April Kekuewa ​​​​Trepagnier is a Ph.D. candidate and teaching associate at the University of Tennessee, where she studies how stories shape belief and the search for the good, the true, and the beautiful. Her academic interests range from the sacred to the subversive, often at once. She teaches writing and literature with a core belief that it is not opposable thumbs that make humans special, but our ability to tell, share, and feel stories. When not reading, writing, or grading, she is probably making ​​coffee.