Karen Aubourg '18

Major: English
Minor: Education
Hometown: Arlington, MA

If not at the Writing Center or her library carrel, Karen can be found dancing at Pem Studio, munching on seaweed snacks or strawberries, running around the nature trail, or drawing fire trucks for two-year-olds at The Haverford School. She would be delighted to read essays in intermediate-level French and to challenge you to a game of Bananagrams!

Nick Barile '18

Major: Political Science

Hometown: Rivervale, NJ

Nick is a Political Science major, although he’s a passionate lover of English and History as well. Outside the Writing Center, he rows for the crew team, co-captains Mock Trial, and writes for The Clerk. He’s also an avid outdoorsman who spends his summers as an Adirondack trek guide, fending off profuse amounts of mosquitoes and the occasional bear. In the civilized world, Nick likes dogs, Dire Straits, the Times, poppy seed bagels, and Downton Abbey.

Jane Bary '19

Major: Political Science
Hometown: Short Hills, NJ

Jane is a political science major from Short Hills, NJ. You'll most likely find her at the library; she thinks that if she spends enough time there, the school won't shut it down for renovations. Unfortunately, Jane was born a Jets fan, and she's hoping this will be the year that she and her sister finally win their fantasy football league. Jane plays on the Haverford tennis team and her biggest accomplishment in life was when she won a tennis match against a guy who was the Bachelor back in the show's early days, before it was cool to watch. She's excited to work at the Writing Center this year!

Zach Broadman '20

Major: Computer Science
Minor: Economics

Zach is a computer science major and economics minor who hopes to work in software development and one day start his own business. On campus, he is a teacher’s aide at Thorne Kindergarten, a computer science grader, and a player on the men’s rugby team. Outside of school, Zach loves to play basketball, ski, sail, eat, and cook. This year he is also excited to be helping a nonprofit basketball camp expand into Philly!

Allie Corcoran '19

Majors: Political Science and Spanish
Hometown:Greensboro, NC

Allie enjoys driving at night, taking the bus to random stops, and registering people to vote. She also loves big dogs, big cookies, and big cups of tea. Allie will be studying in Cuba this fall, but she’s excited to hear about everyone's spring semester papers and projects. Allie is happy to read any paper, but she has the most experience with social science and humanities papers.

Abby Cox '18

Major: English
Minor: Spanish
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Abby is a proud Pittsburgh native with a soft spot for Philadelphia. She is an English major with a minor in Spanish and a love for history, but she welcomes students working in any discipline. She is happy to work with essays in Spanish as well as English. Outside of the classroom and the Writing Center, you can find Abby working at the Coop, attempting to complete a crossword puzzle, or reading one of her beloved magazines. She would also love to talk to you about any movies you've seen lately, the Pittsburgh Steelers, her cat, your cat, and/or any other cat.

Faith Danglo '19

Major: Political Science
Minor: Health Studies
Hometown: Cambridge, MA

Faith is a junior political science major and Health studies minor who is interested in pursuing a career in public health. Outside of school, Faith really likes to bake (and eat!) She has recently gotten into boxing and plans to join a boxing gym in Ardmore this year. Faith particularly enjoyed her political science classes and first-year writing seminar and is looking forward to working with students in these courses.

Lili Domenick '19

Major: Spanish
Minor: Health Studies and Latin American and Iberian Studies
Hometown: West Chester, PA

Lili loves visiting coffee shops, hiking, drinking tea, folding small bits of paper, gardening, and consuming all things mocha flavored. During the summers, she works at a French Bakery in West Chester. At Haverford, Lili is a PAF, works at the circulation desk in the science library, and spends a lot of time on the nature trail. She enjoys taking classes in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights, Spanish, religion, and creative writing, and would love to help with introductory Spanish papers as well as other papers in any stage of the writing process. Lili treasures the complexity and vulnerability of writing, and feels very privileged to read your work.

Olivia DuSold ‘18

Major: Psychology
Minor: Neuroscience

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Olivia is a psychology major and a neuroscience minor. She has also been deeply influenced by the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program. Olivia is an avid fan of classical music and plays the violin in the Bi-Co Orchestra, as well as in the chamber music program. In her free time, she enjoys listening to her favorite podcast, The Moth. She also loves violin magazines, avocados on toast, and British period dramas.

Julia Fortier '18

Major: History
Minor: Chemistry
Hometown: Chappaqua, NY

A history major and chemistry minor, Julia can most often be found in either the Hall building or the Londergan Lab. Her favorite historical time period is the Scientific Revolution and her favorite historical figure is Catherine the Great. During her free time, Julia enjoys exploring Philadelphia, eating pad thai, and playing monopoly. She looks forward to working with you in the Writing Center and reading work from all disciplines, including science lab reports!

