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.

Addison
Undergraduate Tutor

Addison is a freshman currently in the Architecture Program at UW. Prior to working at the Odegaard Writing and Research Center he worked for the Highline College Writing Center for a year and a half. Addison likes to work with writers at any point of the writing process, but particularly enjoys brainstorming ideas with them. In his spare time, he plays guitar, sings, and loses frequently to his friends at ping pong. 

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.

Aleenah
Undergraduate Tutor

Aleenah is a rising senior studying Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) and minoring in English and Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) - basically, she loves acronyms. She loves helping with every part of the writing process from brainstorming to the final draft, and personal statements are her favorite genre. To strike up a conversation with her, try casually mentioning The Daily (she writes for it and would love to help you apply), photography, or hiking in the Pacific Northwest!

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.

Ananya
Peer Mentor & Tutor

Ananya studies Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies & Comparative History of Ideas with minors in Diversity and Anthropology. She has always enjoyed writing, and especially enjoys helping others find their voice at the OWRC. She has experience with many different types of writing including creative, academic, and journalistic (check our her articles on The Daily website!). She loves helping writers who are at the beginning of the writing process; brainstorming is her jam. When she's not thinking about the writing process she enjoys reading intersectional feminist literature, listening to podcasts, eating vegan Thai food, learning new things, and playing ukulele.

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.

Andrea V.
Undergraduate Tutor

Andrea is a junior majoring in biochemistry. She enjoys all stages of the writing process, but especially likes helping writers develop their ideas. Her favorite part of working at the center is working with writers to find the root of concerns they want to work on. When she isn’t memorizing chemical reactions or talking with writers, she enjoys napping, trying out new hobbies, and talking extensively about television shows.

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.

Anna B.
Undergraduate Tutor

Anna is a sophomore studying Drama with an emphasis in Performance. She is passionate about writing and thinking about writing, especially when it introduces her to new people and ideas! From the first stages of brainstorming to the final draft, Anna loves working with writers and helping them learn and grow throughout the writing process. Outside of the OWRC, Anna is a semiprofessional actor and improviser who enjoys spending time with friends, singing loudly along to showtunes, and nerding out over both scripted and improvisational theatre theory.

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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Anni
Undergraduate Tutor

Anni is a third year undergraduate studying International Studies - International Communication with a minor in English. She enjoys working with writers at any stage of the writing process, and particularly loves to analysis prompts and to brainstorm ideas with them. She is a good listener who likes to hear about writers' stories and turns them into pieces of writing. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and English, and is happy to work with international students. In her spare time, she enjoys writing stories, reading novels, and cooking.

Cen
Undergraduate Tutor

Cen is currently major in Economics, and minor in English. Since she has taken WSA and RTW test, which equipped her with the experience of how to prepare for those tests, she is happy to share her experience with others. As an international student, she is also happy to share her knowledge of adapting English writing to international writers. She is better at working with writings at brainstorming stages, because she believes an essay with a good beginning lays a solid foundation for the writers to build on further. She started to play the piano when she was three, and she is still in love with it.

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.

Emerson
Undergraduate Tutor

Emerson likes to think about stuff. He plans to pursue this specialty with an English/CHID major, and a focus on language facility and empathy. Most evenings you can find him writing, gaming, lifting, or wandering back and forth wistfully stroking his chin. Emerson speaks both English and Portuguese natively, and has experience in the field of ESL. He is interested in how language serves to interpret the conceptual noise of our subconscious, and enjoys assisting with the development and organization of ideas at any stage in the writing process.

Emily B.
Undergraduate Tutor

Emily is a senior in Anthropology, studying the tracks of Archaeology and Human Evolutionary Biology, with a minor in Environmental Science and Resource Management. She transferred from Highline College with an Associates of Anthropology, where she worked at the Writing Center where she researched multilingualism and queer identity in writing centers. Her favorite part of writing is thesis creation and personal statements. Emily also collects action figures, watches Hong Kong action movies, and finds new places to eat.

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.

