Writing Center Staff
- Rebecca T. Fremo Writing Center Director (x7392)
- Katy Young ELL Specialist (x7395)
- Kelsey Savre Administrative Team Leader (Fall)
- Debi Lasswell Administrative Team Leader (Spring)
- Kaitie O'Bryan Tutoring Team Leader
- Nathan Heggem Outreach Team Leader
- Breanna Draxler
- Lauren Fulner
- Azra Halilovic
- Molly Kolpin
- Chelsea Kramer
- Christina Lewis
- Ryan McGinty
- Alison Oppenheimer
- Kate Saling
- Rebekah Schulz
- Abby Travis
- Elizabeth Winslow
Rebecca Fremo
Education: Ph.D. in English with Rhetoric and Composition emphasis, Ohio State University; M.A. in English with African American Literature emphasis, Virginia Tech; B.A. in English with Secondary Education certification, Virginia Tech.
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Interests: Gardening, writing poetry, biking with the kids
Favorite Writers: Gloria Naylor, Terry Tempest Williams, David Sedaris
Courses I Teach: First Term Seminar, Writing Creative Nonfiction, Academic Writing, Adolescent Literature and Literacy, Art of Interpretation, Senior Seminar
Why I Love to Write: Writing is a kind of self-fashioning. I can use writing to construct any kind of authority for myself that I wish. It's also a great way to figure out what I'm thinking.
Breanna Draxler
Year in School:
Senior
Major(s)/Minor(s): French and Environmental Studies with a concentration in English.
Hometown: Amery, WI
Extracurricular Activities: Greens, Gustavus Outdoor Enthusiasts,
Adopt-A-Grandparent, French Club, Hallamallah, Student Writers' Workshop
Favorite Author: Dave Eggers
Favorite Book: Le Petit Prince
Favorite Class: Conservation Biology
Favorite Writing Tool (including resources like books!): The Everyday Writer
Favorite Kind of Paper to Work On: Creative Non-fiction
How I Get Started on a Paper: A run in the arb, good music, and my pj's.
Why I Love to Write: Emotional and experiential catharsis.
Nathan Heggem
Year in School:Senior
Major(s)/ Minor(s): Biology/Spanish and Neuroscience double minor
Hometown: Aitkin, MN
Extracurricular Activities: I Am, We Are; Queers & Allies; various theater productions
Favorite Author: Raymond Carver
Favorite Book: Aztec
Favorite Class: Anything in the Spanish department
Favorite Writing Tool (including resources like books!): Concentration... it's invaluable
Favorite Kind of Paper to Work On: Any kind I haven't done before
How You Get Started on a Paper: I think a lot, throw some words on a page, think some more, erase the words, and then I'm ready to really start.
Why You Love to Write: Writing is the next best thing to reading. Plus, it's not as scary as public speaking.
Debi Lasswell
Year:Junior
Major: English
Hometown: Appleton, WI and Stillwater, MN
Favorite Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald for imagery, John Keats for lyric emotion, Joseph
Heller for comedy, John Donne for meditation, and Jane Austen for happy endings.
Favorite Book: Catch-22
Favorite Class: I have high hopes for my creative writing J-term in London. Otherwise,
The British Novel was pretty sweet.
Favorite Writing Tool: Oxford English Dictionary Online
Favorite Kind of Paper to Write: Archetypal Analysis... seriously.
How I Start Writing: I usually drink a Coke, and then I figure out exactly what interests
me in the piece I'm analyzing. From there I write an outline, and then by the time I sit
down to write the paper it's mostly in my head.
Why I Love to Write: I like the depth of introspection that writing papers elicit in a
writer... I also like using ostentatious vocabulary that has no place in everyday
conversation.
Kate Saling
Year:Senior
Major: English and Japanese
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Extracurriculars: Students’ Writing Workshop and Sigma Tau Delta
Favorite Author: Neil Gaiman
Favorite Book: Count of Monte Cristo
Favorite Class: Japanese
Favorite Writing Tool: A good friend to bounce ideas off of
Favorite Kind of Paper: I like working on English papers that are character oriented
How I get started: I just think about it. I ruminate it while eating, running, sleeping, etc.
Why I Love to Write: I love to read. A commitment to writing well seems to follow naturally.
