Aarti
Undergraduate Tutor

Aarti is a third year Psychology major with a Global Health minor. She has experience with coursework in both of these fields as well as some experience in pre-med classes and a little experience in pre-engineering classes (she switched around her areas of interest a LOT). Aarti has experience in academic writing for Psychology, Global Health and Biology classes. Her past research experience includes studying drinking habits in college students. She loves to work with any stage of the writing process, but especially loves the brain-storming stage. Aarti also enjoys writing for her blog, cooking/baking, listening to music on high volume, reading, and hanging out with friends and family.

Alec
Undergraduate Tutor

Alec is a computer science major who enjoys studying a wide variety of fields, physics and math especially. He is confident in all stages of the writing process, but especially enjoys brainstorming and determining potential paper topics. In his spare time, he can be found gaming, both PC and card games, and occasionally playing chess.

Amanda
Research Librarian & Tutor

Amanda is the Teaching & Learning Program Librarian and the Geography Librarian. She chairs the UW Libraries Teaching & Learning Group and coordinates the Odegaard Undergraduate Library education program and loves working with instructors to teach research skills and resources to students. Holding one-on-one research and writing consultations with students is her favorite part of being a librarian. Amanda graduated with a B.A. from Lewis and Clark College, which included a year-long study abroad program in France, and has her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington. In her free time, she enjoys reading, listening to music, camping and spending time with her husband, son, family and friends.

Andrea D.
Peer Mentor & Tutor

Andrea is a doctoral student in the department of comparative literature, cinema, and media. Her research focuses on cultural production created in Los Angeles during the 1990’s. As a multilingual writer, Andrea enjoys working with writers who want to find and refine their authorial voice. In addition to academic writing genres like claim-based essays, she also enjoys working with personal statements and cover letters. When not at UW, Andrea likes to explore new restaurants and take her pup on doggie play dates.

Anna
Reference and Instruction Graduate Assistant

Anna is a Learning and Research Specialist at Odegaard Library and a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Ethnic Studies and Spanish from the University of Oregon. She is passionate about social justice, and has previously worked at the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette and the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon. In her free time, Anna enjoys reading, drawing, and hiking with her dog.

Anne
Research Librarian

Anne is the Anthropology and Archaeology Librarian for the UW Libraries. She reads a lot of graphic novels and comics, which explains why she has so many geeky posters in her office. See Anne's libguide profile below:

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Deborah
Research Librarian & Tutor

Deborah is a reference and instruction librarian at Odegaard. Her background includes a MM in Musicology (aka the study of the history and literature of music) and a MS in Information Science along with 25 years as a music information specialist and educator. She is an armchair philosopher who has been described by peers to have the ability to "find the weak link in any argument". She believes that life is a path of ongoing inquiry and learning and that writing is an important communication skill which can help us understand each other and ourselves. Her own research, teaching, and writings are in the areas of information literacy, adult education, musician wellness, and human potentials. Her interest in tutoring is to help you find your own voice to express your understanding and growth in your learning process. Deborah's true loves are singing, composing, cooking vegan delights, playing tai chi in nature, and hanging out with canine friends. See more about Deborah's research and writing below.

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Doris
Undergraduate Tutor

Doris is a senior working on her BA in Economics. She is from Taiwan and can speak Chinese and English. She has worked in Highline Writing Center as a writing consultant for two years, and she is now a writing tutor in UW. During the past two years, she have attended several Writing Center Conferences to present her research on Multilingualism in Writing Center. Also, she is experienced in creating, organizing and hosting writing workshops. The writing stage she could help students the most would be organization. Student writers usually have such great ideas and topic to write about, but they have trouble to present it on the paper in a way that readers could easily understand and follow the ideas. she loves to help students with how to manage the order of the paragraphs and the flow of the overall paper. Some of her hobbies would be water-related activities, such as swimming, diving and kayaking.

Emily H.
Undergraduate Tutor

Emily is a senior majoring in English Language and Literature. Because of this background, she is particularly interested in literary analysis and argumentative papers, but is excited to work with writers on anything that interests them. She is wholeheartedly fascinated with what invests a writer in their writing and the emotive power of language. Her favorite part of the writing process is the development of ideas--she loves to see writers make long sought-after connections. When Emily is not at OWRC, she can be found in libraries working on her own writing, reading satire, or watching some of the worst movies ever made.

Jaewon
Undergraduate Tutor

Jaewon is a Korean-American third year undergraduate student pursuing an English Language and Literature major and Education, Learning, and Society (ELS) minor. She is contemplating on double majoring in Sociology. She also goes by the nickname "J" which is often spelled out as "Jae." As an English major, she is familiar with many different types of writing and is willing to help you at whatever stage of the writing process you're at! She believes each part of the process is important and worth refining. In her free time, Jaewon enjoys singing with UW's Unleashed! A Cappella, photography, and spending time with her loved ones.

Jane A.
Undergraduate Tutor

Jane is a third year undergrad student working toward a degree in Microbiology. Most of her writing experience is with persuasive and research papers, but she has written in many other styles as well. Her favorite part of the writing process is the refining process, but she is, of course, excited to work with writers at any stage of the writing process. In her spare time, Jane enjoys sci-fi and fantasy novels, videogames, traveling, skiing, and trying new restaurants.

John H.
Research Librarian & Tutor

John is the Expository Writing Librarian at the UW and a co-founder of the Writing & Research Center. He has a B.A. in English Studies from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Information Science from Wayne State University and has spent most of his librarianship teaching and promoting effective information use. John savors the ways in which the OWRC brings critical thinking, listening, reading, conversation, emotion, and writing into the construction of knowledge and in creating personal change for learners. He welcomes writers and researchers from all fields working on any projects, but especially enjoys discussing personal statements and literary or film studies. He can also help with presentations and posters and in finding alternative ways of presenting research to a variety of audiences. Away from his work, he enjoys films, theater, TV, and music, as well as being a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan, each season less reluctantly transferring a few more ounces of his loyalty to the Mariners.

