Kersti Francis

Kersti Francis is currently a Graduate Researcher/Teaching Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles since August 2015. Additionally, they are a Fellow in the Publishing Workshop at Los Angeles Review of Books since July 2020. Prior to these roles, Kersti served as the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Bryn Mawr College from October 2013 to June 2015. At Bryn Mawr, they directed various fundraising programs and coordinated reunion gift planning for alumnae. Kersti holds a PhD in English Language and Literature/Letters from UCLA, a BA in English, Medieval/Renaissance Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Bryn Mawr College, and attended Nansemond-Suffolk Academy from 1997 to 2009.