About Us

For the past 12 years, Brian Cordell has been an English Professor at Bergen Community College where he teaches Composition, Literature, Technical Writing and Creative Writing. During his tenure at BCC, he has specialized in guiding students to build strong critical thinking and written communication skills in order to help them achieve their academic goals and succeed as they begin their careers. Before shifting his focus to education, he worked as a Technical Writer for RealPage, Inc. where he developed technical documentation for the company’s web-based property management software and contributed to product user manuals and training materials. He is also published poet.

An experienced instructor, Marie Cordell has taught Academic, Technical, and Creative Writing courses and served as a writing tutor at several colleges and universities, including Fordham University, Fairfield University, and SUNY Purchase College. She is adept at assisting with all aspects of the writing process, from idea generation and research to editing and polishing a final draft. Before her academic career, Marie worked in Editorial at Greenwood Press and, as a candidate for the MFA in Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, she served as an Editorial Assistant for the literary journal, Hunger Mountain.