Switchback was a publication of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program at the University of San Francisco from 2005–2019.
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Founding Editors
Rosita Nunes and Alex Davis
Previous Editors
Former Managing Editors/Editor-in-Chief
Sara Fan, Sayantika Mandal, Kat Lewis, Jordan Serviss, Greg Poulos, Keith J. Powell, John Gibbs, Kelci Baughman McDowell (aka Kelci M. Kelci), Kelly Krumrie, Karen Boyden Phelps, Rosita Nunes
Former Production & Design Editor
Crystal Theresa Z. Ejanda
Former Fiction Editors
John O’Rourke, Sara Fan, Rachael Moore, Sayantika Mandal, Melissa Brooks, Carrie Sheppard, Stefani Wright, Joe Ransom, Jorge Cino
Former Nonfiction Editors
Catherine Abalos, Nathaniel Martins, Kelsey Ahlmark, Robert O’Connell, Andrew Maynard, Lina Shustarovich
Former Poetry Editors
Michael Lopez, Preeti Vangani, Stan O’Neill, Virginia Barrett, Cassie Duggan, Karen Biscopink
Former Tech Editors
Dan Morgan, Colin Bean, Jay Thomas, Alex Davis
PREVIOUS Faculty Advisors
Laleh Khadivi, Bich “Beth” Nguyen, Stephen Beachy, Chris Brooks (Computer Services Advisor)
PREVIOUS Staff
Former Production Assistants
Daniel Callahan, Darci Flatley, Catherine Karnitis
Former General Staff and Readers
Kandace Bender, Kelsey Britt, Max Blue, Edward Derby, Kayla Schneider-Smith, Morgan Fonseca, Patricia Kalman, Kari Miya, Alex Speeg, Ariel Vincent, Arielle Sutherland, Bryan Rollofson, Daniel Callahan, Dennis Spears, Emily Hoang, Kelsey Britt, Kerry Radcliffe, Max Blue, Olivia Peña, Rebeca Flores, Sean Stevens, Jeremiah Romm, Dani Cirignano, Ben Jameson, Melanie Morris, Shelby Dale DeWeese, Rose Heredia, Kate Bove, Aisha Ahmad, Erin Berman, Karen Biscopink, Michelle Boise, Kate Brinkerhoff, J. Haley Campbell, Jenny Chu, Jorge Cino, Jim Cole, Marshall Comstock, Morgan Chinnock, Isabel Choi, Alex Davis, Chelsea DeRose, Lauren Dupuis, Stephanie Dodaro, Kate Folk, Ilse Gaona, Lorene Garrett, Joseph Gordon, Nathan Grover, Julie Hadfield, Carrie Hechtman, Rafael Herrero, Toben Hill, Kathryn Hopping, Ian Jacoby, Charlie Kennedy, Catherine T. Kidd, Kelly Krumrie, Margaret LaFleur, Juli C. Lasselle, Jacques Li, Jennifer Marston, Donna Miranda, Libby McDonnell, Nicole McFadden, Alex Nemick, Stephen Novotny, Rosita Nunes, Alex Nemick, Marisela Treviño Orta, Ryan O’Toole, Craig Santos Perez, Karen Boyden Phelps, Alex Rieser, Catherine Wargo Roberts, Allison Rodriguez, Melanie Russo, Aysegul Savas, Kristin Seabolt, Valerie Sedig, Lina Shustarovich, Marian Stone, Alika Tanaka Yarnell, Jay Thomas, John Tsao, Elizabeth Valente, Mary van Ogtrop, Chellis Ying