Gary
Undergraduate Tutor

Gary is a junior pursuing a BS in Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology and a BA in English Language and Literature. He has experience writing many different types of texts ranging from personal statements to the classic five-paragraph literary analysis and is a firm believer of proper capitalization and the Oxford comma. Although he is more than happy to work with writers at any stage of the writing process, he is most comfortable with the outlining and focusing stage. Gary speaks fluent English and Cantonese and is conversational in Mandarin. In his free time, he enjoys taking food pictures, exercising, and studying up on his Harry Potter trivia knowledge.

Grace
Undergraduate Tutor

Grace is a Junior working toward a degree in Political Science with a Sales Certificate.  She has extensive experience writing essays for Political Science and English professors, but is willing to help with any and all writing--your resume, essay, childrens' book, or private journal.  She is most helpful with the early stages of writing, and has a weird passion for organization. In her free time, Grace enjoys creative writing, trail running, asking questions, and eavesdropping in coffee shops.

Hannah F.
Undergraduate Tutor

Hannah is a second-year undergraduate student in the Interdisciplinary Honors program. She is majoring in Law, Societies, and Justice and minoring in Political Science. At the University of Washington, Hannah has written research memos, academic article reviews, annotated bibliographies, research papers, and more. She would love to help fellow students through any stage of the writing process, especially through brainstorming and refining ideas. In her free time, Hannah can usually be found outside. She is particularly fond of skiing, hiking, and climbing.

Harry
Research Librarian

Harry is the African, American Ethnic, and American Indian Studies Librarian. He is also a member of Odegaard Undergraduate Library's top-notch research librarian team. A Florida native, Harry received his Master of Science in Library Service from Columbia University in the City of New York. Harry also has a Master of Applied Social Sciences from Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida. As an undergraduate, Harry majored in History with a minor in Political Science. When he's off the clock, Harry enjoys films (especially SciFi), hiking, theater, all music, cycling, and stepping out on the court every now and then. He bleeds Yankee pinstripes, Seahawk blue, and FAMU orange and green.

Helly
Undergraduate Tutor

Helly is a sophomore pursuing Computer Science. She’s over 8,000 miles away from home but, most probably, right where she’s supposed to be. She’s eagerly waiting for the hardware to catch up so that Quantum Computing could become a thing. Her favourite stages of the writing process are brain-storming, organisation and editing (in that order). She loves working with research-based writing, resumes and application essays. Helly is also really passionate about political and social issues and the role of comedy in addressing them. In her free time, she loves learning more about cryptography and reading science fiction novels, but for her, true bliss lies in watching anything with John Oliver in it. Fun Fact: She has been to all of Oliver’s stand-up shows ever since she came to the States!

Jack
Graduate Tutor

Jack is currently enrolled in the University of Washington's Master in Teaching program, with a focus in Secondary English. He went to the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate degree, a BA in Philosophy and English, and since graduation he has spent several years in educational positions prior to landing at the UW. Currently, he is student teaching at a Seattle high school, working with 11th and 12th graders, and is on campus at UW two days a week to work with others enrolled in the College of Education. When Jack is not either teaching or taking classes, you can find him at the climbing gym, on his bike, or curled up in bed watching Netflix...

As a tutor, Jack has experience with a wide array of writing assignments, from freshman writing courses to dissertations. His areas of expertise as a tutor are in the brainstorming phase—he loves to help focus a writer's attention and hone their potential--and in developing clarity and organization throughout the piece. Long term, Jack tries to help writers develop the skills to see their writing critically and learn what to focus on, in order to communicate (and even to think!) their ideas most clearly.

