The Writing Center offers you collaboration with and support from a trained, peer tutor. We meet in-person (on Chalmers Library floor 2 between rooms 210 and 216) and online both individually and in groups to provide writers with assistance on any type of writing, in any discipline (even those outside of academia), at any stage of the writing process (brainstorming, developing ideas, outlining, final edits, etc.). Below, you can find out a bit more about each of our writing tutors. To read their entire bios, and find out all the areas in which they can support your writing, log in at owl.kenyon.edu. We open the second week of each semester.

Meet the Writing Consultants

Abby Warshauer

(she/her) An international studies major with a potential French double major and public policy concentration, Abby can assist writers with analytical and research essays. Abby also can assist with essays in French and encourage brainstorming for modern languages and literatures assignments more generally. Abroad for the fall 2025 semester.

Annie Mitchell

(she/her) A junior studying English (as a major) and astronomy and Spanish (as minors), Annie particularly enjoys working on assignments that have some sort of creative element — be it a short story, narrative nonfiction or an essay with a unique thesis. Languages: English and intermediate Spanish.

Basil Strickland

(she/her) A double major in neuroscience and psychology, Basil specializes in screenwriting, sociology, psychology and reflective writing, and she enjoys working with writers on their academic enrichment.

Blake Ciresa

(she/her) Blake is studying English and drama. She likes assisting writers with assignments that challenge students and broaden their perspectives.

Bridget Lomax

(she/her) An environmental studies and music double major, Bridget appreciates pithy writing and an enthusiasm for learning. She is familiar with APA and MLA citations. Languages: English, French (beginner), Mandarin (beginner).

Caroline Hitsman

Caroline (she/her) is a molecular biology major, and she enjoys assisting in writing scientific papers or essays for STEM classes. She also loves creative writing!

Chace Correll

(she/her) An English and psychology double major, Chace likes when writers move outside of their comfort zone to explore new writing processes. Unavailable fall 2025.

Charlotte Ward

(she/her) A tutor double majoring in English and Spanish, Charlotte enjoys helping writers with assignments that are analytical, creative and/or open-ended. Abroad spring 2026.

Chau Anh (Faye) Nguyen

(she/her | they/them) Chau Anh (Faye) is double majoring in English and sociology and loves working on anything of creative nature, particularly poetry as well as enjoying close readings and analyses of any artistic works. Vietnamese is her mother tongue.

Cole Sinclair

(he/him) An English major with a French minor, Cole specializes in writing for those disciplines as well as reflective writing and writing in political science.

Elianajoy Volin

(she/her) An English major with a creative writing emphasis and a neuroscience concentration, Elianajoy is one of our tutors who helps writers with lab reports, STEM writing, poetry and more.

Elisa Skaggs

(she/her) An English major with a French minor who is also studying education through Capital University, Elisa enjoys helping writers in these areas as well as with art history. She has liaisoned for several English courses at Kenyon. She is one of two current liaisons for Prof. Lau's ENGL 342: 18th Century Novel.

Ella Kim

(she/her) An English major concentrating in GSS and law and society, Ella works with writers across the disciplines on LGBT+ writing, literature and art history among others.

Emma Rice

(she/her) As an English major and Spanish minor with a certificate in education (through Capital University), Emma is eager to help students with writing and reading skills in English and Spanish. Unavailable fall 2025.

Emma Smith

Emma Smith (she/ her) is a English and Philosophy double major! She likes reading interesting papers and particularly likes editing for thesis strength and structural clarity/flow.

Ethan Greenzang

(he/him) Ethan is a drama major who also has interests in the classics and English. He enjoys helping writers with literary analysis, creative writing and presentations and speeches.

Evie Holzhall

(she/her) An English and studio art major with a concentration in public policy, Evie likes helping students with research, analytical and/or argumentative writing as well as creative writing and artist statements.

Gabriel Suhm

(he/him) A transfer student to Kenyon studying biology with a minor in English, Gabriel is interested in all sorts of classes, and is glad to help you with any writing you bring to the Writing Center, especially creative writing. He is a member of BioSquad.

Georgia Reed

(she/her) A political science major with a studio art minor, Georgia has experience helping writers in this discipline as a previous liaison for Prof. L. Liebowitz's PSCI 101 (Quest for Justice) as well as a liaison for Profs. Liebowitz's and Fleming's Odyssey course. Currently a liaison for both sections of Quest for Prof. Mood.

Hannah Ehrlich

(she/her) Hannah is an English and environmental studies double major. She specializes in close reading essays, science and nature writing, and poetry. She is the spring 2025 writing liaison for Prof. Tierney's ENGL 268.00: Climate Emergencies.

Hung Nguyen

(he/him) A double major in political science and mathematics (statistics) with concentrations in law and society and computing, Hung enjoys helping with writing in these areas. He was the fall 2024 writing liaison for both sections of Prof. Elliot-Doran's AMST 200D: Liberal Democracy in America. He is now the spring 2025 writing liaison for both sections of Prof. McAllister's PSCI 260: International Relations and Prof. Leatherman's STAT 206.01: Data Analysis. Languages: Vietnamese and English.

Isabel Murley

(she/her) A tutor studying sociology and French with a law and society concentration, Isabel likes helping writers because she enjoys learning about different approaches to writing while talking to all types of writers.

