Reading/Writing Center faculty and tutors

peer tutors and staff at 2019 banquet — Peer tutors and Reading/Writing Center staff at their end-of-the-year banquet in 2019.

The Reading/Writing Center is staffed by three faculty tutors and more than 20 peer tutors who have completed two terms of training and can help with all aspects of writing, as well as instruction in reading comprehension and study skills.

Whether you are a first-year or fourth-year student, the RWC and its tutors are here to help.

Faculty tutors

Lucas A. Street, director
309-794-8043
Office: Gerber 424

Jake Romaniello, English language learning specialist
309-794-8958
Office: Gerber 425

Farah Marklevits, assistant director
309-794-7216
Office: Gerber 426

Peer tutors

Our peer tutors represent a range of different Augie majors

peer tutor majors

2017 cohort

lori dantuma — Lori Dantuma, '20

Creative Writing major

christian elliott — Christian Elliott, '20

Anthropology and Environmental Studies majors

jessica gallagher — Jessica Gallagher, '20

Communication Sciences and Disorders and English majors

thea gonzales — Thea Gonzales, '20

Environmental Studies and Multimedia Journalism/Mass Communications majors

jessica hammond — Jessica Hammond, '20

Business Administration-Marketing and German Studies majors

christine rogers — Christine Rogers, '20

Music Education, Instrumental Music, and German majors

mark sharp — Mark Sharp, '20

Biochemistry and Physics majors

hannah vercellotti — Hannah Vercellotti, '20

Psychology major

2018 cohort

abby overmann — Abby Overmann, '21

Elementary Education major

alex bernheimer — Alex Bernheimer, '21

Political Science major

chance vicary — Chance Vicary, '21

Chemistry major

jack hernandez — Jack Hernandez, '21

Creative Writing and English Literature majors

joel padgett — Joel Padgett, '21

Music and Geology majors

mikaylo kelly — Mikaylo Kelly, '20

Food Justice contract major

nadia ayensah — Nadia Ayensah, '21

Pre-Law, Political Science, and Philosophy majors

nhi huynh — Nhi Huynh, '21

Psychology and Business majors

oscar peterson-veatch — Oscar Peterson-Veatch, '21

Music and Physics majors

phong doan — Phong Doan, '21

Business Marketing major

shanela ranaraja — Shanela Ranaraja, '21

Anthropology major

2019 cohort

annelisa burns — Annelisa Burns, '22

Religion and English majors

paige sheppard — Paige Sheppard, '22

English Education major

ryan sackfield — Ryan Sackfield, '22

English major

mary isabel sales — Mary Isabel Sales, '22

Psychology, Sociology, and Spanish majors

2020 cohort

noor ul ain — Noor Ul Ain, '23

Undecided major

alison lawrence — Alison Lawrence, '23

Biology, Pre-Med, and Spanish majors

emily luming — Emily Luming, '23

Communication Sciences and Disorders major

tricia plachno — Tricia Plachno, 23

Communication Sciences and Disorders major

yussra semma — Yussra Semma, '23

Neuroscience major

blake traylor — Blake Traylor, '23

English major

chi vu — Chi Vu, '23

Communication Studies and Business majors