Jacob
Graduate Tutor

Jacob is a 2nd year student in the iSchool's information management program and a 6th year tutor at the OWRC. (1) As a social science undergraduate he studied economics, applied math, geography, and conflict mediation. His primary academic interests are (a) trying to understand the world, (b) the democratization of information management skills, and (c) the relationship of personal information management to individual health, productivity, and learning. (2) As a writer, he has worked in a range of genres (including research papers, reflections, system and process documentation, policy analysis, business memos, conference abstracts, news, and blogging) and published in Plenum, UW's undergraduate geography journal. (3) Jacob aspires to a world that values and amplifies human potential rather than ranking and discarding much of it. This belief affects him as a tutor: he is happy to work with writers on an emotional spectrum from exceedingly confident to truly panicked, with self-assessments ranging from 'I'm a bad writer' to 'I'm a good writer but my instructor required me to stop by' to 'I'm really hoping for your feedback on X, a quality or strategy I'm consciously pursuing in this paper'. Jacob enjoys helping writers leave their session with an agenda for revisions that is feasible but also helpful for their continuing growth as a writer. (4) Jacob's hobbies include folk, bluegrass and improv guitar, lowkey data science (Python/SQL/Bash), obviously memes, walking around, and his supremely large and fluffy Ragdoll cat.

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 both Psychology and 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 time as a librarian teaching and promoting information literacy. John savors the ways in which the OWRC brings critical thinking, listening, reading, conversation, feeling, and writing into the construction of knowledge and in creating personal change for UW 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 popular 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.

Joy
Graduate Tutor

Joy is a second-year graduate student studying Public Policy at the UW Evans School with a focus on nonprofit management and social innovation. Over the course of her graduate studies, Joy has completed coursework in Accounting, Quantitative Analysis, Program Evaluation, and Policy Analysis in addition to various management classes. She has an undergraduate degree in Art History, Philosophy, and Literature. She is particularly interested in research concerning organizational management and change theory. In the past, Joy has served on the Evans School Diversity Committee and the UW HUB Board of Representatives and currently serves as the Evans School Student Organization President. She is also a co-host and co-producer for the podcast Speak Freely, a show focused on examining politics in America through the eyes of military veterans, and has experience with audio editing, script writing, and social media marketing. Outside of school, she enjoys binge watching television and flying kites. 

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.

Katie K.
Graduate Tutor

Katie is a PhD student in the college of education studying educational policy, leadership, and organizations. She has worked with students of many ages, backgrounds, and interests on all stages of the writing process and is particularly interested in helping to edit and refine projects. Katie is a California transplant but is happy to have landed in Seattle!

Kelli
Graduate Tutor

Kelli is a first-year graduate student in Library and Information Science. She recently received her Bachelor’s degree in English and American Ethnic Studies with a minor in French from UW. Most of her writing experiences are in the humanities and social sciences, but she is also happy to work with writers in any field. She is particularly fond of interdisciplinary research, literary analysis, and multimodal projects. While comfortable with all stages of the writing process, she especially enjoys the brainstorming and argument development stages. In her free time, Kelli enjoys reading graphic novels, skiing, watching baseball games, buying too many books, and looking up adoptable cats online.

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.

Madeline
Peer Mentor

Madeline is an Informatics major in her senior year. She's had experience writing research papers for her major, one of which was actually about writing centers. She also enjoys writing creative, reflective, and analytical pieces in other classes and on her own. Most recently, she started writing documentation at a local startup. This is her third year at the OWRC and she's excited to continue working with writers on whatever they have going on. She especially likes to work on brainstorming, organization, and logic with people. Madeline loves sessions where she can help get ideas going. Her hobbies include running relatively slow for a long time, listening to really loud music, and checking her phone repeatedly while waiting for the delivery person to show up.

Mani
Undergraduate Tutor

Mani is a Junior studying Finance and Information Systems in the Foster School of Business and is interested in pursuing a career in technology consulting. She is always happy to help writers with any stage and genre of writing, but she especially enjoys helping writers with their personal statements, resumes and cover letters-- she loves helping others with their personal development needs! In her free time, you can find her constantly craving dessert, watching comedies on Netflix, and geeking out over stock prices.

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.

Marquis
Undergraduate Tutor

Marquis is an English major, planning to specialize in Creative Writing and double major in Sociology. This is his second year at UW, and first year as a writing tutor; his previous school was Highline College, where he was an editor of the college's literary magazine, "Arcturus". He has a great passion for non-fictional writing, and helping writers expand on their ideas and brainstorming process. He can analyze a variety of writing and research, and enjoys providing the most help in elements of craft and organization in creative writing and persuasive essays. In his free time, he enjoys writing poetry, short stories, scripts, and being a connoisseur of Shonda Rhimes television dramas.

Michael
Graduate Tutor

Michael is a PhD student in Anthropology. His academic work is on physician expertise, clinical judgment and medical bureaucracy. In the past he's done work in the history of medicine, post-Kantian metaphysics, early 20th century philosophy of language and early modern alchemy and astrology. Michael is especially interested in thinking through the large-scale consequences of arguments and clarifying our own creatively muddled ideas. He enjoys trying to make sense of other people's disciplinary problems. Elsewhere, Michael dwells extensively on cooking, cats, 20th c. poetry, popular conspiracy theories and cats.

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

Mina
Peer Mentor & Tutor

Mina is a first year PhD student in the iSchool and previously studied Informatics and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at UW. Her research is focused on using information technology and intersectional feminist theories to improve pedagogical practices in introductory STEM courses to increase access to higher education with an intersectional, feminist lens. She loves working on all types of writing and is partial to personal statements. Occasionally, you will find her basking in the sun by the roses, wandering Seattle for the best bowl of noodles, or being ignored by her cat on facetime.

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.

Monica
Undergraduate Tutor

Monica is a senior and majoring in Anthropology and Spanish, with a minor in Human Rights. She is hoping to attend law school next year where she plans to pursue a career in public interest law. She loves helping people brainstorm and get comfortable with approaching broad or independent research projects. Aside from academia, Monica enjoys skiing, graphic design, and petting dogs.  

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
Graduate Tutor

Olivia is a second-year master's student in the Medical Speech-Language Pathology program. She is excited to work with writers from all fields of study, especially during the brainstorming and developing stages of writing. Olivia is also interested in interprofessional practice in healthcare, and cherishes the opportunity to work with other students in the health sciences. In her spare time, Olivia likes exploring the city by foot, spending an afternoon at a museum, and enjoying a good slice of cake.

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.

Patrick
Graduate Tutor

Patrick is a graduate student in the English department with a focus on Language and Rhetoric. He studies texts in order to discern the ways power and subjectivities are discursively constituted, ordered and reproduced within neoliberalism. Patrick is also an English instructor--currently teaching composition--and also has a background in the theory and practice of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL.) In his free time, he enjoys reading at cafes and going on walks through residential parts of the city with the aim of petting other people's cats.

Sarah D.
Graduate Tutor

Sarah is a graduate student in the School of Oceanography. She studies Arctic Ocean change and its relationship to sea ice cover and to the atmosphere. In former lives, she has worked in brewing, journalism, and telefundraising--all of which inform her passion for writing about darn near everything. When she's not splashing around a Lake Washington triathlon course, sprinting across a frisbee field, or flying around the Arctic Ocean, Sarah enjoys working with writers on their arguments and organization.

Sarah M.D.
Undergraduate Tutor

Sarah is a senior at UW pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health and a minor in Spanish with the hope of one day conducting epidemiology research in Central and South America. She has worked on many different types of research-writing through coursework, lab jobs, and her current research with Type 1 Diabetics at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She enjoys assisting writers with any part of the writing process whether that is brainstorming ideas, working on a lit. review, organizing a draft, or doing some last-minute fine-tuning. When she’s not studying, working, or researching, you can find her painting scenic views, sweating it out in yoga class, nose-deep in a good book, and/or playing with her two fuzzy ferrets!

Sarah W.
Peer Mentor & Tutor

Sarah is a senior majoring in Comparative History of Ideas and minoring in Diversity. Creative and academic writing is an activity she has always enjoyed, and her favorite part of the writing process is the initial brainstorm to develop a topic that the writer is excited about and eager to pursue. She is always interested in learning about the topics people are writing about. When she's not working or in class, you can find her growing tomatoes in her garden or reading... or reading aloud to the tomatoes.

Shirley
Undergraduate Tutor

Shirley is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in English (Creative Writing), Mathematics, and Philosophy and holds an Editing Certificate from the University of Washington. She is fluent in Chinese and English and is intermediate in Spanish. Shirley is most familiar with writing critical essays, short stories, cover letters, personal statements, and math proofs, and she welcomes writers from all stages of the writing process, but she particularly enjoys helping writers to sort through ideas by drawing “hot pepper diagrams” (it’s just a technique for organizing, but she loves spicy food so…). Growing up immersed in classical Chinese poetry, Shirley likes to read and recite Chinese poems, and she is practicing writing poems in English. In her free time, Shirley enjoys coffee and tea, and she likes to read, sing, make desserts, arrange flowers, and stare at her two pet betta fish.

Sizhe
Undergraduate Tutor

Bio coming soon!

Stephanie
Graduate Tutor

Bio coming soon!

Tait
Peer Mentor & Tutor

Tait is a doctoral student in the Language and Rhetoric program where his special area of research is Second Language Writing. He's interested in studying how people learn to read and write in linguistic codes that they feel are new to them, either because they have studied them as second or foreign languages or because they are using those linguistic codes in unfamiliar ways or contexts. His current research involves how our physical surroundings and the different genres, media, and material realities involved in the texts we use and create influence the way we talk about our reading and our writing in classroom settings. He enjoys working with writers who are writing in a second (or third, or fourth) language, especially when they are editing and working through grammatical decisions. He also really enjoys working with graduate students who are doing original research, especially for dissertations or manuscripts for publication. Tait was born and raised in Alaska, then studied Chinese and English language and literature as an undergraduate after which he began studying Applied Linguistics. Later, he lived in China for quite a few years, where he worked for universities and in educational publishing. He likes reading and making comics and is currently working on software that uses comics to help people learn to read and write in new genres.

Taylor
Graduate Tutor

Taylor is a PhD student in the History Department where she specializes in the British Empire and the First World War. Although a life-long history nerd, she has writing experience across the humanities and social sciences, and is especially interested in thinking about ways that writing can help students and scholars reach and engage with broad audiences. Taylor also has experience working with professional writing, and is especially interested in working with writers on grant proposals, resumes, personal statements, and writing samples. In her spare time, she dabbles in the Digital Humanities and welcomes appointments with writers working on digital projects, websites, multi-modal work, and public presentations.

Tina
Undergraduate Tutor

Tina is a student in Early Childhood and Family Studies major. Tina's major requires her to read, write, and reflect constantly. She considers the process of writing a fun mental puzzle game. She believes brainstorming, researching, drafting and polishing to be crucial steps in developing a successful piece of writing. In the future, she hopes to become a special education teacher. Outside of school, Tina loves spending with friends, playing sports, watching animal videos, reading books, listening to Jazz music, and sipping her cold brew coffee.

Tom Bolling
Research Librarian & Tutor

With a background in Philosophy, Tom arrived at UW in 1970 as a research librarian, and has been extremely happy here ever since. He loves the Great Game of Research... empowering for lifelong learning in the vast world of information and stored experiences and adventures of the mind. His other passionate love is the Great Game of Kendo, the Way of the Sword... learning to sense The Force flowing through us and a life played for keeps. Find him at Entry and Info desks in Odegaard, or in his office on the mezzanine, M105. He is continually energized by working daily with students and supporting them in their writing, research, and information needs.

Yuki
Undergraduate Tutor

As a student pursuing majors in Political Science and Law, Societies, and Justice, Yuki is always reading things and writing things. As if that isn't enough, she also writes in her free time for an illustrated story she is working on. She loves thoughtful conversation, and feels most helpful when students come in at the very beginning of a writing project so she can help brainstorm. She stays happy by drawing, doing photography, growing things, finding bias in news articles, and trying new foods. She loves being shown cool socks. To abide by PNW law, she is currently working on gathering local stickers to decorate her Hydroflask.