Writing Center Staff
The Clark University Writing Center has a Director and a staff of graduate Writing Consultants who are described below.
Interim Director of the Writing Program and Writing Center
Jennifer
PlanteThis is Jen’s seventh year at Clark
University. During her time at Clark, Jen has taught a variety of courses,
including Expository Writing, Introduction to Literature, Writing: The Beats (a
course that studies texts from Beat Generation writers), and she has taught
Continuing Education courses in both literature and film. For the past five
years, Jen also worked closely with the previous Director of the Writing Program
and Writing Center.
Jen comes to this position with a lengthy history in the
Worcester area. She graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a
degree in Humanities; after working as a technical writer in the area, Jen
decided to pursue a graduate degree in English from Clark University. Since
earning her degree, Jen has been teaching composition and literature courses at
several Worcester area colleges.
Jen also works with local authors, doing freelance editing
and creating indexes for scholarly texts. Currently, she is working on an
article that examines the working relationship between poets Louise Bogan and
May Sarton.
Graduate Writing Consultants
David Meuser
David Meuser joined The Writing Center in the fall of 2005. He is a graduate student of International Development in the International Development, Community, and Environment program. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Political Science, Dave also maintains a deep affection for fiction, poetry, and philosophical literature. After working and traveling the world for twelve years as a courier with Federal Express, he has returned to graduate study to pursue his interests in issues of global equity and social justice.
Ian DeZalia
Ian DeZalia is a second year graduate student in
International Development and Social Change. He graduated from Trinity
University in San Antonio, Texas with a BA in Political Science. After college
he worked for a few years in Public Relations at the corporate level and then
moved to Turkey where he worked with youth and taught English for a few more
years. At Clark, Ian has been very involved as a Graduate Fellow with the
Difficult Dialogues Project and as the Vice-President of the IDCE Student
Association. His range of writing interests – from more technical/business
pieces to academic writing for the liberal arts – mirrors his own college and
post-college experiences.
Sarah Pack
Sarah Pack is a second year graduate student in the IDCE
department. She graduated from UNH in her native New Hampshire with a dual BA in
English and History. After a few years of working in development programs in the
United States, Bulgaria and Guatemala, Sarah returned to New England as a Social
Change Fellow at Clark. Sarah’s greatest strengths in the writing process are
brainstorming and organizational flow. She enjoys getting outside and has
recently taken up bird watching.
Ashley Curtis
This is Ashley’s second year as a graduate student in the IDCE department.
A native of western Massachusetts, she earned a BA in Biology from Bard
College in New York and then worked with a wildlife conservation group in the
Philippines and a tree-ring laboratory in New York City. She has co-authored
scientific papers on a range of topics and occasionally publishes pieces of
creative nonfiction. Happy to be back in Massachusetts, Ashley most enjoys
reading and writing while canoeing lazily down the Connecticut River.
Allison Petrozziello
Allison Petrozziello is a first year graduate student and Social Change
Fellow in the International Development & Social Change program. She attended
Smith College as an aspiring journalist and graduated a Women’s Studies and
Spanish major. After traveling the world by boat, Allison spent several years
working in Honduras and Washington on gender and municipal development
initiatives. Along the way, she has taught both English and Spanish as a second
language. She also writes and edits pieces in both languages ranging from poetry
and feature articles to essays and project reports. Working through the writing
process is one of her favorite paths to empowerment.
Steve Bruso
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