Joel Coons

(he/him) A stats and political science double major with a concentration in computing, Joel specializes in support for writing in these areas as well as creative fiction. He is a liaison for Prof. Bauman's PSCI 101Y.03 (Quest for Justice) and has some conversational German knowledge. He was the fall 2024 writing liaison for Prof. Bauman's PSCI 101.04Y: Quest for Justice. He is currently the spring 2025 writing liaison for Prof. Bradner's PHIL 291.01: The Bioethics of Birth, Illness, Sex, and Death.

Kaitlyn Ingersoll

(she/her) A Spanish and an American studies double major, Kaitlyn enjoys helping writers with challenging assignments and skill development.

Keiko Ohta

(she/her) A sociology and an English double major also studying Japanese, Keiko enjoys helping with assignments in these disciplines as well as assisting writers with academic enrichment including note taking, study skills and more. Abroad fall 2025.

Laney Tullius

(she/her) Laney is an English major who enjoys helping writers build on their ideas, especially in literary analysis essays.

Lera Lukianova

(she/her) A biology and English (creative writing emphasis) double major, Lera is interested in both crafting a well-composed scientific paper and brainstorming unique lines of poetry without any "dead metaphors."

Liberty Evans

(he/she) Liberty is studying English with a creative writing emphasis and international studies and enjoys reading and working on texts from a variety of disciplines and subjects and helping others turn their work into the best that it can be. Liberty is fully fluent in French and was the spring 2025 course writing liaison for INST 201 with Prof. Pettersen. Abroad for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Lottie Mathew

Lottie (she/her) is an English major with a concentration in creative writing and minors in law and classics. She loves working on creative writing pieces as well as any assignments that writers are particularly excited about! She is the writing liaison for Prof. Davidson's ENGL 220.00 Studies in Shakespeare.

Miko Warshaw

(he/him) A neuroscience major, Miko supports writers from across the disciplines in his majors as well as in studio art, citation styles (APA and MLA) and personal narratives.

Molly Laurent

(she/her) An English major with a Spanish minor, Molly helps writers with writing in those areas as well as MLA style among others.

Oli Wulff

(he/him) A sociology and English double major with a creative writing emphasis, Oli likes working in all types of writing spanning those and similar disciplines. He especially enjoys brainstorming analytical and argumentative outlines, close reading and creative writing.

Phoebe MacIntosh

(she/her) Phoebe is studying English here at Kenyon and enjoys helping with work in that discipline, including creative writing. She also likes assisting with anthropological writing and outlining.

Renee Casentini

(she/ her) A pre-med tutor majoring in English, Renee enjoys helping writers across the STEAM disciplines, especially assisting with analytical papers or assignments that invite close readings. Limited hours for the 2026 academic year.

Robin Pratt

(they/them) Robin is a Russian and history double major and AMES joint major with a religious studies minor. They enjoy reading and editing both creative writing and research essays. Languages: Russian, Spanish, English.

Sansar Batbayar

(he/ him) Sansar is studying political science and English as a double major. The type of writing he enjoys working on most as a tutor are assignments that include a lot of research and rhetoric as well as works with a large amount of creativity. He is the spring 2025 writing liaison for both sections of Prof. Camerra-Rowe's PSCI 240: Modern Democracy.

Sariyah Sintayehu

(she/her) A statistics as well as mathematics major, Sariyah specializes in support for the writing process (editing, brainstorming, etc.) and MLA, Chicago and APA styles. She was previously a liaison for Prof. Leatherman's STATS 106.02 (Elements of Statistics).

Simon Gess

(he/him) In addition to majoring in English literature and helping out with any papers that address that theme, Simon also enjoys working on assignments that include conversation between many sources, allowing for student interpretation. Abroad for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Sophia W. Boyd

(she/her) An English and a philosophy double major with a classics minor, Sophia likes helping writers with digging into texts and working on outlines in both of her major fields as well as across the disciplines. She has liaisoned for several English and philosophy courses at Kenyon. She is one of two current liaisons for Prof. Lau's ENGL 342: 18th Century Novel.

Stella Glazer

(she/her) A psychology major with an anthropology minor, Stella enjoys working with students on research writing. She particularly likes helping with writing in her two disciplines but will also help writers in other fields.

Tia Wagner

(she/they) An English and Spanish double major with an emphasis in creative writing, Tia enjoys working with students in analytical writing across languages. She spent her semester abroad in Córdoba, Spain, and is happy to help students with anything Spanish-related! Tia was previously a writing liaison for Prof. del Río Arrillaga's SPAN 321.01: Lit and Film–Advanced Writing Spanish.

Vincent Penn

(he/him) An English and political science double major, Vincent specializes in support for writing in these disciplines, particularly enjoying close readings. He is the spring 2025 writing liaison for Prof. Spiekerman's PSCI 102Y.05: Quest for Justice.

Xuning (Alina) Gao

(she/her) A philosophy major with a religious studies minor, Alina enjoys helping students in analytical and argumentative writing in humanities and social science disciplines. Languages: Mandarin and English.

Yasha Zehra

(she/her) a double major in studio art and English major with a focus on creative writing, Yasha also speaks both Urdu and Hindi. She enjoys helping writers in her majors as well as with any research paper that explores a unique topic.