jason phillips
editor-in-chief
Jason Phillips is a sophomore journalism, writing and rhetoric, and English triple major from Barrington, Illinois. In his free time, he loves to read, bake, and practice judo. He hopes to work in publishing in the future.
taylor petrini
managing editor
Taylor Petrini is a senior majoring in English. She is an aspiring teacher going for her Master's degree in Secondary Teaching this Summer in her native state of New York. When she isn't reading or writing for fun, you can find Taylor drinking tea while taking copious amounts of photos of her two cats, Weezy and Bean. Taylor is excited to be the Managing Editor this year at Ether(Bound) Magazine.
sam eleuterio
treasurer & prose editor
Senior, Writing and Rhetoric Major, Philosophy Minor
New Age American Buddhist. Sam's Favorite authors include Franz Kafka, Edgar Allen Poe, Douglas Adams, and many more. When he isn't involved with words he is listening to music, playing cards, or watching TV on a laptop.
theresa brown
social media manager
Theresa Brown is a senior triple major in journalism, writing and rhetoric, and Italian with a minor in gender and women’s studies. Her dream is to one day be an editor at one of the big book publishing companies in NYC, but until then she’s applying to Master’s of Science publishing programs at universities in the city. In her free time she acts as the editor-in-chief of URI’s student-run newspaper The Good Five-Cent Cigar and always has a book or a cup of coffee in her hands!
bridget elmore
event planner
Bridget is a sophmore English major who loves learning and making her own clothes, but not the ones with Winnie the Pooh—she stole those from her mom. Bridget plans on being a published author one day relatively soon, and a lot of the time, you can find her crying in a tree because of how pretty the sky is. She fell in love with literary arts magazines in high school when she was the only person who really cared about their lit-mag, and she’s so happy to have found such an awesome place for arts and writing as ether(bound).
kendall bousquet
graphic design editor
Kendall is a sophomore studying Creative Writing, Graphic Design, Business Entrepreneurship, and Japanese! She is an aspiring author, currently writing her first novel, while also working as the Graphic Designer for the University. She has also been a model for a few years, and even was able to walk in New York Fashion Week! In her free time, she enjoys copious amounts of time spent outside playing sports, or playing with her puppy Mose.
fiction editor
ariel finkle
Ariel Finkle is the Fiction Editor for URI’s Ether(bound) Literary Magazine. When she’s not reading or writing stories, she enjoys listening to classic rock and cooking various pasta dishes. She lives in Rhode Island with a vast collection of headbands.