Chantelle Flores
Contact me at: chantelle.flores@maine.edu
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About Me
Hello! I'm currently an undergraduate dual degreeing in English and art history at the University of Maine where I work as an embedded ENG 101 and Writing Center tutor. On the side, I'm an alto in the University of Maine Singers and a volunteer with the Fogler Library Ambassadors. In the future, I hope to pursue a path toward an interdisciplinary PhD to become a college professor (and hopefully an author, too!).
Besides academic projects and writing, I enjoy creative writing and have dabbled in poetry, short story/flash fiction, and memoir. When I'm not reading and writing, I love spending time with friends and family (that includes my two cats and rabbit), traveling, and engaging in music and the visual arts. I'd be more than happy to tutor any creative writing, multimedia-based work, and multimodal projects alongside conventional academic essays!
Tutoring Philosophy
According to Murphy and Sherwood, tutoring is:
Contextual
Collaborative
Interpersonal
Individualized
In my tutoring philosophy for ENG 395, "‘Gentle Activism’ in the Writing Center: Identity as Part of Collaborative Conversation," I especially emphasize the importance of approaching each session and client with provisionalism.
Provisionalism: where "the tutor acts 'as an audience member,' and [their] 'phrasing suggests that [their] advice ‘may be the case,’ displaying [their] uncertainty with specific subject matter" (Doucette).
As a tutor, provisionalism to me is an embracing of the learning process between both tutor and tutee and the asking of open-ended questions. Often, this means being honest and admitting that you don't have all the answers.
Below is a button to view my entire tutoring philosophy document, or you can skim the file below!
