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The UCD Writing Center is staffed by advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and teachers who have been specifically trained in the theory and practice of writing and tutoring. Our staff has experience across disciplines including but not limited to: business, communications, fiction, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, poetry, political science, psychology, rhetoric and sociology. Through ongoing professional development seminars, consultants have the opportunity to discuss their tutoring approaches, to receive feedback on their consultations, and to implement new strategies for enhancing their sessions with writers. Many of our consultants teach writing courses for UCD, Metro, CCD, and other schools and universities throughout the Front Range. Our collective years of experience mean that individuals who visit the Writing Center can expect top-quality assistance.

Justin Bain

 

Justin Bain, Ph.D.
Writing Center Director

Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, Syracuse University;
MA in English/Composition Theory, California State University, Fresno; BA in English Literature, California State University, Fresno. (bio »)

Drew Bixby

Drew Bixby
Assistant Director

Fourth-year consultant. MA in the Teaching of Writing, TESOL certification, UCD; BA in English and Journalism, University of Iowa. (bio »)

Kyle Crawford

Kyle Crawford

First-year consultant. MA candidate in the Teaching of Writing, UCD; BA in Creative Writing, CU-Boulder; Certificate from the Center for the American West, CU-Boulder. (bio »)

Heather Lail

Heather Lail

First-year consultant. BA candidate in English Writing with minors in Anthropology and Film Studies, UCD. (bio »)

Sean McCandless

Sean McCandless
Supervisor

Second-year consultant. MA candidate in Political Science, UCD; BA's in Political Science, History and Psychology, CSU Pueblo. (bio »)

Virginia Nichols

Virginia Nichols

First-year consultant. MA candidate in U.S. and British History with an emphasis in Crime and Criminology, UCD; BA in Psychology and English, Concordia College (Ann Arbor, MI). (bio »)

Jef Otte

Jef Otte

First-year consultant. BA candidate in English Writing and Spanish, UCD. (bio »)

Kyle Pivarnik

Kyle Pivarnik

First-year consultant. BA in Creative Writing with a minor in Anthropology, Ohio University; TEFL Certification . (bio »)

Theo Romeo

Theo Romeo

First-year consultant. BA candidate in English Writing, UCD. (bio »)

Benjamin Syn

Benjamin Syn

First-year consultant. MA candidate in the Teaching of Writing and CTESOL candidate, UCD; BA in Psychology and English with an emphasis in Film Studies, UCD. (bio »)

Kate Tucker-Peterson

Kate Tucker-Peterson
Supervisor

Second-year consultant. Licensure candidate in the IPTE Education program, UCD, 2008; BA in English Writing, minor in Religious Studies, UCD. (bio »)

Andrew Watson

Andrew Watson

First-year consultant. MA in the Teaching of Writing, TESOL certification, UCD; BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Human Sexuality Studies, minor in Creative Writing, UCD. (bio »)

Steve Weishampel

Steve Weishampel

First-year consultant. MA candidate in the Teaching of Writing; BA in English, University of Dayton. (bio »)

 

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