The Sine Qua Non Team

Raúl Calvoz 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.

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. 

Matthew W. Baker, Ph.D. is a poet and teacher at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research focuses on contemporary American poetry, aesthetics, and theories of space and place. He is the author of Undoing the Hide’s Taut Musculature, and individual poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Cimmaron Review, and Muzzle Magazine, among others.

Carmon Brandow, Ph.D. also holds dual master's degrees: one in English and creative writing and another in literature. She has been an educator in Texas for over twenty years, currently serving as a Teaching Associate at UTD. Carmon is an aspiring writer of children’s and young adult literature. Her creative dissertation is entitled "Fairview: Exploring Regionalism and Girls' Fiction".