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 Paula Harrington came to Colby as a Visiting Assistant Professor of English in 2008-2009, designing and teaching her English 115 course as “Memory & Memoir.” She has also taught writing, literature, and American Studies at Marymount College of Fordham University, the University of New England, and the University of California, Davis. At Marymount, Fordham, she served as Director of Composition and Director of the Writing Center. She has substantial experience working with ELL and ESL students there and at UC Davis, where she earned her Ph.D. in English with a specialization in American Literature and a practicum in American Studies. She holds her MA in English from San Francisco State University, and her B.A. in English and Writing from Columbia University, School of General Studies, where she graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. At UC Davis, she was named an Outstanding Graduate Instructor for her work teaching composition; at SF State, she was a Distinguished Graduate Student. Before returning to academia, she was a newspaper reporter and columnist in the San Francisco Bay Area, writing for daily papers including the San Francisco Examiner,San Mateo Times, Hayward Daily Review, and West County Times. She is the author of Looking Ahead, a history of Guide Dogs for the Blind, and an active scholar in the fields of Mark Twain studies and animal studies. Her article, “No Mongrels Need Apply,” will be forthcoming in the Minnesota review. In addition to teaching composition and directing the Farnham Writers’ Center at Colby this year, she will teach a major authors course on Twain in the spring. |
 After three years as a tutor and one as Assistant Director, Laura will be returning again this year. She looks forward to continuing to work with the students and tutors who infuse the tiny office under the library with energy and passion. |
 After emerging from 11 weeks in a Northern California redwood forest and a 5-month Balkan adventure, Jess will return for a triumphant spring semester. She has a tendency to name fish and houseplants after famous sociologists.
Major: Sociology
Studying Abroad: Fall
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 Rachel is an economics major with a minor in East Asian studies (Chinese). She loves adventures, jungle gyms, and midnight snacks.
Major:Economics
Minor: East Asian Studies
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Sonia is a senior anthropology major from Somerville, Massachusetts. She enjoys playing card games, walking to Main Street on sunny days, and wearing colorful socks. She looks forward to meeting with you and highly recommends Writers' Center chocolate.
Major: Anthropology
Specialty: AY112 Writing Fellow
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 Jess is proud to say that she hails from the north (Bangor). She appreciates honesty and would love to work with you in a productive fashion. She also loves attending music festivals and learning new things. She dreams of leaving New England for the first time.
Majors: Philosophy
Sociology
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 Julie is a junior from Brookline, Massachusetts, who is double-majoring in English and psychology and minoring in human development. She is also an assistant director of the Colby Volunteer Center. She’s excited to see you this year at the Writers’ Center!
Majors: English
Psychology
Minor: Human Development
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 Jackson is a sophomore from Maine who enjoys being outside, playing the guitar, reading, and writing. He is an English major but might also end up applying to medical school at some point.
Major: English
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 Michael is an English major who lives an entire half hour outside of Boston. He is excessively happy and some have said that he has an unusual obsession with blue short-sleeved button-down shirts.
Major: English
Minor: Education
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Sam is a senior from Virginia who does many things.
Major: Government
Minor: Administrative Science
Specialty: EN325 Writing Fellow
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 Jenny enjoys studying a variety of ancient and modern languages and peer tutoring at the FWC. In her free time, she plays the trombone and admires natural phenomena.
Majors: Anthropology
Classics
Minor: Philosophy
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Coline was born in France but moved to Brooklynfor high school. She's an English/creative writing major. Her biggest fear is becoming a crazy cat lady (which is already not too far from the truth).
Majors: Anthropology
English (Creative Writing)
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Nguyen is a biology (neuroscience concentration) major from Manchester, New Hampshire. She enjoys playing tennis, hiking, singing in the car, eating freshly baked cookies, and soaking up warm, sunny days!
Major: Biology (Neuroscience)
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Julia hails from Atlanta, Georgia, but that doesn't stop her from loving the snow and going skiing and sledding with her friends. An English major, Julia loves reading, editing, and anything to do with writing. On a sunny day, you can find her outside by the pond playing cards and slacklining.
Major: English
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 Massachusetts born Lia
Major in psychology-uh.
She traveled the world,
A message unfurled
Writing is best when it's clee-ah.
Major: Psychology
Minor: Administrative Science
Studying Abroad: Fall
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 Fran Gentile is an English major and education minor who appreciates quality coffee, quality craft supplies, and quality in general.
