_^(she/her) A recipient of support from the Vermont Studio Center and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Tieger is a doctoral candidate in the University of Southern California’s Literature and Creative Writing program. As a 2023 Wrigley Institute fellow, her ecopoetic practice led to a qualitative study of communities surrounding the Santa Susana Field Lab. Recent related work appears in Poetry Northwest, Waxwing, Blackbird, and Tupelo Quarterly. Her manuscript, Disaster Tourist, is a 2023 National Poetry Series finalist.