Meet the Staff
The Center for Writing Excellence is staffed by student writing consultants who are highly trained and come from majors across the UNA campus, including professional writing, cinematic arts, English, biology, and more. All writing consultants are required to complete a training course that teaches writing and research processes, writing across disciplines, interpersonal communication skills, and office policies and protocols.
If you are interested in applying for a job at the Center, and if you have completed the general education writing sequence (EN 111-112 or EN 111H - 112H) at UNA with at least a 3.0 average or above, go to the Simplicity User Login page and look for an opening.
Current Center for Writing Excellence Staff
| Major: English (Professional Writing) |
| Role: Writing Consultant (Certified) |
| Writing Strengths: Grammar, Word Choice, Tone/Clarity, APA Format |
| Biography: Rebekah is a senior studying professional writing, biology, and human studies. She is a member of the Cole Honors College and hopes to pursue higher education after completing her bachelor's degree. When not studying or working, Rebekah enjoys reading and baking. |
Lauren Butte
| Major: Professional Writing |
| Minor: Digital Marketing |
| Role: Writing Consultant (Certified) |
| Writing Strengths: Grammar, Structure, Word Choice, APA Format |
| Biography: Lauren is a senior studying professional writing. After she graduates, she plans to pursue a master of fine arts degree in creative writing, with the ultimate goal of becoming a professor and published novelist. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, strength training, and spending time surrounded by nature. |
| Major: Art |
| Role: Writing Consultant (Certified) |
| Writing Strengths: Outlines, Generating Ideas, Prewriting, Structure |
| Biography: Lee is a junior studying general arts. They are a member of the Cole Honors College and hope to pursue a job in library sciences. They enjoy creative writing, drawing, and playing the bass guitar in their free time. |
Manuela Ludolf
| Major: English/Professional Writing |
| Role: Writing Consultant (Certified) |
| Writing Strengths: Rhetorical Appeals, Adaptability to Different Style-Guides, Grammar |
| Biography: Manuela is a resident advisor, sports editor of The Flor-Ala, managerial editor for Flow Magazine, editor-in-chief of the Lights & Shadows literary journal, and English Club president. |
| Major: Cinematic Arts and Theater |
| Role: Writing Consultant (Certified) |
| Writing Strengths: Sentence and Paragraph Structure, Grammar, Word Choice |
| Biography: Summer is a freshman studying cinematic arts and theater with a concentration in film production. She is also a member of the Cole Honors College. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, and watching movies. |
| Role: Director |
| Biography: Dr. Richards has a master's degree in English literature from UNA and a doctorate degree in English composition and TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Richards has been teaching at UNA for approximately twenty years. For the first couple of years as an adjunct English composition instructor, she often volunteered to work in writing centers as a tutor. While tutoring and teaching students in English composition, she became fascinated with writing centers and the support they provide students. Dr. Richards has been directing the UNA Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) for fourteen years. In order for the writing consultants at UNA to be well trained, she initiated the Center Acknowledgment and Recognition of Excellence (CARE) program certification sponsored by the Southeastern Writing Center Association. Undergraduate and graduate students at UNA can be assured that the writing consultants in the CWE have gone through extensive tutor training to assist students in writing across the disciplines. |