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MEET
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Meet Our Staff:
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Tracy
Santa, Director
Tracy Santa received BA and MA degrees from San Francisco State in
English/creative writing, an EdM from Harvard, and a PhD in composition/rhetoric
from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has directed writing centers
at Loyola University ( New Orleans), the United States Air Force Academy,
and the American University in Bulgaria, taught college composition
since 1989, and written for the San Francisco Chronicle,
the Chicago Reader, and Salon.com. His historical
reading of error in composition, Dead Letters, is in press
(Hampton Press, 2007). Tracy teaches GS 200 Writing Practicum,
GS 300 Theory and Practice of Peer Tutoring, and GS 395 Peer
Tutoring Practicum, assists the Writing Program Director and
individual faculty in development of writing curriculum and pedagogy,
and offers group consultation and individual tutorials across the
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Molly Gross,
Assistant Director |
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Carol Emmer,
ESL Specialist |
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Danita
Stewart, Professional Tutor |
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Janelle
Dozar, Coordinator of Advising & Tutoring Services |
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Melissa Walls, Class of 2008
Major: German
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Student Consultants:
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Tristan Bates, Class of 2008
Major:
Comparitive Literature
Minor: German
Tutoring Specialties: Critical analysis, Literary
theory
Favorite Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover,
Lolita, To the Lighthouse, Picture of Dorian Gray, Poisonwood Bible |
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Jessica Bolen, Class of 2008
Major: Psychology
Minor: Spanish and Education
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, organizing,
sythesizing information, counseling, cheerleading/pep-talking, close
reading, APA format
Favorite Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Song
of Solomon by Toni Morrison, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult |
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Michael Bonner, Class of 2010
Major: Religion, Fiction
Minor: French
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, Final Drafts
Favorite Book: Dune by Frank Herbert |
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Nancy Brittain, Class of 2008
Major:
IPE
Minor: Latin American Studies
Tutoring Specialties: Organization and brainstorming
Favorite Book: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom
Tobbins |
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Stephanie Butler, Class of 2008
Major: Comparative Literature
Tutoring
Specialties: Organization, thesis development, grammar
Favorite Book: Lamb by Christopher Moore |
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Kristina Caffrey, Class of 2009
Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings, The Great Gatsby
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Ryan Casserly, Class of 2009
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Spanish
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, outlining,
Science/lab papers
Favorite Book: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
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Jocelyn Corbett, Class of 2008
Major: Sociology
Minor: None
Tutoring Specialties: Sociology
Favorite Book: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan
Safran Foer |
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Laura Cottingham, Class of 2008
Major: English
Minor: Environmental Studies
Tutoring Specialties: Analytical Writing, Close
Readings
Favorite Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville |
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Stacy DuClos, Class of 2009
Major: Anthropology
Minor: English
Tutoring Specialties: Final drafts, voice, social
sciences
Favorite Books: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel
Garcia Marcquez and Tortilla Flat by Steinbeck |
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Alice DuVivier, Class of 2008
Major: Physics
Minor: Renaissance Studies
Tutoring Specialties: Analytical Essays, lab write-ups
(Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), presentations
Favorite Book: The English Patient by Michael
Ondaatje, Dinotopia |
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Kritika Dwivedi, Class of 2008
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Psychoanalysis
Favorite Book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac |
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Grace Friedman, MAT Class of 2008
Major: MAT- Elementary Education
Tutoring Specialties: Grammar and organization
Favorite Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck |
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Julia Head, Class of 2009
Major: Biology and Art
Minor: fun
Favorite Book: Matilda by Roald Dahl |
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Dakin Henderson, Class of 2008
Major: Biology
Minor: Film Studies
Tutoring Specialties: Analytical Essays, Science Papers
Favorite Book: Centennial by James Missioner
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Sara Hildreth, Class of 2009
Major:
English
Tutoring Specialties: Organization, brainstorming,
final drafts, analytical papers
Favorite Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
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Lauren Hughes, Class of 2009
Major: Sociology
Minor: Italian, Art Studio
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, outlining
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Phoebe Jiang, Class of 2009
Major: IPE and History
Minor: Asian Studies
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, organizing,
sentence structure/syntax, vocabulary
Favorite Books: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen,
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee, the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling |
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Ian Kennelly, Class of 2008
Major: Undeclared
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Tara Menon, Class of 2009
Major: Comparative Literature and English Creative
Writing
Minor: Religion
Tutoring Specialties: Thesis and outline formulation,
brainstorming
Favorite Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
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Brian Mulhern, Class of 2009
Major:
Biology
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Juna Muller, Class of 2010
Major: Undecided,
possible Religion
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, Final Drafts
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Zach Novak, Class of 2008
Major: Sociology
Favorite Book: Confessions of an Heiress by Paris
Hilton
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Jette Peterson, Class of 2008
Major: Undecided
Tutoring Specialties: Close readings, analytical
essays, titles, puns, developing arguments
Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Zak Randell, Class of 2009
Major: International Political Economy
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, planning, analytical
essays, thesis development
Favorite Book: Be Here Now by Ram Das
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Wiley Skewes, Class of 2008
Major: Mathematical Economics and Geology
Tutoring Specialties: Brainstorming, Reorganization/organization,
Econ papers and presentations
Favorite Book: 1984 by George Orwell |
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Ella Street, Class of 2009
Major: Political Science
Minor: Philosophy
Favorite Book: Where the Wild Things Are
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Alex Stiller-Shulman, Class of 2010
Major:
To Be Announced
Tutoring Specialties: Social
sciences, organization, picky grammar questions
Favorite
Book: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad
Day by Judith Viorst
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Brenna Swift, Class of 2009
Major:
English
Minor: History
Tutoring Specialties:
Planning, brainstorming, History and English papers, research and
longer papers
Favorite Books: Grapes of Wrath,
Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, The Memory Keeper's Daughter |
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Virginia Trueheart, Class of 2009
Major: English
Favorite Book: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki
Murakami |
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Tarn Udall, Class of 2008
Major: Political Science
Tutoring Specialties: organization, clarity, brevity,
brainstorming
Favorite Book: A River Runs Through It by Norman
Maclean, The Angle of Repose by Stegner |
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Rose Vail, Class of 2008
Major: Geology
Tutoring Specialties: Grammar, Flow, Comfort, Support,
Lit class papers, Geology papers
Favorite Book: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer
Bradley |
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