Themis Contributing Writers

Heather Matthews Kirk (Delta Kappa Chapter, Louisiana State University) has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication and earned a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University. She currently works as the chief communication officer for Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and she worked for ZTA for almost a decade. She lives in Indy with her husband, Justin, and her dog, Ruby, named for a ZTA founder. She enjoys traveling and visits at least one new country each year.
Emily Flowers (Theta Tau Chapter, The University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill) is a senior business administration major. She served as chapter President and enjoys tap dancing and painting. She was the tap director for the campus Carolina Style Tap Company and a senior class marshal, helping seniors make the most of their final year of school and prepare for life after college. Check out her feature article on accountability in the winter 2020 issue of Themis.
Katy Spears Beagle (Kappa Omega Chapter, St. Louis University) works as a consultant and is an active member of Atlanta Themis Alumnae Chapter. She currently serves as alumnae chapter President as well as General Advisor for Delta Lambda Chapter (Georgia State University). She enjoys traveling, cooking new recipes, entertaining, and spending time with her husband and their son, Carter, and labradoodle, Swayze. Want to know what Officer Leadership Academy is like from a General Advisor’s perspective? Read her story in the spring 2020 issue of Themis
Kristel Aranas (Delta Alpha Chapter, California State University, Long Beach) is a compliance analyst with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration/Animation and a member of the Long Beach, CA Chapter. In her spare time, she enjoys drawing, painting and dancing. In college, she wrote her chapter’s Preference ceremony, which the chapter still uses today. You can find her most recent writing in Themis in the alumna profile in the winter 2020 issue.
Kaelin Beaty (Eta Tau Chapter, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte) is a digital marketing specialist who enjoys traveling as much as possible, especially to small towns and the mountains, and expressing her creativity through drawing, graphic design, painting, hand-lettering and other mediums. One of her favorite ZTA memories is helping establish Lambda Omicron Chapter (Boise State University) as a Leadership Consultant. Check out her writing in the collegian profile in the winter 2020 issue of Themis.