The Contributing Writers program provides an opportunity for collegiate and alumnae members to have their work published in Themis and ZTA's online blog. Selected from a field of applicants, they also received writing and editing coaching from former Staff Writer/Special Projects Coordinator Christy Marx Barber. Their first assignments appeared in the spring 2023 issue of Themis.

Contributing Writers featured in summer 2024 issue:

Christy Marx Barber (Alpha Psi Chapter, University of Missouri) received her first contributor byline in Themis in fall 2004. She was Themis editor and ZTA Director of Communication from 2005 to 2012 and part-time Staff Writer/Special Projects Coordinator from 2014 to July 2024. Her special projects have included writing the words in the ZTA Historical and Educational Center and Our Shared Purpose, ZTA’s new keepsake book. In the summer 2024 issue, you can read her features on ZTA’s Outstanding Alumna and the first female scout in the National Football League. Now retired from ZTA’s staff, she will enjoy her free time with her family—including three amazing grandchildren—but remain involved in ZTA as Communication Advisor and Philanthropy & Service Advisor for Alpha Psi and Vice President of Communication for the Greater Kansas City Alumnae Chapter.

Hannah Newman (Zeta Lambda Chapter, Rider University) is a rising senior journalism major with minors in sports media and Spanish. She is currently President of Zeta Lambda Chapter after serving as Risk Reduction and Education Chair in 2023. You can read her story about the benefits of living in ZTA housing in the summer 2024 issue and her "From Where I Sit" column in the spring 2024 issue, as well as other stories in winter 2024 and spring and summer 2023, and a feature about a study abroad trip to Greece in the ZTA online blog.