Kathleen
Research Librarian

Kathleen has worked in libraries since she was 13 years old, became an official degree-carrying librarian after obtaining a Master's in Library and Information Studies from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and has worked at the UW Libraries since 2001. Her current position sees her wearing many hats, but she is happiest when she is helping people find the information they need for school, work, or just to satisfy their curiosity. She has B.A in History from the University of Maine at Farmington and is currently the UW Libraries subject librarian for Sociology and Children's and YA Literature. She is a member of the Libraries' citation tools team which helps support RefWorks, Zotero, and Mendeley, and she considers the humble footnote to be a thing of grace and beauty. When not working or wrangling her children, Kathleen is most often to be found with her nose in a book or a knitting project, the better to ignore her messy house.

Katie D.
Graduate Tutor

Katie is a graduate student working on her Master’s in Library and Information Science. She holds a Master’s in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Michigan State University. She worked at MSU’s Writing Center as both an undergraduate and as a graduate student. A recent transplant to Seattle, she has also lived in Chicago, New York, and Dublin, Ireland. Katie likes brainstorming, personal statements, résumés, and revising.

Kriya
Graduate Tutor

Kriya is a graduate student in multicultural education who's interested in the influence of historical knowledge and language in students' identities. He switched majors from chemistry to history in his senior year of college and had no regrets; he still loves chemistry. Writing is both an intended profession and a creative outlet for Kriya, who aspires to be a university professor someday. He feels confident in helping writers tease out their own ideas for a paper. When not in the kitchen trying out a new recipe, you can find him practicing yoga or at his computer playing RPGs.

Linda
Research Librarian

Linda is the First Year Experience Librarian at Odegaard Library and her job is to make sure that all new students know how great the UW Libraries are! Linda is the co-chair of the Libraries Student Advisory Committee, a great group of undergraduates who advise the libraries on ways to improve library services, resources, and spaces. Prior to this position, she was a librarian at the UW’s Engineering Library. An upstate New York native, Linda has a BS in Biology from Cornell University and an MLS in Library Science from SUNY Buffalo.  In her free time, Linda enjoys cooking, running, learning about nutrition, and solving New York Times crossword puzzles. 

Lizzy
Undergraduate Tutor

Lizzy is a second year undergraduate student intending to major in Neurobiology. She peer tutored throughout high school and has always enjoyed writing, and is currently an editor for Grey Matters, UW's student-run neuroscience journal. She is in the Interdisciplinary Honors program and has experience with a range of different academic writing styles, from research papers to literary analyses to personal statements. She welcomes writers from any stage of the writing process, and particularly enjoys working on idea development and organization. In her free time, Lizzy enjoys snowboarding, attending concerts, hanging out at the UW planetarium, and spending time outdoors.

Maranda
Undergraduate Tutor

Maranda is a fourth year student pursuing both Philosophy and Law, Societies, and Justice. She is incredibly excited about writing particularly due to the ability to convey so much information and emotion in any work. She enjoys working with any form of writing. She spends most of her free time creating collaborative stories online, but when in the wild she enjoys playing music and trying to find food.

Mihaela
ELL Specialist

Mihaela has been teaching English Language at the UW since the late 1990s. She studied English as an undergraduate, and Linguistics & TESOL as a graduate student. She enjoys working with students directly at any stage of their writing, with the many tutors who support all the writers visiting the center, and with faculty and staff who work with and support international/multilingual students. 

Languages
English, Romanian, knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Romani, Kurdish

Misty Anne Winzenried
OWRC Director

Misty Anne is Director of the OWRC. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English, a Master’s degree in Counseling, and a PhD in Education. (Let’s just say she has always really liked school). She is really interested in talking to students about what it’s like to learn to write in their majors. She also thinks it’s magical when she has a conversation with someone in which they stumble upon a new insight about themselves. When she’s not writing scholarly articles, she can often be found climbing mountains, cooking vegetarian meals, squeezing in a yoga class (which is not at all how one is supposed to practice yoga), and chasing after her adorable and precocious kindergartener.

Natalya
Undergraduate Tutor

Natalya is a transfer student from Highline College, where she graduated with an AS in Chemistry. While attending college, she worked as a tutor at the Highline Writing Center. During the two years she has enjoyed collaborating with writers on various types of writings: personal statements, nursing papers, rhetorical papers, etc. Currently, she is working on receiving B.A. in Biochemistry. She likes collaborating with writers on any parts of the Writing Process, especially loves to have conversations about brainstorming and supporting parts of the Writing Process. Furthermore, she loves to learn about different countries and languages. Natalya fluently communicates, writes, reads in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Niva
Undergraduate Tutor

Niva is a second year student pursuing degrees in Anthropology, Journalism, and Informatics minor. She's interested in finding new ways to incorporate issues of culture and society into engaging and innovative forms of storytelling. For writers, she would likely be most helpful during the brainstorming and refining stage; helping writers think about their approach to a prompt, and helping writers perfect their pieces for better flow and style. In her free time, she likes to do yoga, watch films, and travel (as much as she can).

Olivia K.
Coordinator

Olivia has a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Arts Leadership. Before joining the OWRC, she worked in museums and nonprofit arts organizations. Her experience with tutoring started in college as a volunteer English language tutor for an adult learner and her family. After taking a course in peer-assisted learning, she tutored first-year students in French language and college-level reading and study skills. She likes to help students realize their best learning style and to harness that power for future success. In her free time, Olivia enjoys listening to podcasts, rock climbing, and running.