Ailish Hopper, assistant professor in Peace Studies, is among the speakers at the Writing at Wesleyan Fall Russell House Series on Prose and Poetry. Hopper is the author of the poetry collection Dark-Sky Society, selected by David St. John, and the chapbook, Bird in the Head, selected by Jean Valentine and published by the Center for Book Arts. Her poems have also appeared in Agni, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Tidal Basin Review, among other journals.