Meet the team of workers

Jaclyn Wells, Director Jaclyn got a Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from Purdue university in 2010. Her publication, partners in Literacy: A Writing core model for Civic Engagement (co-authored with Allen Brizee), describes a three-yr engagement undertaking involving the Purdue OWL and two adult literacy corporations in Lafayette, Indiana. Jaci has directed the UWC in view that 2012. that you could study more about her on the department of English site. fun statistics: up to now, Jaclyn has on no account misplaced a online game of Seinfeld minutiae. Her corgi combine, Travis, is Instagram noted. Elizabeth Skinner, office affiliate Elizabeth is the UWC office affiliate and simply began engaged on her M.A. in English at UAB. In undergrad, she had the possibility to tutor in UAB's writing center and fell in love with tutoring. Her passion for writing, tutoring, and helping others see their writing talents has led her to pursue her existing position on the UWC as well as pursue her M.A. in English. enjoyable statistics: Elizabeth likes to take a seat outdoor as thunderstorms strategy, even though near a door so she will be able to flee to security if crucial, and is a huge Brandon Sanderson fan. Toby Camp, Graduate Assistant Director Toby graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from UAB in may also of 2018 and is currently in his 2nd 12 months of graduate college in the hunt for his M.A. in English Literature. His research pastimes consist of Modernism, peculiarly James Joyce, and contemporary Drama. he's at present learning Mae West’s “gay play,” The Drag, and Joe Orton’s What the Butler noticed throughout the lens of Judith Butler’s performance conception. Toby is a graduate educating assistant and works on the reference desk in Sterne Library. He takes loads of satisfaction in his working-category historical past considering the fact that he's the primary faculty graduate in his household. enjoyable statistics: Toby has a good quantity of expertise about cartoons. He enjoys fishing and cooking with his wonderful fiancée Courtney. He has three cats even though he's allergic. Jessica Robbins, Graduate Assistant Director Jessica is at present a 2d-yr graduate student working toward an M.A. in English literature. Her research interests range from representations of nonhuman animals in little ones’s literature to writing center administration and student help programs. Jessica has labored in the writing center for two years, and has outdated event tutoring for the UAB athletics department. She aims to use this event to create a welcoming and productive area for students and tutors alike in her latest place as graduate assistant director. fun statistics: Jessica has been crocheting on account that she became 11 and loves making tiny stuffed animals. When she grows up, she aspires to work in an improved-education context where she will be able to proceed assisting college students. Meegan Bleil, Graduate Tutor Meegan is at the moment a 2d-yr graduate student working towards an M.A. in English literature. Meegan has contributed poetry and brief stories to UAB’s air of secrecy Literary magazine, participates in plenty of UAB golf equipment and mentor classes, loves to volunteer, and is at the moment working on a instructing project for the Birmingham Holocaust schooling core (BHEC). Her existing analysis task comprises nonfiction and historical literature with a focus on the Holocaust and social theory. Meegan loves helping college students with each step of the writing process and particularly enjoys: all kinds of research, brainstorming, essay structure, writing a whole lot of essays, personal statements, helping college students with essay examine instruction, and dealing with English as a second Language (ESL) college students. enjoyable information: Meegan loves to bake and cook dinner, and she or he additionally went to culinary faculty. Meegan loves her two fur babies, coffee, and enjoys analyzing the classics, dystopian literature, and the rest with a robust old theme. Tammy Blue, Graduate Tutor Tammy is at present a 2d-year graduate pupil working toward an M.A. in history. Her research hobbies include racial violence with a spotlight on lynchings and African American reports. She is proud to be one of the common fellows of the JCMP (Jefferson County Memorial challenge) in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, the place she remains very active. Tammy could be the pinnacle editor for UAB's 2020 edition of