspire others to pursue their aspirations and strives to model that through her own daily actions.