WC: Writing Consultants

Meet our Spring 2013 Consultants:

Amy is a music-loving Ferlinghetti enthusiast serving as the Lead Consultant and Workshop Coordinator. She currently teaches GEW and works with independent publisher Fountainhead Press. She maintains excessive fluency in the languages of grammar and punctuation and enjoys working on the mechanical aspects of essays. She hopes to explore the prospect of working as an editor in rhetoric and composition publishing because teaching writing is fun.
(graduate student │literature & writing)

Alex was born on the beautiful island of Maui, but is whole-heartedly a southern Californian. She is a Literature and Writing student with a minor in Communication. In her junior year she studied abroad at the University of Central Lancashire in England, and plans on continuing her European travels after graduation in May. Here in San Marcos, she enjoys being an active member of Alpha Chi Omega, hiking and going to the beach with her friends, and channeling her inner nerd through her love for Harry Potter. Alex’s favorite part of the writing process is brainstorming and setting up an outline for the assignment.
(senior│literature & writing)

Lexi is known as the “kiwi” girl, seeing as she is both a New Zealander and an American. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree Literature and Writing at CSUSM and plans to attend law school in the future. Lexi loves to play soccer, run, kickbox, go to the beach on an avid basis, and visit her family and second home in New Zealand. At CSUSM, Lexi is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, “the co-ed professional business fraternity.” As a writing consultant, Lexi enjoys assisting with the development of ideas, outlines and brainstorming during the writing process.
(senior │literature & writing)

Brandon is a fourth-year student obtaining a Bachelor’s in Sociology and Women's Studies. He has worked for a variety of campus entities including being a Resident Advisor at the University Village Apartments, working at our ASI Social Justice Centers, and being a contributor to the Cougar Chronicle. An avid gamer, when Brandon isn’t purging the Alliance from Azeroth, you can find him reading up on Marxist theory. After graduation, Brandon hopes to pursue a career in social work helping at risk youth.
(senior │sociology and women's studies)

Melanie received her BA in English from the University of Idaho. Although a native Californian, she chose to study at University of Idaho partly for its great English department, but mostly for the opportunity to play in the snow. After living in France for a year, she decided that she missed speaking English and using the Oxford comma; she returned stateside for an MA and to teach writing. Melanie is obsessed with medieval literature (an obsession she tries not to force on others due to its unpleasant side-effects), making reverse outlines, and writing strong thesis statements.
(graduate student │literature & writing)

Jay is a 2nd-year graduate student in the Literature/Writing department. He received a BA in Lit/Writing from UCSD, and a teaching credential from Cal Poly. He spends his time outside of work at his favorite coffee shop, working on his thesis project (a translation and analysis of a piece of Medieval scholastic Latin). In his rare moments of unadulterated free time, he enjoys reading for fun, hiking, cooking (and eating), and working on classic cars. With his Master's degree he aspires to find a comfy desk job in either technical writing or human resources, while teaching a community college course or two on the side. His specialties include generating ideas, crafting a strong thesis, and organizing the paper.
(graduate student │literature & writing)

John is a first-year student in the CSUSM History Master's program. I hope to become a writer of both academic and fictional material in the future. My main areas of interest are ancient Rome and World War II-era history. My specialty in hsitory is the absorption of other cultures into the American Identity from the Spanish War to the end of the Cold War era. I feel that writing is an art form that needs to be preserved amid all the blogging, shorthand and terrible spelling and grammar that pervade the internet and social media. I love to write creatively and am constantly coming up with new ideas.
(graduate student │history)

Jake
(graduate student │literature & writing)

Jenna is a Literature and Writing Studies major and Film Studies minor graduating this spring. She intends to enter CSUSM's credential program in the fall to become a teacher at the middle school or high school level. Her strengths as a tutor include brainstorming, organizing, and elaborating. As a poet and creative writer, she especially loves playing with language and style. She loves the smell of birthday candles and hates swimming underwater.
(senior │literature & writing)

Lee
(graduate student │literature & writing)

Charlene focuses her attention on completing her M.A. in Literature & Writing Studies here at CSUSM. Although she transferred from Mira Costa Community College to CSUSB with an Associate’s degree in Pre-Nursing, she graduated from CSUSB with a B.A. in English Literature. She finds the instruction of writing fulfilling because she believes that writing is a survival skill. Other than taking pleasure in writing and reading, she analyzes movies, plays piano, samples cupcakes, practices yoga, and masters Kinect dance games.
(graduate student │literature & writing)

And meet our receptionists, too!

James is a local boy born here in San Diego, California. He has attended Palomar College, Monterey Peninsula College, CSU Monterey Bay, and now attends CSU San Marcos; this would include mutltiple changes in his choice of major. James is now majoring in Literature and Writing with an emphasis in writing and is determined to earn his single subject teaching credentials. Coming from a rough background, James plans on using his struggles to his advantage in his future career to help him further understand diversity and different learning tactics his students may need. He is enjoying his time here at CSU San Marcos as well as collaborating with many people on campus, so do not hesitate to say "hello" if you see him on campus.