Staff

Inkberry’s staff consists of:

Nicole Pervere, Intern for Programming and Office Administration

Nicole Pervere is a senior at MCLA majoring in English with a concentration in writing. She enjoys practicing all forms of creative writing and is currently working collaboratively on a show sponsored by the college’s woman’s center. She is also the vice-president of the college Photography Club, and has been on the Spires editing board. She is leaving it to the Fates to decide what she’s going to do with her life after graduation.

Spencer Moser

Spencer Moser coordinates the Center for Service and Citizenship at MCLA, housed in the Student Affairs division of MCLA. Spencer works with the MCLA student Write Stuff program coordinators as the MCLA. Spencer lives in the Blackington area of North Adams with his wonderful wife, Valerie Carrigan, and active children- Swayer, who is three and half years old and Eva Rae who is one and a half. When the weather allows, Spencer and his family love the outdoors, and as Sawyer says- “going in exciting adventures.” Spencer is a return Peace Corps volunteer, has worked with an international education organization as well as AmeriCorps.

Linda Neville

Linda is the Conte Write Stuff Coordinator. She is also a seventh grade ELA instructor and has taught at Silvio O. Conte School for four years. Prior to becoming a teacher, Linda was a baker in her family bakery (Neville’s Donut Shop). Attending MCLA right out of high school in 1966 for her freshman year, Linda then married and had three children. She returned as a non-traditional student in 198, and received her bachelor’s degrees in English and History in 1995. While at MCLA she worked on the school newspaper “The Beacon” and was editor of “The Bridge” page winning the “Multicultural Advancement Award” for 1995. After graduation, Linda returned to MCLA as an instructor in the Learning Services Center teaching: “Learning Strategies: Reading and Study Skills”. This experience inspired Linda to become a teacher and she enrolled in MCLA’s education department, receiving her teaching certifications in 1999. Linda has written articles about motorcycling in the Harley Davidson magazine “Hog Tales” and articles about North Adams in other publications. She is working on a collection of short stories and poems titled Giving the Family Business.

Sarah Maust

Sarah Maust is the Write Stuff Curriculum Coordinator and has volunteered with the program since it began during her freshman year. Sarah is an English major at MCLA with a concentration in creative writing. She also has a minor in Health, Aging, and Society. Some of Sarah’s favorite accomplishments to date include: training a horse for her riding instructor, being published in Spires, and completing 300 hours of community service for her AmeriCorps scholarship this past summer. In her spare time, Sarah enjoys riding and working with horses, reading, writing fiction and poetry, singing, and hanging out with friends and family. After college Sarah plans to attend Graduate school and hopes continue writing and working with children.

Sharon Wyrrick

Sharon Wyrrick is the Inkberry Coordinator for The Write Stuff. She is a playwright, director, and community organizer who is attracted to telling stories in moving images, leading her to create work in theater, dance, opera, and video. A section of her one-act play, Remains: Three Settings was selected for Main Street Stage’s recent Short Play Festival. Other works include her play, 900 Dreams, inspired by the fate of a seed bank for food crops during the blockade of Leningrad in WWII; a one-woman evening, Rare Ecstasy: The Search for Barbara McClintock, inspired by the Nobel Laureate and plant geneticist; and the sound, text and video for an art installation, Bitten by Butterflies, created in collaboration with visual artist Jane Ingram Allen. She is also at work on a documentary film project, Food Matters, about efforts to create an accessible local food system in the Northern Berkshires reflecting her ongoing interest (passion) in organic vegetable gardening and sustainable agriculture.

Jennifer Millien

Jennifer Millien is the Co-Coordinator of the Write Stuff program, and the event coordinator of the African American Studies club. She is an English major with a concentration in Journalism at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She is 21 years old and was born on Christmas Day. She enjoys writing, and her passion lies in making a difference in the lives of her community or environment. She has four brothers and is the only girl. In college, she is a student leader and is active in school clubs. After college she hopes to get into the field of journalism, and wants to continue being active in her community.