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Tom Akbari has degrees in molecular biology and biochemistry and English. He closely follows relations between American literature and science and is concerned with the role of the humanities at the technocratic university. …
Paul Babin’s dissertation explored the spatial poetics of sixteenth and seventeenth century cartography and representations of space in early modern drama. …
Amy Carleton’s academic research focuses on online communities as well as the intersection of race and digital culture. Outside of academia, her essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The…
Dr. Tabitha T. Clark has been teaching at Northeastern University in some capacity for eleven years. She brings her passion for the fields of 19th century science and literature, American modernism, and cultural studies to the Writing Programs classe…
Michael Dedek has taught first-year writing and advanced writing courses at NU since 2007. His research has focused on curriculum change and linguistic diversity in writing programs. …
Lynn Dornink specializes in teaching first year writing courses. She enjoys working with students who tell her that they, “don’t like writing,” and takes it as a personal challenge to convince them otherwise. She uses a variety of m…
Jimi Duggan’s research interests include: twentieth-century and contemporary American fiction; global literatures; the novel; critical and aesthetic theory. …
Bre Leake specializes in the teaching of writing. …
Katherine Morelli’s research and teaching, both grounded in community literacy, meet at the intersections of medical and health rhetoric, literacy studies, technical communication and applied linguistics. Morelli has taught English as a Second …
Faviana Olivier has several Certifications in Teaching Business ESL [English as a Second Language] and International Marketing. Her academic interests lie in the area of teaching Advanced Writing to enhance students’ intercultural communication. She …
Suzanne Richard McCarthy has been a writing instructor at Northeastern since 2005. She previously taught composition at Mount Ida College in Newton, MA and Newbury College in Brookline, MA. She holds an M.A. in English Literature and Composition from…
Carolyn Sirois brings an interdisciplinary background in English Literature, Political Science and Studio Art to her teaching practice. Carolyn’s orientation to interdisciplinary learning informs the collaborative and multi-modal projects she designs…
Susan Spilecki teaches writing at Northeastern University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although she has taught creative writing and literature in the past, her current work centers on helping nonfiction writers find healthy practices to…
Alison Y.L. Stephens joined Northeastern University in 2017 as a Multilingual Writing Support Specialist, coordinating resources and professional development opportunities for faculty and tutors working with multilingual students. Prior to that, she …
Trudy Stone has been teaching First-Year Writing courses at Northeastern University since September, 1997. She has done extensive tutoring at University of Massachusetts as part of her graduate work. She taught ESL (Intermediate/Level 3) at Roxbury C…
Melissa Wolter-Gustafson has taught in a wide variety of educational contexts, ranging from Boston Public elementary and high schools to a Reggio Emilia inspired preschool to a non-profit program committed to expanding access to educational opportuni…
