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The Writing Center is thrilled to announce that Kyria Brown has joined the team full-time! Dr. Brown will be The Writing Center’s Brown School and School of Public Health Specialist, providing dedicated writing and public speaking support to students in the Brown School and the new School of Public Health. Kyria first joined The Writing […]

During our annual celebration of our graduating peer tutors, seniors Ben Baisinger-Rosen and Beza Dagne were awarded the Susan Lowther Outstanding Peer Tutor Award. Ben is graduating with a degree in Political Science and will attend Harvard Law School in the fall. Ben was nominated by his fellow peer tutors for his warmth and professionalism: […]

We are proud to share that the Department of English has recognized Zoe Brader-Araje’s poetry with The Julia Viola McNeely Prize for Poetry! This award was established by Ms. McNeely’s family to encourage poetry writing by the undergraduates of Washington University. Ms. McNeely, a Howard Nemerov writing scholar at Washington University, wrote lyric poetry with […]

Carolyn Smith retired from The Writing Center in December of 2024 after almost 50 years at Washington University.  She served undergraduate and graduate students in The Writing Center for over 29 of those years. As one of the first tutors hired by The Writing Center when it was founded in 1995, Carolyn served hundreds – […]

Susan Lowther retired from The Writing Center in May of 2024 after 25 years at Washington University. Ms. Lowther earned her BA in European Culture Studies from the American University of Paris, her MA in Studies in Fiction from the University of East Anglia, and her MA in English and American Literature from Washington University.  In […]

After 29 years at The Writing Center and almost 50 years at WashU, Carolyn Smith will be retiring in December. As one of the first tutors hired by The Writing Center when it was founded in 1995, Carolyn has served hundreds – perhaps thousands of undergraduate and graduate students, all of whom benefited not only […]

We are very excited to welcome Dr. Charlotte Fressilli back to The Writing Center as a senior tutor! Dr. Fressilli earned her BA in English and Italian Studies from Wheaton College and both an MA and PhD in English and American Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Fressilli has held teaching positions in […]

The Writing Center is excited to welcome Kelly Janis to our team as a senior tutor! Ms. Janis comes to The Writing Center after over a decade of teaching English, creative writing, and English as a Second Language both domestically and in Spain. She earned both her BA and MA in English and American Literature […]

Working on a major writing project can feel daunting or lonely, but The Writing Center is here to help! If you’re a grad student working on a substantial writing project, such as a dissertation or manuscript for publication, a Long-Term Project Mentorship with The Writing Center might be a good fit for you. Through this […]

By Sara Brenes Akerman Susan Lowther, Undergraduate Support Coordinator, plans to retire in May after 25 years at Washington University. Ms. Lowther came to WashU in 1999 as a graduate student in English. Since 2017, she has been an essential part of The Writing Center. If you’ve spent any time in The Writing Center over […]

For graduate students working on long term, advanced writing projects – join the Graduate Center and the Writing Center for summer writing groups! During the months of June and July, these writing groups will provide structure and support for graduate students working on long-term, advanced projects, such as a dissertation or an article for publication. […]

Starting Tuesday, February 20, The Writing Center will be offering Undergraduate Walk-in Hours every Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. We are located in Mallinckrodt 130 on the lower level. We look forward to working with you! As always, we also encourage you to make appointments by going to our website. Questions?  Email us […]

We are very excited to announce that Dr. Kate Harnish has begun a new role as The Writing Center’s Graduate Support Coordinator. This is her third role in our center, having served first as graduate fellow and later as a professional tutor. Dr. Harnish began tutoring at The Writing Center as a graduate fellow in […]

The Writing Center welcomes Dr. Ian Clark back to our team as a senior tutor! Dr. Clark earned his BA in English and Philosophy at the University of Portland, his MPhil in Irish Writing at Trinity College Dublin, and his PhD in English and American Literature here at Washington University in St. Louis Dr. Clark […]

Dr. Burton Pu retired from The Writing Center in May of 2020 after 35 years at Washington University.  He served undergraduate and graduate students in The Writing Center for over 24 of those years. As he retired, Burton said, “A person does not really live in this world if his or her story is not […]

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The Writing Center is excited to welcome Sara Brenes Akerman to our team as a senior tutor! Ms. Brenes Akerman comes to The Writing Center with extensive experience in supporting undergraduate and graduate writing. She earned her BA in both communication and cinema studies from the University of Pennsylvania, an MFA in Creative Writing from […]

Peer Tutor Colleen McDermott was recently featured in The Record for having presented “Humans of Tyson” at the 2022 Kansas and Missouri Environmental Education Conference. See the full story here.

