Connection, Not Perfection: An Introduction to Public Speaking - PRD Workshop

John Weeren

Program Director, Princeton Writes

Princeton University

John Weeren is founding director of Princeton Writes. Prior to assuming this role, he served as assistant to and speechwriter for now University President Emerita Shirley M. Tilghman and as an archivist at a number of institutions, including Princeton’s Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Weeren holds a BA in history and Spanish from the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University and an MA in history from the University of British Columbia.

Stephanie Whetstone

Assistant Program Director, Princeton Writes

Princeton University

Stephanie Whetstone is assistant director of Princeton Writes. She previously taught composition, literature, and creative writing courses and has published short fiction. Whetstone holds a BA in comparative area studies from Duke University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.