the Vulcan magazine. She has worked within the writing middle for two years and is excited to be back assisting college students q4. enjoyable records: Tammy is a tremendous Boston activities fan and has a crazy rescue cat named Samson. After graduation, she hopes to work in a non-profit organization and proceed writing and publishing her analysis. Chase Coats, Tutor Chase graduated in Fall 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a minor in background. He plans to sign up at UAB in Fall 2019 to pursue a Masters in Secondary education.fun data: Chase enjoys attending concert events/wearing pursuits, exploring every little thing the Magic metropolis has to present, in addition to writing short stories and overly indistinct poetry. he's additionally a self-proclaimed 90's Hip Hop aficionado. Cebastian Cordoso, Undergraduate Tutor Cebastian is a senior English foremost with a concentration in Linguistics. he is currently writing an honors thesis that showcases how the information superhighway interacts with language change. He additionally enjoys literary analysis and makes a speciality of interactive texts corresponding to video games. enjoyable information: Cebastian’s interests encompass video video games, philosophy, and paying attention to debates. Teresa Davis, Adjunct Tutor Teresa graduated with an MA in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from UAB in 2018. She is at present pursuing a PhD in English (Rhetoric, Composition, and the teaching of English) on the college of Arizona, the place she teaches composition, technical writing, and multimodal composition. She began working in the UWC in 2015 as a front Desk Attendant, then as a Graduate Tutor and Graduate Assistant Director from 2016-2018, and she or he is satisfied to proceed working within the writing middle as an internet tutor. Teresa is SafeZone certified. enjoyable statistics: Teresa enjoys cooking, baking, and gathering cast iron cookware. She is most frequently accompanied by using her dog, Lucy. Rebecca Foushee, Graduate Tutor Rebecca Foushee graduated from UAB with a B.A. in English Literature and a inventive writing minor in December 2018. currently, she is pursuing her M.A. in English at UAB. She has contributed poetry, a short story, and an essay to UAB’s aura Literary journal. enjoyable data: Rebecca is a comedy film connoisseur and might quote many motion pictures of the correct of her head. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and her cat, Simba. Madison Frost, Graduate Tutor Madison graduated from the college of South Alabama in may also 2019 with a degree in English and Secondary schooling. while finishing her undergraduate work, Madison worked for the tuition of South Alabama’s Writing center. Madison is a first 12 months graduate assistant at UAB the place she is pursuing her M.A. in English. enjoyable facts: Madison has been to 4 distinctive nations including the UK, France, Italy, and Japan. additionally, Madison was born on Friday the 13th. Sarah Goggans, Adjunct Tutor Sarah received her M.A. in English with a concentration in literature from UAB in 2016. She teaches freshman composition at UAB and has tutored within the Writing core for 4 years. enjoyable facts: Sarah loves reading (mainly Stephen King and fantasy novels), improving her score at Galaga, and playing all styles of bar trivia. Alice Grissom, Undergraduate Tutor In Spring 2020, Alice will get hold of B.A.s in historical past and English (linguistics) and plans to collect a slew of minors alongside the manner, together with Economics and ladies’s and Gender reports. apart from editorial work on literary and academic journals, Alice volunteers with the barren region Island provide Co. and is at the moment conducting analysis for an inter-disciplinary undergraduate thesis undertaking. fun statistics: Alice spearheads the UWC petless tutor coalition, takes espresso black and French-pressed, enjoys podcasts, first-rate pens and notebooks, and martial arts. Ashleigh Hancock, Undergraduate Tutor Ashleigh is a junior secondary education and English fundamental with a minor in Spanish. educating is her ardour and future occupation, however her other dream job is to be the referee on Animal Planet’s domestic dog Bowl. you can find her tending her houseplants, dogspotting round campus, or playing the trumpet in UAB’s marching band and concert ensembles every time she’s no longer living it up on the library. fun data: A performer at heart regardless of her crippling stage fright, Ashleigh is an avid