Coordinators/Fellows
Coordinator
Shereen Inayatulla, Assistant Professor of English (Composition) and Writing Fellows Coordinator
I am delighted to begin my second semester as the Writing Fellows Coordinator at York College. This fall, we extend a warm welcome to six new Fellows whose diverse classroom experiences and disciplinary expertise are sure to enrich the culture of writing on our campus. The Fellows are keen to collaborate with faculty, adjunct instructors, and GTFs on a range of projects: from assisting in the design of writing assignments to offering workshops for students on effective writing practices. This fall, the Fellows will be working primarily out of their new office space in Room 1C01. To arrange for a Writing Fellow’s assistance in your classroom or curriculum, please feel free to contact me at sinayatulla@york.cuny.edu or ext. 5187. We look forward to collaborating with you this fall!
I’m looking forward to my second year as WAC Coordinator. My role is to monitor and assess the progress of WI courses, to advise students about WI requirements, and to promote faculty development in writing pedagogy.
I want to thank faculty who proposed writing intensive courses for Winter and Spring. I invite you to submit WI proposals for Summer and Fall 2012, due by the end of February. If you or your students have any questions about writing intensive courses or requirements, please contact me at JHALL1@york.cuny.edu or ext. 5331.
Fellows
Do you need help preparing a Writing Intensive (WI) course proposal or syllabus?
Would you like a Writing Fellow to facilitate a workshop for your students, focusing on a particular aspect of writing for your course?
Are you looking for support in order to integrate more writing into your course?
We can help!
Meet the Writing Fellows!
Please do not hesitate to contact the Writing Fellow Coordinator, Shereen Inayatulla a SInayatulla@york.cuny.edu about getting support through a faculty-fellow collaboration.
2011-2012 Writing Fellows
Cathy Borck
Cathy Borck is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the Graduate Center. She is currently working on her dissertation research, looking at the relationships between marginalized youth, alternative pedagogies, and New York City transfer schools. Before coming to York, Cathy taught Introductory Sociology, Social Theory, Sex and Gender Roles, Criminology, and the Sociology of Dissent at Portland State University, Hunter College, Brooklyn College and Lehman College. As a Writing Fellow at York this year, she will be the WAC webmaster and is excited to collaborate with her fellow fellows on a video project.
Contact: cathyborck@gmail.com
Casey Hale
Casey Hale is a doctoral candidate in Music Composition at the Graduate Center. His research explores the intersections of cultural politics, genre, experimentalism and improvisation in musics of the 20th and 21st centuries, and he is writing his dissertation on projects by African American jazz musicians that reinterpret history and lineage by revisiting and re-imagining musical works of the past. Previously, he has taught courses in music appreciation, history, and theory at Brooklyn College. As a Writing Fellow, he is currently working on collecting and updating writing resources for students and faculty, including the Writing Intensive Guide and the Infosheets project, and he looks forward to collaborations with both faculty members and the Writing Center.
Contact: chale1@gc.cuny.edu
Tim Keogh
Tim Keogh is a doctoral candidate in the History program at the Graduate Center. He has taught modern world history and American history courses at York College as well as graduate courses at Queens College. Currently he is working on his dissertation on suburban economies and race in postwar Long Island, New York. As a Writing Fellow, he is currently coordinating with faculty to improve York College’s procedures regarding plagiarism. In addition, he is planning a workshop to help first year students improve their writing skills.
Contact: tkeogh@york.cuny.edu
Molly Pulda
Molly Pulda is a doctoral candidate in English at the Graduate Center. She is currently writing her dissertation on memoirs of family secrets. She holds a B.A. from Columbia University. Prior to becoming a Writing Fellow, she taught literature and composition courses at Brooklyn College for three years. Molly is the editor of The Word: Writing Across the Curriculum at York College. She looks forward to collaborating with faculty, tailoring her writing and pedagogical experience to professors’ individual needs.
Contact: mpulda@gc.cuny.edu
Jonah Westerman
Jonah Westerman is a doctoral candidate in Art History at the Graduate Center. His research focuses on European and American performance art of the last twenty years and how its manipulations of participants and audiences are related to political motivations. Before coming to York, he spent three years teaching at Brooklyn College in the Art Department and in the Core Curriculum. As a Writing Fellow, he will be maintaining and developing an online archive of Writing Across the Curriculum resources. He also looks forward to beginning collaborations with faculty.
Contact: jwesterman@gc.cuny.edu
Ashley Williard
Ashley Willard is a Ph.D. student in the French Program at the Graduate Center. She has taught French at York College, in the CUNY Language Reading Program, and presently, at Medgar Evers College. Last year, she taught English in Guadeloupe while also working in the archives. Her research examines representations of gender in the transatlantic encounters of the 17th century French Caribbean. As a Writing Fellow, she is currently engaged in a collaboration with an Anthropology 101 course, in which she will be facilitating workshops on the writing process. She is also working on a writing-centered project for York’s Day of Assessment and organizing a Meet the Writing Fellows Hour. Later in the semester, she looks forward to collaborating on a CETL presentation on Teaching Strategies for Reading Electronic Texts.
Contact: awilliard@gc.cuny.edu