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Directors

Dr. Daniel J. Weinstein

Director, Kathleen Jones White Writing Center and Coordinator, BA English Programs
Research Interests: Composition, Online Writing Pedagogy, Contemplative Writing Pedagogy, Creativity

506-T Leonard Hall

724-864-8528 (cell)

daniel.weinstein@iup.edu

Ashley McClelland

Associate Director
Composition & Applied Linguistics PhD

Jacklyn Heslop

Jacklyn's focus areas include researching memes and social media, linguistics, synthesizing sources, and APA and MLA formatting.
Jacklyn's hobbies include video games, tarot cards, DIY projects, planning Dungeons & Dragons sessions, and spending time with her cats, Oberon and Obsidian. 

Andy Decker

Associate Director
Multilingual learners, Narrative writing

Adriana Guth-Borowski

Assistant Director
Structure/Organization, Creative writing, Literature/Criticism research

Emeritus Director

Dr. Dana Driscoll

Director
Dr. Dana Lynn Driscoll is a Professor of English and the Director of the Jones White Writing Center at Ä¢¹½tv.

ddriscol@iup.edu

She has offered numerous keynotes, consultations and workshops on writing centers and supporting advanced writers globally, including in Oman, Bangladesh, and the Czech Republic.  She has also published over 50 articles on learning theory, writing development, writing centers, and writing expertise.  In the Jones White Writing Center, she has developed innovative strategies for STEM writers, business and technical communicators, multilingual writers, and dissertation writing support.  She teaches writing for publication, research methods, and writing center administration in the Doctoral Program in Composition and Applied Linguistics at Ä¢¹½tv.  She recently served as a co-editor of the open-source textbook series Writing Spaces (reaching millions of students each year) and, while finishing her Ph.D. at Purdue, also ran the world-famous Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), one of the largest and oldest writing-related websites in the world. 

Dr. Ben Rafoth

Emeritus Director

Current Tutors

Aygul Alieva

Adepeju Adenuga

Isisi Akogun

Isisi's focus areas include brainstorming, article editing, flow, and style.
Isisi believes "tutoring is a transformative journey of empowerment and knowledge-sharing, where students discover their potential and soar to new heights". 

Emma Burns

Writing/Composition

Farheen Mahmood

Emily Zylstra

Grammar, Intro/conclusions, paper/outline organization, create comfortable environments for tutee’s, A.I. tool navigation, & whiteboard drawer

Zoey Gnibus

Kai Ratleff

Research papers, specifically in Political Science or History formatting/classes

Thomas Oraskovich

APA, MLA, APSA, poster presentations, research writing

Abby Trimble

Rebecca Borowski

MLA, creative writing, proof reading

Kayden Field

Q Manning

Honors, Creative Writing, Research, Outlines

Makaylah Horstman

Academic papers

Anasia Gurley

Outlines/brainstorming

Anasia Gurley

Anasia Gurley

Anasia Gurley

Tutor Alumni

Rajwan Alshareefy

Nouf Alshreif

Jun Akiyoshi

Graduate

Sean Barton

Sarah Beecham

Cassidy Black

Undergraduate

Jared Burkhardt

Undergraduate
Online Writing Center Coordinator

Victoria Cassell

Nicole Catalfamo

Alicia Chabon

Bee Chamcharatsri

Alyssa Chesnutwood

Koga Chilume

Graduate

Hillary Clark

Toni Corosu

Melissa Cowan

Wenqi Cui

Focus areas include thesis and dissertation formatting, graduate editing, and iThenticate.
Wenqi's interests include coffee, hiking, and watching movies. 

Rachael Curtis

Cody Dreibelbis

Undergraduate

Becky Driscoll

Kelsey Durham

Dr. Ron Emerick

Retired faculty

Jenna Enright

Sheila Farr

Zachary Fish

Dana Formaini

Diana Forry

Jaron Fox

Nikki Gardner

Nick Gati

Katlyn Glaser

Alyssa Godfrey

Jawad Golzar

Alicia Gordon

Erin Guydish

Tom Hamilton

Kara Hannold

Stephanie Hilliard

Kelsey Hixson-Bowles

Maddie Hornstein

Katie Hynes

Ciara Irwin

Daewoo Jin

Casey Kelly

Shana Kennedy

Rachel Krueger

Victoria Loch

Meghan Lupole

Melissa Lutz

Valerie Makowieki

Shepard Maderer

Megan Marshall

Jacie Martin

Undergraduate

Michael (Miguel) McKeegan

Marissa McKinley

Marie Mencher

Lauren Miller

Dennis Miranda

Mir Abdullah Miri

Julia Mohn

Jonathan Montgomery

Morgan Moran

Alexandra Murphy

Tori Murray

Onesmo Mushi

Graduate

Emily O'Donnell

Alex Papadoplos

Hometown: Lancaster, Pa.

Year: Senior

Major: Accounting and Management Information Systems

Activities outside of the Writing Center: Skateboarding, biking, hiking, bass guitar and listening to music

Favorite quote about writing: "If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them." —George Orwell

Amanda Peterson

Harri Pokhiel

Jess Potash

Roger Powell

Angie Prencipe

Asher Rehn

Undergraduate

Jackie Rudisill

Andrea Sanders

Krista Sarraf

Marina Seamans

Danielle Snead

Ian Sonafelt

Alex Staszkiewicz

Amber Stewart

Gabrielle Stigliano

Larry Sugisaki

Larry specializes in tutoring students with learning disabilities. Larry is able to assist students using verbal, visual, or kinetic tutoring methods across all disciplines.
Larry's hobbies include watching sports (Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners, Gonzaga basketball), cats, perfume, collecting Funko Pops, buying sneakers, late night internet impulse shopping, and stress eating. 

Jim Swider

Christopher Taylor

Rodney Taylor

Matti Thornton

Savannah Thorpe

Brittany Vaught

Emily Weber

Rob Welch

Laura Wick

Naria Willis

Claire Wisneski

Adelay Witherite

Omar Yacoub

Assistant Director
Omar's focuses include business writing, STEM writing, workshop development, and workshop presentation.
Omar's research interests include STEM writing, business writing, refugee literacy, and writing transfer.

Andrew Yim

Assistant Director

bhmcc@iup.edu

Ebenezer Ylonfoun

Graduate

Jiawei Xing

Amber Zinno

Havva Zorluel Ozer

University College
  • Kathleen Jones White Writing Center
  • Stabley Library, Room 203
    431 South Eleventh Street
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-3029

Office Hours

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.