bathe singer and an enthusiasticâ€"but objectively awfulâ€"dancer. Her basic weaknesses (various in severity) consist of musicals, faculty elements, floral print wallpaper, HGTV, and pasta. Sara Hardy, Undergraduate Tutor Sara is a junior researching history and English with a attention in Literature. She is the Senior Editor of UAB's Her Campus chapter. After graduating, she hopes to stream to manhattan and pursue a profession in publishing. enjoyable data: Sara has been to 16 nations, however extra impressively, she will quote each line from the Disney film Tangled. Kathryn Hargett, Undergraduate Tutor Kathryn Hargett is a junior at UAB getting to know English literature, artistic writing, chinese language, and French. She is the recipient of fellowships from Kundiman, Belgrade artwork Studio, and the UAB Honors college. Most these days, she got the 2018 Brittany Noakes Poetry Award and became chosen as a country wide YoungArts foundation Finalist in Writing. find her in finest New Poets, BARNHOUSE, Anomaly, The Adroit Journal, The Miami Rail, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and in other places. enjoyable information: Katy trains in Thai boxing and became part of the institution of Nottingham's 2018-19 fighter cohort. Shannon house, Adjunct Tutor Shannon has a B.A. in English with a minor in French from the tuition of South Alabama. She wrote film stories and contributed articles for the campus newspaper, The vanguard. She is working on her M.A. in Literature and should graduate in may of 2019. fun information: Shannon owns over 300 motion pictures. She loves touring, concert events, and canines of every kind. Brett Hurst, Graduate Tutor Brett Hurst is a Graduate student on the artistic writing music. He obtained his B.A. in English with a concentration in creative Writing at UAB. He has been published in aura Literature Arts review for poetry and fiction. His favourite authors are Stephen King, Ruth Ware, and Gillian Flynn. fun information: Brett enjoys writing, traveling, going to the films, attending concert events, and studying. Sam Klipsch, Undergraduate Tutor Sam Klipsch is pursuing an individually Designed most important in group building with minors in Spanish and Non-income administration. She loves volunteering, above all with Habitat for Humanity (vigour tools!!!), and he or she hopes to ultimately turn into the director of a non-profit firm in Birmingham. Writing is primarily a interest, however she is considering grant writing sooner or later. enjoyable facts: Sam LOVES peanut butter/banana sandwiches and staring at Bob’s Burgers. She also headquartered the UAB girls’s Rugby membership closing 12 months. Nora Krall, Undergraduate Tutor i will be able to obtain my B.A. in English with a attention in expert Writing in Spring of 2020. i was a contributing creator in the skilled Writing club's e-book Memorandum. together with tutoring in the UWC, I presently work at corridor-Kent fundamental college and i spend my summers at summer season camp in Highlands, North Carolina, running workshops founded around self expression and creativity (aka loads of enjoyable creative writing!).enjoyable data: pride and Prejudice is my favourite publication of all time and that i have examine it about as time and again as I even have watched the film. I even have a customized-made ukulele that I taught myself how to play. Katherine Popple, Undergraduate Tutor Katherine is a sophomore with an English Literature primary with a minor in inventive Writing. She looks ahead to graduating in 2020 and automatically relocating to something city is the coldest and has probably the most mighty public transit system. enjoyable facts: Katherine loves the gothic and supernatural genres; she believes Carmilla is the top of the line vampire novel however that Dracula is ok. She likes tabletop video games, cats, and first-rate pens. Dena Pruett, Graduate Tutor Dena is a first-yr graduate scholar working towards her M.A. in English. She obtained her B.A. in English with a attention in expert Writing from Northwestern State school. Dena is a graduate teaching assistant and is also the digital content material intern for the department of English. enjoyable records: When Dena become in 2nd grade she chose “Grandma” when requested what she wanted to be when she grew up. She loves embarrassingly unhealthy-for-you diner food, baking, and dad tradition trivialities. Dena is additionally a seize Mario Kart player. Nick Reich, Adjunct Tutor Nick graduated with an M.A. in English (Literature) from