MEET OUR STAFF

Milly Okutho Ajok is a sophomore, originally from Uganda, double majoring in International Relations and French.   This is her first year as a Writing Coach, and she loves helping students who are enthusiastic about writing and wish to become better writers.   She views her job at the Writing Center as a way of learning and sharing ideas with other students.   She's interested in politics and music. In her free time, she loves to go dancing, read all kinds of literature, and listen to music.   One of her goals is to write a book before she turns 25.

Erica Joy Burkham is in the middle of her junior year as a creative writing major.   She has been working at the Writing Center for two years.   Last year she studied Buddhism in Thailand and created an independent study that enabled her to work as a writing coach in the Webster University--Thailand campus library.   She loves traveling, collaging, writing, reading, and opening up her eyes and ears and nose to the daily wonder of living!

Jon-Carlos Evans is a film production major and junior at Webster.   This is his second year as a Writing Coach.   In that time he has produced two videos for the Writing Center; published an article in the online publication, Praxis ; and presented a paper at a joint conference of the International Writing Centers Association and National Council for Peer Tutors in Writing in Hershey, PA.   He likes quesadillas.

Fran Hooker is the Writing Center Coordinator and an Adjunct Faculty member at Webster University and at Washington University, where she earned her M.A. and is currently completing her doctorate in English and American Literature.   She teaches a variety of topics, including Freshman Seminar, Composition, Rhetoric, Business Writing, and courses on American Literature and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.   Before coming to Webster University, she tutored in the Writing Center at Washington University for several years.   She previously served for ten years as the Curriculum Coordinator for the Communications and Journalism Program in University College, and as Assistant Director of Public Relations for News Services at Washington University.   She is passionate about Writing Centers and believes there is nothing more exciting than helping other writers discover their voices and express their ideas on the page.

Teresa Sweeney is an Adjunct Writing Coach and Adjunct Faculty member of the English Department.   While studying for her Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the Writers' Program at Washington University, she began teaching in the English Department at Webster University and has been doing that for 15 years.   She has taught a variety of courses, including Introduction to Literature, Major Dramatists, Writing Practicum, and Many Voices:   African American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present, but her main assignment has been teaching essay writing, otherwise known as Composition.   She is happy to be working at the Writing Center, embracing the philosophy of working one on one with students - not to make "better papers" but to make better writers.   In addition to teaching and coaching, Teresa has another job:   mother of two girls, ages 9 and 4.

Jen Weinman is a senior social science major, planning to graduate in December.   She loves working as a Writing Coach because she loves people and helping them to be better writers, or better at doing whatever they love.   In addition to writing, Jen enjoys listening to live music, seeing films and playing practical jokes.   She is also an eye model and an opera singer in her spare time.