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Mission

The University Writing Center (UWC) is a teaching space committed to helping students develop as writers. We believe that writers at all levels benefit from sharing their writing with knowledgeable, engaged readers.  Since the goal of tutoring is to grow one’s independence – and because students always maintain agency over their own work – our tutors will not copyedit or write papers for their clients. Instead, our tutors will be active listeners and readers; they will offer thoughtful suggestions and ask clarifying questions, help their clients to make effective rhetorical choices, and encourage them throughout their writing process – from brainstorming and outlining to drafting, revising, and editing. The UWC welcomes all currently-enrolled University of Utah students - including transfer students - and offers free, one-to-one consultations in person and online.

University Writing Center Staff

Annie

Anne McMurtrey - Director

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University Writing Center, Graduate Writing Center

Institutional Coordinator and Quality Assurance Coordinator, eTutoring

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Professional Interests:

Writing Centers, Writing Program Administration, Composition, Writing Assessment

Previous Academic Institutions:

University of Idaho, Boise State University, and Washington State University

Cate

Cate – Coordinator

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Major:

Gender Studies with minors in Linguistics and Communication

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Research-based and analytical writing, personal narratives

Languages Spoken:

English and some German

Favorite Quote:

"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."-Michelle Obama

Favorite Books:

It by Stephen King

 

Grant Editor, VPR Office

 

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Note to Faculty Grant Writers: Click here and choose “I’d like some help with writing and clearly communicating my ideas in the proposal text” to contact me or email me directly.

will

Will – Graduate Writing Fellow

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English Ph.D. in Poetry

Writing Expertise/Interests:

 

Language Spoken:

 English and French

Favorite Quote:

“omnia mutantur, nihil interit” —Ovid

Favorite Books:

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx and Le Sang noir by Louis Guilloux

jake

Jake – Graduate Writing Fellow

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MA student in Literary and Cultural Studies

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Literary analyses, MLA and Chicago Styles, creative writing, and syntax

Languages Spoken:

English and some Spanish

Favorite Quote:

"A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded." - Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

Favorite Book:

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Blair

Blair – Graduate Writing Fellow, Health Sciences

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Doctoral student of Nursing in the Psychiatric/Mental Health Track

(B.S. in Neuroscience)

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Scientific writing, theses, APA citation style

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

"If I don't have some cake soon, I might die." - Stanley Hudson, The Office

Favorite Book:

 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Lisa

Lisa – Tutor and eTutor

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Major:

English with minors in Drawing and Printmaking (Honors College)

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Academic writing, fiction, literary analysis, and poetry

Languages Spoken:

English and Russian

Favorite Quote:

"So intimitely, out there / at the pen's point or brush's tip / do world / and spirit wed" - Howard Nemerov, "Writing"

Favorite Books:

 If We Were Villains by L.M. Rio and Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville

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Ava S. – Tutor and eTutor

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Major:

Film and Media Studies with a minor in Arts Technology

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Essays, research essays, creative writing, and thesis building

Language Spoken:

 English

Favorite Quote:

"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free."-Maya Angelou

Favorite Books:

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

lindsay

Lindsay – Tutor

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Major:

History with minors in Creative Writing and Art History

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Literary analyses, art analyses, and humanities research essays

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy." - Albert Camus

Favorite Book:

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Natalie – Tutor and eTutor

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Majors:

Sociology and Political Science

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Research writing in the humanities, creative writing

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things." - William Faulkner

Favorite Books:

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Bella

Bella – Tutor

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Major:

 English Teaching with a minor in Special Education

Writing Expertise/Interests:

 Academic writing, literary analyses, professional communication, creative writing, and grammar

Languages Spoken:

 English, basic Spanish and ASL

Favorite Quote:

 "Good or Bad; Hard to Say." --

Favorite Book:

 Beloved by Toni Morrison and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Sam

Sam – Tutor and eTutor

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Major:

Film and Media Arts with a minor in Writing & Rhetoric

 

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Argumentative essays, creative writing, MLA citations

Languages Spoken:

English and Spanish

Favorite Quote:

 "Whatever happens, happens." - Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop

Favorite Books:

 Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

annie

Annie – Tutor and eTutor

She, her, hers

Major:

English with an emphasis in Literature and a minor in Latin (Pre-Law)

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Creative writing, argumentative essays, personal statements, and literary analyses

Languages Known:

English and Latin

Favorite Quote:

 "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am." - Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Favorite Book:

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

eamon

Eamon – Tutor and eTutor

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Major:

Sociology

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Creative writing, application materials

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quotes:

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."--Stephen King 

“Love heals. Heals and liberates. I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality,
but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins.”--Maya Angelou

Favorite Books:

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

jessica

Jessica - Tutor, American Indian Resource Center

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Major:

Writing & Rhetoric Studies Graduate (May 2022)

Writing Expertise/Interests:

Analytical writing and research-based papers

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quotes:

"For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." - Vincent Van Gogh

Favorite Books:

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai and The Escape from Furnace series by Alexander Gordon Smith

lashell

LaShell – Office Staff

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Major:

Nursing

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

“Be somebody that makes everybody feel like a somebody” -Brad Montague

Favorite Books:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

alex

Alex – Office Staff

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Major:

Biology

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

 "Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." - Alan Watts

Favorite Books:

 I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Gabrielle

Gabrielle - Office Staff

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Major:

Gender Studies with a double minor in health education and family sciences

Language:

English

Favorite Quote:

"The journey is the reward." - Steve Jobs

Favorite Book:

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

kaylee

Kaylee – Office Staff

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Major:

Psychology

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

"Everything and everyone at their own pace. Flow with not against yourself." - Akiroq Brost

Favorite Books:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

claire

Claire – Office Staff

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Major:

Criminology and Anthropology with an emphasis on human health and minors in Classical Civilizations and Integrative Human Biology

Language Spoken:

English

Favorite Quote:

"Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain

Favorite Book:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

 

Last Updated: 3/9/23