Kurt Schick, Ph.D. Interim Coordinator

Kurt Schick coordinates the University Writing Center and consults with undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. As an Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric Studies, Schick also teaches courses in critical reading and writing, teaching and tutoring writing, and rhetoric. His scholarship focuses on coordinating the teaching of writing, thinking, and civic literacy. 

 

 

 

schickke@jmu.edu

 

 

Karen McDonnell, M.A. Writing Consultant

Karen McDonnell splits her time between consulting with writers in the writing center and teaching classes for Writing & Rhetoric Studies. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from JMU, where as an undergraduate she minored in political science and secondary education. Her interests include argument, integrating sources, analysis, politics, and the English language.

 

 

 

mcdonnkm@jmu.edu

 

 

Laura Schubert, M.A. Writing Consultant

Specializing in upper-level literary analysis and first-year composition, Laura Schubert also consults with undergraduate, graduate, and faculty writers on any kind of writing.  In addition, she has experience instructing English to Speakers of Other Languages and previously taught in Eastern Mennonite University's Intensive English Program.  Currently, Ms. Schubert teaches GWRIT 103 in Writing & Rhetoric Studies, and her research interests include critical reading, service learning, and writing center pedagogy.

 

schubelk@jmu.edu

 

 

                                         

 

 

 

Jeanne Moeller  Administrative Assistant

moellejf@jmu.edu