Meet the Tutors
April Logan - Faculty Affiliate
April Logan will tutor primarily senior thesis writers and juniors starting to engage with the challenging work in their major. April is completing a Ph.D. in English Literature and a Women’s Studies Certificate at Temple University. Her areas of specialization are African American and Euro American Literature from 1845 to 1945, Postcolonial Anglophone Caribbean Literature, and Postcolonial Theory. She is interested in Queer Theory and Performance Theory as well. Her dissertation is entitled “A Politics of Representation: The Performance and Theorization of Race and Gender in Writings by Nineteenth-Century Black Public Figures.” Last semester, April was a Consortium for Faculty Diversity Scholar in Haverford’s Department of English.
April will be in the Writing Center at Magill Wednesdays from 10-4. If you would like to work with April, make an appointment online or contact April or Kristin Lindgren, Director of the Writing Center.
Joshua Brooks - Faculty Affiliate
Joshua Brooks holds an M.S. in Education from Lesley College and has extensive experience working with multilingual undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania's English Language Program, Princeton University's English Language Program, the Youngdo English School in Seoul, Korea, and other institutions. Josh taught a Writing Seminar at Haverford last semester that focused on transcultural perspectives on justice.
Josh will be available in the Writing Center at Magill Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3:30-6:30. If you would like to work with him, make an appointment online or contact Josh.
Sheba Brown '10
Sheba is a senior who has spent half her life in the US and the other half in Ethiopia. She speaks English as a first language, semi-fluent Amharic, a little French, and has spent a lot of time working with non-native English speakers. She is majoring in Geology at Bryn Mawr, and loves curling up in corners to read books almost as much as she loves unicycles, hiking, cool rocks, and meeting new people.
Cara Curtis '10
Cara is a senior Religion major from Greenbelt, Maryland. When not reading or napping in the library, she happily avoids homework with the Sneetches, the Bi-Co women's Frisbee team. Cara also works for the Women's Center at Haverford and attends Quaker meeting whenever she gets the chance. She studied abroad in Athens last year and has retained a love of gyros, but if you bring her a paper in Greek, she will probably only be able to point out words like "mother" and "birthday."
Juliaty Hermanto '12
Juliaty is a sophomore from L.A. and is considering majoring in Sociology and minoring in French. She also loves working at Magill Library where you will often see her happily shelving books or spinning on the chairs behind the front desk. She also has a great fondness of cozy little corners, superheroes, graphic novels, science fiction, interesting books, and a whole slew of other random little tidbits that tickle her brain.
Thea Hogarth '11
New York native Thea Hogarth is a junior pursuing a major in Comparative Literature with a minor in French. Rivaled only by her love for baguettes, Thea's love for French language and literature runs deep, leading her to study in Nantes for the fall semester. As a self-proclaimed grammar nerd, Thea simply can't help but love language - and what better way to study language than through literature? Other talents and interests include (but are not limited to) Monday crossword puzzles, NPR, music, and becoming a walking MLA manual.
Harper Hubbeling '11
Harper is a junior from Austin,Texas, pursuing a Biology major and Spanish minor. She is more Austinite than Texan, but recently acquired cowboy boots and is working on cultivating state pride. Her activities include running, forgetting how to play classical guitar, and consuming massive amounts of dried apricots. Her favorite author is, of course, Harper Lee.
Meghan LeFrancois '10
Meghan is a senior Classics major and Philosophy minor from Oklahoma City, OK. She enjoys not playing sports (unless aerobics counts) and spending a lot of time in the library. There is no apparent pattern in what Meghan likes to read, but among her favorites are Charles Dickens, J.K. Rowling, the ancient Greeks, and Perez Hilton.
Adam Lewis '10
Adam is a Political Science and Religion double major from a small town just north of San Francisco. Although he's gradually coming around to life on the East Coast be aware of the fact that if you draw comparisons between states he will unrelentingly try to convince you that California is the best state in the Union (even with its current budget crisis). At Haverford, Adam is a member of the baseball team as well as a senior interviewer in the Admissions Office. His interests include Roman History, Middle Eastern politics and the interaction between religion and government. Among his favorite authors are Steven Saylor, James Clavelle, and Lee Child.
Nick Lotito '10
Nick Lotito '10 is a political science major and French minor from Orange County, California. He spends his time singing a capella with the Humtones and giving campus tours for the admissions office. He also enjoys international affairs and recreational sports.
Kate Ross '12
Kate is a sophomore from Glen Ridge, NJ. She desperately tries to avoid the “Jersey girl” stereotype by attaching herself to cultural icons of France, classical music, and mango lassis. Her academic interests include English, French, and psychology, but she would also like to attend medical school. When she’s not in the library, she enjoys 1-on-1 tutoring with 8th Dimension, playing the piano, and petting cats.
Margo Schall '11
Margo Schall is a junior majoring in Growth and Structure of Cities and minoring in Education. She hails from Durham, North Cakalacky where tea is sweeter and both our summers and our syllables are longer. Regrettably, though, she has not herself mastered the charming Southern drawl, so don't be disappointed when you meet her. She does, however, enjoy being outside and eating peanut butter on every possible medium, including sweet gherkin pickles. Try it.
Rachel Schwartz '11
Rachel is a junior Political Science major and Latin American and Iberian Studies concentrator from Orlando, Florida. On campus, she serves on the AMA committee, is involved in SPN (Student Political Network), and works in the Haverford Bookstore. Rachel is also a student research assistant and spent the summer in Guatemala filming the testimonies of survivors of the Guatemalan armed conflict and learning more about transitional justice.
Hannah Silverblank '12
Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Hannah is a Comparative Literature major whose obsessions range from ancient languages to the phenomenon of "diva-hood," and in particular, that of Mariah Carey. Metamorphoses and Mimi aside, she is deeply interested in all things literary, artistic or philosophical, and will read most any Haverford essay with delight. Deeply steeped in the family tradition of library worship, she spends most of her time behind the Circulation Desk at Magill
or trying to stake out the couch on the fourth tier. When outside Magill or enjoying a moment's respite from bibliomaniacal behaviors, Hannah loves to sing karaoke, bake goodies, paint portraits, and worry about artificial intelligence.
Fay Strongin '10
Fay Strongin is a senior Political Science major and a resident of Ehaus from Brookline, MA. She enjoys the making and viewing of art and the cooking and eating of food. She rarely rereads books, with the exception of Blueberries for Sal (a lifelong favorite), but she will reread your paper as many times as you like. She is happy to work on papers in both English and French.
Robert Thorstad '12
Robert is a sophomore from Cary, NC, intending a major in philosophy. He is an avid Red Sox fan and fancies himself a juggler, and is on a long-standing mission to become a competent bridge player. Robert also enjoys engaging in marathon sessions of speed-chess games, attending tournaments with the debate team, and partaking of late-night discussions about truth, the universe, and everything. He is always on the look-out for a good book, and will probably ask you for recommendations.
Gregory Toy '11
Gregory is a junior English major and Spanish minor from Walnut Creek, CA. He has notably been described as a carnivorous vegan and a sub-sub-librarian. In his scant spare time, he enjoys watching movies, reading books, and enriching his understanding of the world with the dubious assistance of Youtube and Wikipedia.
Goda Trakumaite '10
Goda, a senior philosophy major and history of art minor, likes novels, walks, words, pictures, and black tea. She probably likes some other things as well, and her activities range accordingly.