Abdulrahman is pursuing my MA in applied linguistics at Texas Tech University. He received his BA in English language and literature. His five years of teaching English as a foreign language have been primarily devoted to academic writing and L2 reading. He has published in applied linguistics and serve as a reviewer for Sage Journals. His research interests include collaborative discussions in L1 for L2 reading comprehension and academic writing difficulties ESL learners face.

Becky serves as a lead writing consultant and social media coordinator for the Graduate Writing Center, where she has worked since the Fall 2020 semester. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Linguistics and in 2021 with a master’s degree in Communications Studies from Texas Tech University. She enjoys working with writers in all disciplines—the more niche the topic, the better!—and especially enjoys helping writers work through recurring challenges in their larger thesis or dissertation projects.

Caroline has been working as a consultant at the Graduate Writing Center since Fall 2018. She also leads a writing group for NSF graduate fellowship applicants. She gained a BSc and PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Manchester in the UK. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research focused on signaling through G protein coupled receptors in mammalian cells. One of her favorite things about working at the writing center is getting to meet students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines and she enjoys working on all types of documents.

Deniz is a third year Ed.D student in Instructional Technology. Her research concentrates on student well-being and ways to promote mental health in online learning environments. She is enthusiastic about bringing cutting-edge technology to learning environments to make them more accessible and approachable. She believes that research is also a creative outlet that bridges the gap between imagination and the real world. She likes to crochet, sew, and paint.

 Destiny is a current MFA student in Theatre and Dance pursuing a masters in Performance and Pedagogy. Destiny has experience writing creatively and academically, from poetry to book reviews.

Eugene is pursuing a PhD in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (FCSE). With eight years of teaching experience, he has mentored students in writing theses and projects, enhancing their scholarly communications. His research focuses on documenting the oral history of FCSE in Ghana and the USA. He has contributed to his field through academic publications and is passionate about helping others develop their research and writing skills.

Jacinta is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the FCSE program and the Graduate Coordinator in the GWC. Her research focuses on nutrition education, mental health, and food security in underserved communities. With over a decade of teaching, research, and service across Ghana and the U.S., she brings a global, collaborative, and equity-driven lens into her work. She enjoys helping students develop clarity, confidence, and voice in their academic work. Whether she is presenting at a conference, teaching a class, providing constructive feedback on writing projects, or leading a writing workshop, her goal remains the same: to make knowledge actionable, accessible, and meaningful..

Jacob is a third-year Ph.D. student and frequent Leisure Pool attendee at Texas Tech, studying in the Wind Science & Engineering program and offsetting his hours spent poring over wind speed time histories and data arrays of mismatched dimension by reading and remarking on the wide variety of documents that find their way onto the tables of the GWC and by creating puzzles for the Daily Toreador. He loves em dashes and the semicolon, can't stand the Calibri font family, never goes a day without walking somewhere recreationally, and is always an advocate for accessible, understandable, and transparent writing, no matter the discipline or document.

Julia has taught English as a Second Language for the past 23 years. She received a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Oberlin College, an MS in Environmental Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Texas Tech University. She especially enjoys working with students on topics in the natural sciences, as well as language acquisition and pedagogy.

Liz is a doctoral student in the Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts, studying Music and Psychology. Liz is  also the lab manager for the Performing Arts Research Lab (PeARL), where they use interdisciplinary experimental and computational methods to address fundamental questions about the composition, performance, and reception of music, theatre and dance, and the visual arts.

Sadie is a PhD student in Natural Resources Management. She received her BSc from the University of South Florida in 2018 and her MSc in Natural Resources Management from Texas Tech University in 2022. Sadie applied for the NSF GRFP in the 2020 cycle and received an honorable mention. She is experienced in grant writing and fellowship applications and is excited to help others with applications of their own as well as all other types of writing!

Tom retired from a 40-year collegiate teaching career in music. He received his D.M.A. from the University of Illinois, a M.M. from Illinois State University, and a B.M. and B.M.Ed. from SUNY Fredonia. He has published 295 peer-reviewed/professional articles, and is the author of five books and lead editor of two others. He is excited to join the staff in the Graduate Writing Center and put his years of experience to work.