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Meet the Writing Center |
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SPRING 2008
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Sarak Kirk, Co-Director
afsjk@uaa.alaska.edu, 786-6851
Sarah Kirk has been a faculty member at UAA since 1994. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Developmental Education/English. She also is the Coordinator of the Basic Writing Program for the College Preparatory & Developmental Studies Department. She holds an M.A. in English from the University of Oregon, Eugene, and is currently completing a second Masters degree in Northern Studies from UAF. In 1997, Sarah designed the Computer-Assisted Writing Lab and developed the first tutor training program for that lab. She returned to oversee the CAWL in January 2007.
Sarah is a faculty member in CPDS (CTC). She teaches PRPE 086 and PRPE 108, and she spends much of her time hiring, mentoring, and scheduling developmental composition adjuncts.
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Dr. Patricia Jenkins, Co-Director
aftmj@uaa.alaska.edu, 786-4379
Trish Jenkins has been a faculty member at UAA since 1995. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of English. She enjoys composition theory and practice as well as writing program administration. She holds a PhD from Purdue Univesrity and a Masters degree from Salisbury University. While a graduate student at Purdue University, she worked as a tutor in their writing center for five and a half years.
Trish is a faculty member in the Department of English (CAS). Besides co-directing the WC/CAWL, she is also the Coordinator of Composition for ENGL composition courses. Beyond curriculum oversight, she is responsbile for working with the English graduate teaching assistants.
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Jonell Sauceda, LRC Management
anjfs@uaa.alaska.edu, 786-8629
Jonell Sauceda has been the Manager of the Learning Resources Center since 1998 and has worked at the University of Alaska since 1983. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration and an A.A.S. in Computer Technology, as well as various certifications. Jonell's background includes training and coursework in the areas of Adult Education, Accounting, Library Science, and Distance Education.
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Lois Hall, LRC Administrative Assistant
anlwh@uaa.alaska.edu
Lois Hall has been the Administrative Assistant for the Learning Resource Center since 1996. In addition to this primary role, Lois also functions as the Tutor Coordinator for the LRC Math Lab, Writing Center & CAWL, student athletes, and other groups associated with teh LRC. Lois previously worked in Financial Aid and Enrollment Services. Lois is qualified as a "Master Gardener" and volunteers with the Master Gardeners to teach classes.
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Janson Jones, On-line Writing Center Coordinator
afjsj1@uaa.alaska.edu, 786-4368
Janson Jones joined the English department at UAA in 2007, having taught writing and literature courses at the University of Oklahoma and Daytona Beach Community College. He received an M.A. in English - Modernity and Theory while at OU, and his research interests include folklore and modernity, technologies and folklore, the ethnographic work of Zora Neale Hurston, and rhetoric and technologies. Jones currently teaches ENGL 111 - Methods of Written Communication, ENGL 312 - Advanced Technical Writing, and ENGL 313 - Professional Writing.
In his off-time, Janson enjoys playing the guitar, working on photography, contemplating whether or not to take courses in modern dance appreciation, and studying herpetology. On his best days, he does all of this at the same time, while also drinking far too much coffee.
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Diane Swonger, Lead Tutor
bsybee06@gmail.com
My name is Diane, and I am the lead tutor for the UAA Writing Center... which basically means all I do in addition to tutoring is just inputting data. I'm a senior, majoring in English Education, and plan to graduate May 4, 2008. Then hopefuly I will begin the Master's of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) on the 19th of May so that I may earn my certification as a secondary teacher.
Also worthy of note is that I am a book fiend, first and foremost. After that, I love talking about books. I live, sleep, and breathe for books, because they are beautiful and pristine and... heavenly. So, aside from the nerdiness, I love tutoring because it helps me become a better writer as well as helping another person. They say that you only learn something when you're explaining it to someone else, and that is definitely the case in my situation. Plus, it is the best feeling ever, the feeling of knowing that you have helped someone with something they may or may not have difficulty at. Tutoring is not easy, but it is worthwhile.
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TUTORS |
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Fawn Caparas, Tutor
asfrc@uaa.alaska.edu
I graduated with a B.A. from UAA in 2006. I am currently pursuing an M.A. in English with an emphasis on Rhetoric and Composition. I also teach English 111. I love teaching and I love writing.
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Clare Chesner, Tutor
ascc26@uaa.alaska.edu
Clare Chesher gained her BA in English Language and Literature from Oxford University, with First Class Honours. She qualified as an attorney and worked in the legal profession in the UK for ten years before returning to English studies at UAA. She is now completing her Masters in English, and is working on a thesis about mountaineering narratives. She teaches first-year composition and is also Co-Chair of the 2008 Pacific Rim Conference on Literature and Rhetoric.
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Cynthia Deike-Sims, Tutor
ascld15@uaa.alaska.edu
Cynthia Deike-Sims received her B.A. in Journalism and Public Communications with a minor in Justice at the University of Alaska. She is completing her M.A. degree in English Literature and works as a Teaching Assistant for the English Department. Her interests include satire and modernist literature and poetry, with explorations into the First World War, Jewish, and Alaska Native literatures. She favors digitization and audio formats for poetic works and records poetry for online forums. She has presented papers at Pacific Rim Literature and Rhetoric, The Red River World Literature, and Columbia University (Humanities). She is accepted to present her thesis work on William Blake and Isaac Rosenberg in WA at Visionary Landscapes: The Electronic Literature Organization Conference in May of 2008.