Major: English (Creative Writing)
Minor: Education (Professional Certification)
Specialty: AR173 Writing Fellow
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 Jen is a psychology major from Jersey who plays softball at Colby. She enjoys skiing, sunny days by the pond, singing along with bad 90’s music, doodling, and avoiding homework.
Major: Psychology Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Emma is a senior history and government major. She likes reading, eating Papa John's, and watching Law and Order: SVU marathons.
Majors: Government
History
Specialty: GO171 Writing Fellow
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 Elizabeth is a junior English major and art minor whose two favorite places in the world are the Writers' Center and Miller Library. Bring her a cookie and a paper, and you’ll make her day.
Major: English
Minor: Art
Studying Abroad: Spring
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 Nicole is an English and educational studies double major from New Hampshire. She enjoys going to the ocean, playing Scrabble, and baking cookies and cupcakes. She also likes writing and people who come to visit in the Writers' Center!
Majors: English
Education
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 Playing Wii, lounging, and sleeping are typical of Adan's day. He tends to procrastinate about everything from papers to eating, so he lives the life of pulling all-nighters and ordering late night pizza. He is currently pursuing a math major.
Major: Math
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Niko is a psychology major from San Francisco. His interests include flip-flops, PBR, dogs, soccer, orange juice, outer space, Taco Bell, futons, the Beatles, carpentry, rugby, guitars, mountain biking, meatball subs, aluminum foil, and, of course, tutoring.
Major: Psychology
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 Jess is a senior from a small town in eastern Connecticut. She is one of the ACMs in the Apartments this year and plays Ultimate for Colby as well. She is a chemistry: biochemistry major but is excited to see you in the Writers’ Center no matter what sort of paper you are writing!
Major: Chemistry (Biochemistry)
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 Katie is a senior biology major from wonderful Worcester, Massachusetts (at least she’s not from JUST outside of Boston). Besides tutoring, Katie enjoys family, friends, athletics, and everything Colby. She looks forward to your visit.
Major: Biology
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 Samah is a junior double majoring in International Studies and Spanish. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, she enjoys many things and excels at very few of them. She's also much better at talking about herself in person.
Majors: International Studies
Spanish
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 Will is a senior from North Carolina. He has just returned from a semester abroad in Haerbin, China, with a deeper understanding of the teachings of the Buddha. He hopes to apply his new "Greater Vehicle" tutoring style to anyone in need and looks forward to embarking on the Dharma Wheel with everyone (and everything) for one last year on the hill.
Majors: English
Philosophy
Minor: Chinese
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 An English major and economics minor, Caroline hails from just outside of D.C. In the free time she pretends she has, she enjoys rooting for the Orioles, playing Text Twist, and stealing other people's books to read.
Majors: Economics
English
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 Anna Sawch is a junior who is spending the fall semester in Madrid! She is very excited to join the Writers' Center staff in the spring and to have unlimited access to their chocolate.
Majors: English
Minor: Anthropology
Studying Abroad: Fall
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 Nat is a junior English major who is among the hordeswho hail from 20 minutes outside Boston. What makes him unique, you ask? He relishes 9-mile runs, enjoys writing and recording music, and feels awkward describing himself in the third person. Nat loves writing and hopes to see you at the Writers' Center soon so he can stop talking like this.
Major: English
Minor: Art History
Specialty: Style Tutor
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 Aleah is a junior from Montpelier Vermont (the only U.S. capital without a McDonalds.) She is an English major with a minor in education and an unofficial degree in staying up obscenely late at night. She loves making things out of large cardboard boxes, eating chocolate, and playing Balderdash. Rumor has it she also likes to tutor with pipe cleaners.
Major: English
Minor: Education
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 Leah is a junior majoring in economics and minoring in environmental studies. At Colby, in addition to her awesome job as a writing tutor, Leah is a community advisor, plays soccer for CWS, enjoys long dinners in Foss, and studies (a lot). She also loves to hike, read, and cook, and she believes that “arms are for hugging.”
Majors: International Studies
Spanish
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 Caitlin is a philosophy major from Seattle (or Oregon—nobody knows for sure), a psychic, the owner of a black cat, a woodland fairy, and an accidental expressionist. She welcomes you and your paper friends to the Writers' Center!
Major: Philosophy
Minors: Creative Writing
Art
Studying Abroad: Fall
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 Nicole is a junior English/creative writing major from Small Town, Massachusetts. She loves hot sauce, obscure cult films, saying "wicked" a wicked lot, and anyone who can make some sort of music.
Major: English (Creative Writing)
Minor: Environmental Science
Specialty: Style Tutor
EN111 Writing Fellow
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