University Writing Center Tutors

She/Her/Hers

Major: English, Minor in History

Writing Expertise/Interests: Historical research writing, literary analysis, persuasive writing, grammar

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "You just gotta keep livin', man, L-I-V-I-N."

- Matthew McConaughey

Favorite Book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

She/Her/Hers

Major: English, Psychology, and Minor in History

Writing Expertise/Interests: Academic essays, outlines/pre-writing, APA citations

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Favorite Book: Dracula by Bram Stoker

He/Him/His

Major: Honors Psychology and Philosophy

Writing Expertise/Interests: APA citations, argumentative writing, thesis formulation, prewriting/outlining, scholarship and application materials

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "Start by doing what is necessary, then do what's possible; and suddenly, you are doing the impossible." - St. Francis of Assisi

Favorite Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

He/Him/His

Major: History

Writing Expertise/Interests: Research papers, argumentative essays, prose fiction

Languages Spoken: English, some German

Favorite Quote: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - J.R.R. Tolkien

Favorite Book: Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

She/They

Major: Communication

Writing Expertise/Interests: News writing, personal essays, research essays, MLA and APA style

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "Love is for the ones who love the work."- Joseph Fasano

Favorite Book: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

She/Her/Hers

Major: Art Teaching, Minor in Religious Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests: Poetry, short stories, analytical essays

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "I tell you this / to break your heart, by which I mean only / that it break open and never close again / to the rest of the world." - Mary Oliver

Favorite Book: Frankensteinby Mary Shelley

He/Him/His

Major: Psychology, Writing & Rhetoric Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests: Technical writing, argumentative essays

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "Hold fast, all storms pass." - Conrad Anchor

Favorite Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

She/Her/Hers

Major:Psychology, Writing & Rhetoric Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests:Academic and Honors writing, APA style papers, poetry

Languages Spoken: English, some Korean

Favorite Quote: "Don't measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated." - Charlie Mackesy

Favorite Book: Kim Jiyoung, Born in 1982 by Cho Nam-ju

He/Him/His

Major: English, Minor in Theater

Writing Expertise/Interests: Rhetorical analysis, argumentative essays, poetry

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "Things just happen. And they're happening."  - Kate Wiliams

Favorite Book: The 7 1/2  Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

He/Him/His

Major: Communication, Minor in Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation

Writing Expertise/Interests: Academic and creative writing, APA style

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." - Exodus 14:14

Favorite Book: Single, Just Because by Bridget Gee

They/Them/Theirs

Major: International Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Minor in Portuguese & Brazilian Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests: Humanities and Social Science research essays, literary analysis, argumentative writing, application materials

Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese

Favorite Quote: "What's fair ain't necessarily right." - Toni Morrison

Favorite Book: Wrinkles by Paco Roca

She/Her/Hers

Major: Honors English, Minors in Drawing and Printmaking

Writing Expertise/Interests: Academic writing, fiction, literary analysis, and poetry

Language Spoken: English, Russian

Favorite Quote: "So intimitely, out there/at the pen's point or brush's tip/ do world / and spirit wed" - Howard Nemerov

Favorite Book: If We Were Villians by L.M Rio

She/Her/Hers

Major: Criminology

Writing Expertise/Interests: Research papers, technical writing, application materials

Language Spoken: English 

Favorite Quote: "A day without laughter is a day wasted." - Charlie Chaplin

Favorite Book: The Silent Patient  by Tom Clancy

He/Him/His

Major: Game Development, Minor in Creative Writing

Writing Expertise/Interests: Creative writing, argumentative essays, research papers, grammar, punctuation, MLA style

Languages Spoken: English, some Latin

Favorite Quote: "Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." - G.K. Chesterton

Favorite Book: The Lady of the Lake by Andrezej Sapkowski

He/Him/His

Major: Writing & Rhetoric Studies, Data Science, Minor in Psychology

Writing Expertise/Interests: Scientific, technical, academic, and professional writing; MLA, MLA, and IEEE style

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not  knowing what comes next." - Ursula K. LeGuin

Favorite Book: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

She/Her/Hers

Major: Gender Studies, Philosophy

Writing Expertise/Interests: Organizing ideas, crafting outlines, argumentative and philosophical writing

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there. " - Lewis Carroll

Favorite Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

She/Her/Hers

Major: Sociology, Criminology, Minors in Parks, Recreation, & Tourism and Gender Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests:Analytical and argumentative essays, personal writing

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time." - Kurt Vonnegut 

Favorite Book: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

She/Her/Hers

Major: Architecture

Writing Expertise/Interests: Creative writing, brainstorming, organization, thesis development

Languages Spoken: English, ASL, some French

Favorite Quote: "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies." - George R.R. Martin

Favorite Book: The Dare by Natasha Preston

She/Her/Hers

Program: Ph.D. student in Writing & Rhetoric

Writing Expertise/Interests: Thesis development, content and clarity, grammar; Professional, Technical, Expository, Argumentative, Informative, and Research-based Essays; Identifying sources and citations.

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "There is greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you" by Maya Angelou

Favorite Book: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

She/Her/Hers

Program: Writing and Rhetoric Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests: Disability, legal, and medical rhetorics

Language Spoken: English

Favorite Quote: "The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy." – John Green

Favorite Book: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson