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Writing Specialists

 

Sarah_Andersen

Sarah Andersen

  • BA student in English Education
  • Goals: Earn multiple degrees, continue her education in a country overseas, and find a thoroughly satisfying career path
  • Special Interests: Reading, hiking, writing, collecting records, and watching "Friends" with her cat, Chandler
Crystle_Bruno

Crystle Bruno (Materials & Methods Supervisor)

  • MA student in English
  • Teaching Associate in the English Department
  • Goals: Complete a Ph.D in English and become a college professor
  • Special Interests: Reading, cooking, writing bad poetry, and climbing rock walls
Marissa_Cerros

Marissa Cerros

 

Peter Gambrill

Peter Gambrill

  • MA student in English
  • Teaching Associate in the English Department
  • Goals: Finish and publish a novel, teach English in a far off land, and become fluent in at least one other language
  • Special Interests: Bicycling, writing (both creatively and blogging), reading (both fiction and non-fiction), and listening to indie rock 
Jessy_Goodman

Jessy Goodman

  • MFA student in Creative Writing
  • Goals: Publish a novel, find a way to continue traveling on a grad student's budget, edit books or teach university-level creative writing, and move to a flat in London with a small garden where she can read
  • Special interests: Reading, learning to cook, watching embarrassing reality shows, and lounging around with her cat, Luna

 

Fatima_Hussain

Fatima Hussain

  • BA student in Child Development
  • Goals: Earn an MA in Education, open up her own bakery, and become fluent in five languages
  • Special Interests: Baking, traveling, taking photographs, and learning about different cultures
Michelle_Morneau

Michelle Morneau

  • MA student in English
  • Goals: Teach college-level English, publish a novel, travel the world, and live by the coast with a cat named after a literary character
  • Special Interests: Reading, baking, writing fiction, studying languages, and being with her dog, Beau

 

Michael_Panelli

Michael Panelli

  • BS student in Justice Studies, minor in Sociology
  • Goals: Become a successful trial lawyer and travel the world
  • Special Interests: Traveling, creative writing, playing with his dog, and obsessing over American football
Daniel_Scarpa

Daniel Scarpa

  • MFA student in Creative Writing
  • Graduate Assistant in the English Department
  • Goals: Obtain an MFA without accumulating too much debt and publish a book of poems and short stories
  • Special Interests: Reading, writing, obsessing over televised sporting events, and drinking well-crafted beer

 

 

Assistant Writing Specialists

 

Nick Chu

Nick Chu

  • BA student in History, minor in Spanish
  • Goals: Share the joy of learning, hop in a van and tour as a musician across the country, and live in the woods in a sustainable, eco-friendly house made entirely of recycled materials
  • Special interests: Singing, songwriting, being one with nature, and befriending dragons
Samantha_Clark

Samantha Clark

  • BA student in Journalism
  • Goals: Become a food writer and an authority on cheese and take a road trip across the United States
  • Special Interests: Traveling, gardening, and cooking terribly
Cassia_Homann

Cassia Homann

  • BA student in Psychology
  • Goals: Travel, earn a degree in Psychology, and become a published author
  • Special Interests: Reading, creative writing, using Photoshop, playing piano, and going to Disneyland

 

 

Temporary Administrative Support Assistant

 

Andrew_Tucker

Andrew Tucker

  • BA degree in English, emphasis in Creative Writing
  • Goals: Obtain an MFA in Creative Writing and a Ph.D in English, teach college-level writing courses, and become a produced screenwriter
  • Special Interests: Taking photographs and making specialty pizzas

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