UAB in spring 2017. Alongside tutoring at the UWC and instructing composition lessons, Nick is also presently working on scholarship specializing in LGTBQ+ inclusivity in writing facilities and representations of queer intimacy in nineteenth-century American literature. Nick is SafeZone certified. fun records: Nick can also be used as a legit reference for such topics as Lord of the Rings (films and novels), amazing feminine vocalists, cheesecake, and the inner lives of cats. His dog, Eve, thinks he’s really whatever thing. Marrielle Santiago, Undergraduate Tutor Marrielle Santiago is an undergraduate student majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in skilled Writing at UAB. She has a robust historical past in STEM and even works as a instructing assistant for Chemistry labs. She additionally has journey in writing and modifying beneath the tuition of South Alabama’s workplace of research and economic building. fun data: Marrielle enjoys working and is training for her second half marathon. In her free time, she likes going to Railroad Park and meeting dogs. Chloe Seabrooke, Undergraduate Tutor Chloe is at present incomes a B.A. in Secondary training and English Language Arts. this is her first 12 months working for the UAB Writing core and she or he appears forward to the chance to assist her fellow college students prevail in their writing endeavors. Chloe additionally performs tuba in the UAB Marching Band, Symphony Band, and Blazer Basketball Band. fun information: Chloe is a self-proclaimed movie buff, junk meals fanatic, and novice celebration planner. She likes consuming cheese dip, baking, writing short reports, and is a diehard MCU fan. Maggie Sharp, Undergraduate Tutor Maggie is a sophomore English foremost who's concentrating in Literature. past tutoring within the UWC, she likes to write and even engages in freelance opportunities every now and then. here is her first yr tutoring in the UWC.enjoyable records: When she's not writing, Maggie usually has her nostril pressed to the pages of a e-book. (extra frequently than no longer, talked about book is some thing written through an ancient Greek philosopher thousands of years ago.) Carlee Slay, Graduate Tutor I earned a B.A. in English from Jacksonville State tuition in may additionally of 2018 with a minor in Communications. For my graduate artistic writing thesis, i'm writing and illustrating a picture memoir in response to family unit experiences in the style of southern comedy. I take pleasure in working with college students on very own statements and resumes moreover assisting college students with the brainstorming component of the writing manner. fun facts: i will be able to doubtless quote Spongebob more desirable than you; i am a proud mom of a tuxedo cat named Prissy; i'm a ranch dressing addict; and i turned into voted “Worst Driver” in excessive school. Cheyenne Taylor, Adjunct Tutor Cheyenne Taylor is a two-time UAB grad (BA + MA in English) and current MFA pupil in poetry at the school of Florida. She has taught composition, knowledgeable writing for engineers, and business communique, and will be instructing an introduction to poetry direction q4. enjoyable statistics: She lives in Gainesville together with her accomplice and two cats, Ozzy and Evey. Amy Thomas, Adjunct Tutor Amy earned an M.A. in Literature from UAB in 2015, and she or he also holds a B.A. in English from Mississippi State university. She currently serves as one of the vital on-line tutors, and from 9-5, she works as a fundraising skilled Birmingham's non-income sector. fun statistics: Amy's activities include: sorting out new restaurants in Birmingham, talking about doing yoga, and cooking superior than your mother. Harley Thomas, front Desk Attendant Harley is a pre-nursing essential going into her 2nd year. She hopes to work in a pediatric sanatorium after graduation. She is the vice chairman of the American purple go membership and enjoys donating blood as smartly. enjoyable statistics: When she isn’t studying, Harley enjoys listening to pop punk, analyzing, binge gazing Rick and Morty, and drawing. Ashley Tippit, Graduate Tutor Ashley is a first yr grasp’s student discovering English Literature. all over her undergraduate studies, she focused on Mrs. Dalloway, written by Virginia Woolf. Like Woolf, she is full of rage and drawn to books with queer representation. fun records: She loves her dog, Oddball, even more than chocolate. Neville Longbottom is her hero and she or he can steadiness silverware on her nose.