Staff
Writing Consultants
Anna
English Literature
Writing focus/interests: Literary criticism & analysis, queer & feminist theory, creative writing, film adaptations & analysis, multicultural literature, translation studies, MLA formatting
Favorite Quote: “I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.” — Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Cameron
Graduate Assistant, PhD Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies
Writing focus/interests: Queer theory, gender theory, feminism/womanism, horror film studies, literary analysis
Favorite Quote: “To write is to confront one’s demons, look them in the face and live to write about them.” — Gloria Anzaldúa, Speaking in Tongues
Clare
Biology, Education Minor
Writing focus/interests: Scientific writing
Favorite Quote: No favorite quote but Clare also works in the Science Learning Resource Center (SLRC)
Darby
English, Psychology
Writing focus/interests: creative writing, literary analysis, feminism, psychology.
Favorite Quote: “Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
Delaney
Graduate Assistant, MA English Literature
Writing focus/interests: Literary analysis, Victorian literature, narrative essays, grammar, and brainstorming/idea generation
Favorite Quote: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
Hollyn
General Studies (English and History)
Writing focus/interest: research papers in English, History, Biology; creative writing; argumentative essays; brainstorming/ organizing thoughts
Favorite Quote: “And these children that you spit on / As they try to change their worlds / Are immune to your consultations / They’re quite aware of what they're goin' through” — David Bowie
James
Graduate Assistant, MA Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies
Writing focus/interests: Sex and love; sexual liberation; sexual normatives; changing masculinities; autoethnography; horror and comedy; feminism and technology; visionary fiction
Favorite Quote: “Write your self. Your body must be heard. Only then will the immense resources of the unconscious spring.” — Helene Cixous, The Laugh of the Medusa
Lindsey
Program Graduate Assistant, MA English (Rhetoric)
Writing focus/interests: feminism, research papers, literary analysis essays, narrative essays, and MLA, APA, and Chicago citations and formatting.
Favorite quote: “I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.” — Margaret Atwood
Mickie
English (Writing and Rhetoric)
Writing focus/interests: MLA and APA formatting and citations, literary analysis, overall organization, brainstorming/outlining, and rhetoric.
Favorite quote: "The car goes where the eyes go." — Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
Sami
English Literature
Writing focus/interests: Literary criticism & analysis, creative writing, metaphysical poetry, narrative essays, multicultural literature, Renaissance and reformation periods, religious symbolism/imagery, MLA formatting
Favorite Quote: “I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don’t know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it again.” — Flannery O’Connor
Zara
English Literature
Writing focus/interests: Literary analysis, feminism/womanism, world literature, psychology, research, MLA/APA formatting, citations
Favorite Quote: “All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
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