beck Haberstroh is the Program Manager, Digital Safety Training and Resources in Literature and Education at PEN America. Haberstroh’s background weaves together a passion for education, the arts, organizing and technology justice. Most recently, they taught in Dimensions of Culture, an undergraduate writing program at the University of California, San Diego, that is grounded by a sequence on Diversity, Justice, and Imagination. They also taught courses in media, photography, film and performance and were recognized with a Graduate Teaching Scholar Fellowship.
Previously, they worked in education and public programs at Pioneer Works, an interdisciplinary arts space, and Genspace, a community biology lab, both in New York City. Outside of their work within institutions, haberstroh has collaborated to organize a performance residency, a nomadic learning community, and working groups focusing on equity, creativity, and play. As an artist, their work has been shared in Zoom rooms, museums, public parks, black box theaters and galleries. Their writing has been published by HereIn, Paper Cameras Press, Syllabus Project, imaginedTheatres and SCREEN_.
Haberstroh has a BA with honors from Brown University and an MFA in visual art from UCSD.