Staff

Chelsie is a senior journalism and professional writing major with a minor in English. She began writing for The Signal just a few weeks into her freshman year and has since served many editorial roles. As someone who cherishes this paper, she couldn’t be more grateful to spend her last semester serving as Editor-in-Chief. 

Outside of The Signal, Chelsie enjoys creative writing (and aspires to publish a novel one day), jamming out to Taylor Swift and watching many things under the fantasy genre. 

Contact Chelsie at dermanc1@tcnj.edu

Mike is a junior political science major with a minor in environmental studies. He started writing for The Signal in the fall of 2020, covering Student Government and Student Finance Board. Since then he served as International editor for a year and is excited to continue to work as the Managing Editor this semester!

Outside of The Signal, Mike is on the executive board for Alpha Kappa Psi and frequently attends Outdoors Club events.

Contact Mike at sherrm1@tcnj.edu

Tori is a junior studying English and secondary education along with a masters in special education and a minor in journalism. She has been a part of the Signal since the beginning of her sophomore year as a staff writer and has since transitioned to managing editor during the spring semester of her junior year. 

Tori is passionate about writing about current events/topics and education advocacy. She is the president of the SNJEA club, which is a professional development organization directly connected with the New Jersey Education Association. 

Contact Tori at gladstt1@tcnj.edu

Chiara is a freshman English major with minors in marketing and professional writing. She started working for The Signal as a staff writer for the Arts and Entertainment section in the spring of 2023 and later became the production manager for The Signal’s business team that same year.

Outside of The Signal, Chiara writes for Her Campus, is a member of TCNJ’s English Honors Society (Sigma Tau Delta), a Bonner volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and a volunteer organizer for the Eastern Service Workers Association. In her free time, she loves reading, watching tv shows and movies, and hanging out with friends.

Contact Chiara at piacenc1@tcnj.edu.

Alessia is a sophomore communication studies major and broadcast & multimedia journalism minor here at the College. She joined The Signal fall of 2021 as a News Staff Writer, became Opinions Editor in the spring, and is now in her second semester as News Editor. Outside of The Signal, she is a TCNJ Ambassador, the Society Events chair for the National Society of Leadership and Success, member of the Student Advisory Board for the Communication Studies Department, and member of Delta Zeta. 

Alessia enjoys spending time with her friends and family, watching Friends and eating chocolate chip mint ice cream. She also loves her dog Leo, summers in LBI and Christmas. 

Contact Alessia at contuza1@tcnj.edu

Kaitlin is a sophomore journalism and professional writing major. She has been writing for The Signal’s News section since the very beginning of her freshman year, covering a variety of on-campus events. Last semester, she was an assistant editor for the Features section, and has since transitioned into being an editor for the News section. 

Outside of The Signal, Kaitlin writes for Her Campus, and is a part of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honors society.

Contact Kaitlin at bavarok1@tcnj.edu

Ally is a freshman journalism & professional writing major. She started writing for The Signal in fall of 2022 as a staff writer for Features and is excited to work as Opinions Editor this semester! 

Outside of The Signal, Ally is on the A-board for CUB and is a writer for HerCampus. 

Contact Ally at uhlenda1@tcnj.edu. 

Matt is a sophomore journalism & professional writing major with minors in business and communications. After becoming a staff writer and assistant editor for the International section, he is excited to move up to features editor this semester.

Outside of The Signal, Matt works for the School of Engineering writing news articles for their website, along with playing with his dog Willy and rooting for the Mets. 

Contact Matt at kaufmam1@tcnj.edu 

Rebecca is a sophomore elementary education and psychology double major with minors in professional writing and women, gender and sexuality studies. She is thrilled to begin her second semester as an Arts & Entertainment Editor! 

Outside of her work with The Signal, Rebecca is a Bonner Community Scholar and a member of the Women in Learning and Leadership program. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies, going to the beach and creative writing. 

Contact Rebecca at heathr2@tcnj.edu

Tristan is a sophomore journalism & professional writing major. He joined The Signal in the fall of 2022 and is excited to continue as an Arts & Entertainment Editor this semester!

Besides writing, Tristan also loves photography and music and plays violin in The College’s Orchestra!

Contact Tristan at weisent1@tcnj.edu

Eddie is an undeclared freshman. He started as a contributor for the sports section of The Signal and is now eager to be the Sports Editor this semester!

He also loves to play intramural sports at TCNJ and is an avid movie watcher. 

Contact Eddie at younge4@tcnj.edu 

Aliyah is a sophomore biology major at TCNJ. She is looking forward to continuing being the International Editor after writing for The Signal during her freshman year.

Outside of The Signal, Aliyah enjoys taking walks, reading, and spending time with her family.

Contact Aliyah at siddiqa2@tcnj.edu 

Octavia is a senior journalism and professional writing major with a minor in biology. She has previously written for the International and Features sections of The Signal and is particularly passionate about covering environmental issues.

Outside of her work with The Signal, Octavia enjoys reading science fiction and fantasy novels, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and spending time outdoors.

Contact Octavia at felicio2@tcnj.edu

Ela is a sophomore early childhood education and psychology double major. She is very excited to grow The Signal’s social media presence!

Outside of The Signal, Ela enjoys going to concerts, listening to music, and going on long drives with her friends.

Contact Ela at kirimce1@tcnj.edu

Elizabeth is a sophomore elementary and iSTEM education major in the five year master’s program for special education. She has been working with The Signal since fall of 2021, her first semester at TCNJ. She is excited to continue her work with The Signal as returning Photo Editor!

Outside of her work with The Signal, she is a sports photographer for the TCNJ Athletic Department, student engagement chair for SNJEA, and a preservice member for NJEA. She enjoys drinking coffee from the lib cafe and spending time with friends. 

Contact Elizabeth at gladste1@tcnj.edu

Brian is a senior Interdisciplinary Business Manager with a minor in professional writing. Prior to this semester he has written for The Signal's Sports section, but hopes to write more this semester. Additionally, he hopes to provide The Signal assistance in reaching the financial goals set by the editors prior to this semester.

Outside of The Signal, Brian was previously a TCNJ baseball player but has decided to not play his senior season to study for the LSAT in hopes of getting into law school. 

Contact Brian at BrownB28@tcnj.edu

Thomas is a sophomore management major. He has previously written for the Opinion section of The Signal. This semester he joins The Signal as the Business Manager.

Outside of The Signal, Thomas finds passion in music and sports and has grown a large fascination for audiobooks and podcasts.

Contact Thomas at kennyt1@tcnj.edu

Sterly’s experience with websites started his freshman year of high school, where he created a new website for the local robotics team and for the school. He enjoyed doing this kind of work, so he researched the tools needed for the web development industry and dove into the world of freelance. Not every website is built the same, and so this always provides a fun challenge with each customer. Even now working with the Signal for three and a half years, there are still things left to learn. He will ensure that The Signal is running smoothly with the latest technologies.

Contact Sterly at deracys1@tcnj.edu

Navya is a sophomore biology major at TCNJ. She has been in The Signal since freshman year and is looking forward to creating more art as a Graphic Designer.

Outside of The Signal, Navya loves to play the violin as a soloist and in the TCNJ Orchestra, run her art Instagram, dance with Sher Bhangra, and play video games.

Contact Navya at sinhan2@tcnj.edu