Starting Tuesday, October 18, The Writing Center will be offering Undergraduate Walk-in Hours every Tuesday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. We are located in Mallinckrodt 130 on the lower level. We look forward to working with you! As always, we also encourage you to make appointments by going to our website. Questions?  Email us at writing@wustl.edu

All of us at The Writing Center are thrilled to welcome Fran Hooker back to our team as a senior tutor! Ms. Hooker first joined the Washington University community more than 25 years ago as a writer and editor in the Office of Public Affairs and as Curriculum Coordinator for the Communications and Journalism program […]

After two years as part of our writing center, Dr. Akia Jackson is departing Washington University to direct the Writing Center in the Josephine Steiner Student Success Center at Hood College.

The Writing Center welcomes Dr. Kate Harnish back to our team as a senior tutor!

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The Writing Center is excited to welcome Dr. Akia Jackson to our team as a senior tutor!

The Writing Center is thrilled to welcome Jo Milner back to our team!

Peer Tutor Olivia Williams recently published “Black in the Time of Quarantine:  Impressions of life with a black family during the pandemic” in The Common Reader.  Check it out!

The Writing Center is hosting a 2-week virtual dissertation retreat in June.  More information about the Summer Dissertation Retreat and how to apply

At the Writing Center farewell party last week, Dr. Burton Pu, a professional tutor retiring this year, shared some parting thoughts with the group.

We are now accepting applications for our 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships!  Please direct questions to Dr. Rob Patterson at rhpatter@wustl.edu. The application deadline has been extended to Monday, April 6, 2020.

The Writing Center has moved!  Our new location is in the lower level of Mallinckrodt Center.  All appointments will take place in our new location.  If you have trouble finding us, please call 314-935-4981 for directions.

by Dan Sicorsky Every semester, tutors from The Writing Center lend a hand at The Wilson School just next door in Clayton. Last year’s two tutors were Katy Brainerd and Carolyn Backus. Both of them graduated last spring, but before they left WashU, The Writing Center sat down with them to ask about their experience […]

Introducing Our New Graduate Fellows (and Welcoming Back Our Senior Fellow) We are thrilled to introduce two doctoral students who joined our team this fall as Graduate Writing Fellows. This fellowship is awarded every year by The Writing Center to graduate students who demonstrate excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills. Throughout the year, fellows receive […]

Graduate Fellow Esei Murakishi’s “Thomas More’s Account of Natural Language and the Literariness of His Polemics” was recently published in Modern Language Quarterly.

Did you know The Writing Center offers workshops and one-on-ones to support undergraduate and graduate students applying for NSF grants?  They are part of the NSF-GRFP Grant Writing Workshops sponsored by The Graduate School, the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.  Check out the Ampersand piece on the NSF-GRFP […]

The Writing Center and Liberman Graduate Center are sponsoring a 3-week dissertation retreat from July 30 to August 16, 2018.  More information about the retreat and to learn how to apply.

Susan Lowther joins The Writing Center staff as special programs coordinator.

WashU alumna and former peer tutor Talya Zax has taken her passion for writing to the big city.

When she’s not studying day in and day out for exams at the University of Toledo College of Medicine, Sandy Tadros has taken on a job at the university’s writing center.

Cassidy Thompson is one of three graduate writing fellows at The Writing Center.

Junior Thomas Van Horn, a chemistry major, joined The Writing Center as a peer tutor in the spring of 2016.

Lights, camera, action. After graduating in May 2016, peer tutor Claudia Vaughan headed off to Hollywood where she currently works at Lionsgate Entertainment.