Joe Zappa

Joe Zappa has held a variety of roles in content and communications since 2015. Joe was the Managing Editor and News Editor at Street Fight from 2015 to 2021. In 2021, they became the Founder and Principal of Sharp Pen Media, a content agency staffed by humanities PhDs and journalists. Joe has since held content and communications roles at WIT Strategy, SheerID, TangoCode Inc, FatTail, Inc., dataPlor, Autonomy, Brandbass, and Unacast.

Joe Zappa graduated from Massapequa High School in 2013. Joe then attended Brown University, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in French Studies and Comparative Literature in 2017. After that, they continued their studies at Cornell University, earning a Master of Arts in Comparative Literature in 2019 and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, which they are expected to complete in 2021.