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Tracy Franz, Tutor
afttf@uaa.alaska.edu
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Mary Harris, Tutor
asmbh4@uaa.alaska.edu
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Laura Hogins, Tutor
anlmh2@uaa.alaska.edu
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Signe Jorgenson, Tutor
assej8@uaa.alaska.edu
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Rebecca Knighton, Tutor
rebecca.knighton@gmail.com
I am currently a full time graduate student and teaching assistant at UAA. I recently graduated with my Bachelor's in English and am working on my Master's degree in English Literature. I enjoy working with students on a one-to-one level, that is why being able to tutor in the Writing Center is such a valuable expereince. I began tutoring in the Fall of 2007 and hope to continue to do so until I graduate. I adore reading, sarcasm, watching movies, and venturing out into the wilderness.
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Michael Madrid, Tutor
asmlm63@uaa.alaska.edu
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Beth Merrill-Bauer, UAA Seawolf Tutor Club President
jazzyjems@gmail.com
Beth Merrill-Bauer has been at UAA since August 2002, first as an undergraduate student and currently as an English graduate student teaching-assistant instructing ENGL 111, and a writing center tutor. She currently holds a B.A. in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric & Composition and a minor in Theatre. In May 2008, she will graduate with her M.A. in English with a literature emphasis.
Beth enjoys conducting research in the areas of composition theory & practice in relation to second-language acquisition. She plans to pursue her doctorate in social linguistic & composition theory & practice to continue her work with second-language learners with a focus on U.S. indigenous languages and English language acquisition in composition.
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Jessie Nixon, Tutor
asjma43@uaa.alaska.edu
Jessie Nixon is from Illinois, where she completed her BA in English from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She is currently a teaching assistant in the English department and recently taught ENLG 111. Her current interests include literature in exploration of culture, travel, and identity. After graduating in Spring 2009, Jessie plans to pursue international teaching opportunities.
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Leslie Hsu Oh, Instructor
lhsuoh@uaa.alaska.edu
Leslie Hsu Oh is an instructor at UAA for the English and the College of Preparatory Development Studies Department. She brings to the Writing Center a wealth of experience from both scientific and creative disciplines. She has been tutoring for decades, especially for Native students.
She received a master's degree in Health Communications from Harvard School of Public Health and an MFA in Creative Writing from UAA. She is the recipient of the first Julius B. Richmond Young Leader in Public Health Award for outstanding dedication to the health and well being of the community and demonstration of initiative and advocacy in public health, the first National Award for Excellence in Public Health Leadership, the Sun Memorial Award for exemplifying a commitment to improving the health and well being of people in underserved populations, and the Schweitzer Award for reverence for life. She is a Fellow for Life with the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Her work experience includes founding The Hepatitis B Initiative, an organization that raises awareness about hepatitis B in Boston and DC/MD/VA. She served as Federal Liaison to the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Northeast Regional Director of the National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asians and Pacific Islanders; Program Chair for the American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Caucus of the American Public Health Association; Membership Chair for the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of the American Public Health Association; and Board of Directors member of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable. She also designed user-centered web sites specifically for special populations at the Alaska Native Science Commission and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with the Secretary of Health and Surgeon General's staff of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Her publications include co-authoring The Strategic Application of Information Technology in Health Care Organizations.
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Peter Schnurr, Tutor
aspfs2@uaa.alaska.edu
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Ryan Schowen, Tutor
asras55@uaa.alaska.edu
Ryan A. Schowen is a teaching assistant and candidate for the Master of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He earned his B.A. in Communication and Media Studies from Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. His research interests include the mind/body problem in contemporary continental philosophy and the relationship to discursive practices, cultural studies, critical discourse analysis, and the epistemology of discourse. He is currently at work on an article-length manuscript about social and post-process composition pedagogies and the epistemology of the academy’s dominant reporting structure—the thesis-driven essay.
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Theo Sery, Tutor
astws5@uaa.alaska.edu
Theo W. Sery is a graduate student from Antigo, Wisconsin who completed his BA in literature from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He is currently a first-year Teaching Assistant and is teaching one section of English 111. His main research interest is with the relationships between environment, art and identity, and is looking into writing his Masters Thesis on Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio. After his intended graduation date of Spring 2009, Theo intends on pursuing a PhD. in literature, yet he is unsure at this time as to where.
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William Swears, Tutor
aswbs4@uaa.alaska.edu
Bill Swears flew military helicopters for twenty-two years, served as an education/training officer in both the Army and Coast Guard. He has taught classes ranging from flight regulations, to online database operations, to Stephen R. Covey's "Seven Habits for Highly Effective People." He is developing his MA in English Literature thesis which focuses on different approaches to mythic tropes in literary and genre fiction, and marketing two novel-length manuscripts.
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Henryk Szadziewski, Tutor
afhls@uaa.alaska.edu
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Erika Veth, Master Tutor
asesv@uaa.alaska.edu
I am in my last semester of my M.A. in English at UAA. This will be my fourth semester tutoring at the writing center, and the friendly environment, student success, and the variety of cultures and experiences of students and tutors are what keep me coming back. I also teach English 111 under the course title 'Ecocomposition' so I am very familiar with many of the common issues students face when writing. I look forward to working with and learning from all students who seek guidance in the writing center.
"I cut down trees, but I won't cut down your paper."
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Janel Walton, Tutor
I am proud to be considered a non-traditional UAA student. I received my Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies from the University of Alaska - Fairbanks in 1999 and I worked in the legal field for approximately 10 years. I decided to return to school to earn my Bachelor's Degree in English with an emphasis in education and a minor in History. I will be graduating from UAA in May 2009. From there, I intend to enter the UAA education certification program, and hopefully thereafter, I will be teaching high school English in the Anchorage School District.
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Brenna Weniger, Tutor
dsbew@uaa.alaska.edu
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