Meet our Writing Consultants!

Jocelyn (she/her) is a fourth-year theatre and religious studies double major with a philosophy minor. She loves to hike and is a published poet, a professional marketing specialist, and the social media coordinator for the MTD department. She also loves to sew and crochet! 

Jocelyn specializes in rhetoric and structure.

Max (he/him) is a fourth-year architecture major. He plays on the Marywood baseball team and enjoys playing basketball and hiking in his free time. Max is from California and has two dogs. 

Max specializes in establishing a thesis statement, argumentative writing, and MLA formatting.

Meredith (she/her) is a second-year PsyD student who graduated from Bucknell University in 2023 with a double major in psychology and English film/media studies with a minor in Spanish. At Bucknell, she was on the track and field team, involved in Her Campus, and a part of the theatre and dance programs. At Marywood, she is involved in the TikTok Committee for the psychology graduate program. 

Meredith specializes in creative writing and is skilled in editing research papers.

Nicole (she/her) is a second-year student in the CSD department. In her free time, she likes to play guitar, cook, and listen to music. She previously assisted a high school English teacher in helping students with their writing in an AP seminar.

Nicole's strengths include building commentary, grammar, and structure.

Sam (she/her) is a third-year theatre education major! She is also a two-time award-winning playwright with the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild. In her free time, Sam likes to listen to music and watch documentaries. 

Sam specializes in organization, style/fluidity, grammar, and MLA!

Ash (she/her) is the Tutoring & Writing Centers' Graduate Assistant! She is a first-year MAT student and graduate from Penn State University with an M.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing. In her spare time, she enjoys writing short stories. 

Ash specializes in grammar, punctuation, emphatic endings, outlines/reverse outlines, and MLA.

Katie (she/her) is the professional writing specialist on campus and assists both undergraduate and graduate students in meeting the demands of college writing. She has 9+ years of experience working in higher ed, both teaching English and working in college writing centers. Previously, Katie worked in secondary education, teaching writing, literature, psychology, sociology, and American history.  She also teaches fitness and yoga when not at Marywood. 

As Director, Katie hires and trains all peer tutors on campus.