Patsy Bailin is a first year student at the Fletcher School. She received her B.A. in International Relations from Wellesley College, where she worked as a writing tutor for three years. Patsy is happy to help students in any field and particularly enjoys assisting in the early stages of the writing process.  

Gülfer Göze is a PhD candidate in the English Department at Tufts. She has been an Instructor in the First Year Writing Program for the past four years. She holds a BA and an MA in English Literature from Bogazici University, Istanbul where she taught expository writing to ESL students. Her academic interests include Women's studies, Post Colonial Literature, Transatlantic studies, and History of the Book. Gülfer is looking forward to working with students from all backgrounds in all stages of writing.

Sara Hasselbach is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Department, where she studies devotional poetry of the English Renaissance. She has been a TA for literature courses and currently teaches English I and II in the First-Year Writing Program. From outlining and drafting to final editing, she enjoys working with students on all stages of the writing process.

Jenny Howe is a Ph.D. candidate in the English department at Tufts. She has taught literature and composition and rhetoric courses at both Tufts and Boston College and is currently the teaching fellow in the English department at Stonehill College. She studies medieval literature with a focus on monstrosity and gender. As a tutor, Jenny specializes in writing anxiety, procrastination, and writer's block. She also serves as the coordinator of the Graduate Writing Program. 

Emily Lewis is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry.  She received her BS and MS degrees from Northeastern University in 2009.  Throughout her academic career, Emily has written and co-authored a number of published scientific papers, and she has experience writing theses, grant proposals, and various academic requirements.  Since 2010 she has served as the writing consultant for her research laboratory and has recently become a graduate student writer for the Materials Research Society’s Materials360 News.  Although she has a scientific background, Emily looks forward to helping in all subjects and particularly enjoys developing ideas for proposals, theses, and academic assignments.

Michael Lueger is a PhD candidate in the Department of Drama and Dance at Tufts University. He has worked for the ARC since 2011 as a tutor for both writing and public speaking. He has also taught Introduction to Acting at Tufts, and currently teaches World Drama at Emerson College in Boston.

Diego Millan is a PhD candidate in the Department of English, where he has taught both English I and English II as well as been a TA for other English courses. His academic interests include American and contemporary World Literatures with a particular focus on questions of race. Diego is interested in working with students at all levels and stages of the writing process on academic papers, cover letters, and personal statements. Fluent in both Spanish and English, Diego is also interested in working with non-native English speakers.

Luke Mueller is a Ph.D. student in English Literature and a TA in the English department at Tufts. His research interests include 20th century literature, modernism, and deception. He has a B.A. in English from UMass Amherst, and an M.S. in library science from Drexel University. He worked as an economics librarian and cataloger before returning to graduate school. He enjoys tutoring students at all stages of the writing process, from beginning research to editing and last-minute adjustments.

James Mulder is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Department, where he specializes in Renaissance drama and psychoanalysis. His other academic interests include activism within the academy, transatlantic studies, gender studies, and intersectionality. He holds a Masters in English from Tufts and a BA in Literature from American University. He has experience tutoring writing, math, and French at the college level, and he has been an instructor in the First Year Writing Program at Tufts since 2011. He looks forward to working with students at all stages of the writing process. 

Barbara Orton is a PhD candidate in English at Tufts, specializing in eighteenth-century British literature, and a writing program assistant and academic integrity specialist at the ARC. She earned her BA in English and her MFA in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis. Before returning to school, she worked for several years as a freelance editor. In addition to addressing other concerns, she is always glad to help students with questions about using and citing sources in academic writing.

Jessica Pfeffer is a PhD student at Tufts in the English Department. Her research interests are Renaissance literature and queer theory. Before coming to Tufts, she received her MA in English and American Literature at NYU and studied chemistry and English at the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate. Because of her background in science, math, and English, Jess is looking forward to working with students whose assignments range from literary analysis to lab reports. 

Rebecca Tapscott is a PhD student in international development at Tufts’ Fletcher School. She received her BSFS from Georgetown University. Academically, Rebecca has background in international politics, human rights, and gender issues, with a regional focus on West Africa.  She is excited to work with writers at all stages of the writing process. She is particularly interested in argument construction and paper organization.

Oliver Traldi is a master's student in philosophy. He received his bachelor's degree in classics in 2008 from Bard College, where he worked as a Writing Fellow in the Academic Resources Center and wrote a senior thesis on Euripides. Before coming to Tufts, Oliver tutored standardized tests and spent a year in law school.