MacKenzie Patterson joined the CA community in fall 2026 as part of the 10th grade English team. She also teaches electives, including Race, Labor and the Literary Imagination and Strange Gardens: Unruly Vegetation in Ecoliterature. She earned her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her Ph.D. from Boston University, where her research examined the intersection of science fiction, racial formation, and reproductive technologies in the Americas. At BU, she also enjoyed teaching courses on speculative fiction and writing. In her spare time, you will most likely find her crafting, playing tabletop games, or reading scary stories to her cat.