Brooke Garbarini '20

Major: Undecided
Hometown: Boulder, CO

Brooke is an undecided major, but will likely study history and math. She is also interested in political science. Throughout her childhood, she tried many different activities, including soccer, horseback riding, swimming, synchronized swimming, tennis, flute, piano, tap dancing, ballet, and climbing, but did not do a very good job sticking to most of them. These days, she tries to be more decisive about things and is also an avid knitter and reader, a promoter of her home state of Colorado, and a fan of movies, YouTube videos, and podcasts. She is always up for a challenge, including when reading papers, although she is probably most excited to read history essays.

Batia Katz '19

Major: Economics
Hometown: New York, NY

Batia is an economics major, but she also loves history, math, and English. Outside of the Writing Center, she is an HCO for the class of 2020 and tutors in the Petey Greene program. Batia loves folk music, ice cream, being outside, New York City, and The Office.

Sarah Kay '19

Major: Economics and Computer Science
Hometown: Eugene, OR

Sarah is a double major in economics and computer science. An Oregon native, she loves anything to do with the outdoors, including hiking, camping, and swimming. She plays volleyball, water polo, guitar and piano and also enjoys hiking with her dog and baking. She has experience writing lab reports and welcomes papers written in French, in which she is fluent.

Emily Kingsley ‘18

Major: Sociology

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA

At Haverford, Emily enjoys dancing and singing in folk club, going to Ehaus dinners, and hanging out with geese by the duck pond. She also likes reading, petting her cats, and watching movies with her family. Emily is interested in learning and talking about social inequalities and intersectional oppression, with an emphasis on race and disability studies. She has experience with social sciences and humanities papers, including psychology research essays. Emily also loves her sisters, the TV show Arthur, music, and raisins.

Katya Konradova '19

Major: Comparative Literature
Hometown: Benesov, Czech Republic

Katya is a junior from the country of beer and Franz Kafka and a full-time language enthusiast. Besides deciphering novels for her comparative literature major, Katya also enjoys writing, interrupting conversations with random phrases in Arabic, managing the European Club and watching British sketch comedy. She is great at making spectacular (read: impossible) post-grad travel plans and her favorite way to kill time is playing music and hanging out with her Music & Arts House family. She can also be seen working at the Haverford Bookstore, so you will find her fingerprints on some of your textbooks (please do not misuse). Humanities papers are her thing, but she’ll be happy to help you out with anything!

Miles Knecht '19

Major: English
Hometown: New York, NY

Miles is a junior with a love of theater, houseplants, and printing things. While he has decided on an English major, he briefly flirted with physics, religion, fine arts, and the idea of dropping out to live in the woods and keep bees. He also works in admissions and was an SRP for Tri-Co last year.

Olivia Legaspi '19

Major:English
Minor: Education and Fine Arts
Hometown: Pleasant Gap, PA

Olivia has moved more times than she can count, but she currently lives near Penn State in the small town of Pleasant Gap with her parents, three siblings, and five-year-old Yorkie, Grumio. On campus, she is the Students’ Council Officer of the Arts, a member of the Quaker Bouncer board and AMA Committee, and an Opinions Editor for The Clerk; she also works in the Alumni Office and Dining Center. In her free time, Olivia enjoys going to the gym, babysitting, watching Portlandia and Friday Night Lights, writing fiction and poetry, painting, and creating sculptures. Olivia feels honored to be able to read your papers, and welcomes students working in any discipline.

Mattias Lundberg '20

Major: Undecided
Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland

Mattias has thought about many different majors, but will most likely decide on Music. He grew up in a very musical household and taught himself many instruments as a young child. At Haverford, he sings in the S-Chords, Chamber Singers, and with various other singing groups around the Philly area. As well as music, Mattias is interested in pursuing a lot of English and Political Science at HC.

Jordan McGuffee ‘18

Major: Political Science
Minor: German, Philosophy

Hometown: Chattanooga, TN

Jordan is a Co-Captain for Mock Trial, participates in Amnesty International, is a member of The Throng Improv Comedy, works at the circ desk in Magill, and gives tours for Admissions. Last year, Jordan was a CP for a first-year hall and is currently an AMA. She consumes a daily amount of caffeine that would make the FDA reconsider its illegality, but likes to think she can quit at any time. She aggressively believes Red Vines are better than Twizzlers and will debate you. When bored, Jordan enjoys blindly trying new things until she realizes they're hard. Her most recent ventures have been vegetarianism, a "My First Watercolors" kit, and running.

Eliza Namnoum '20

Major: Undecided
Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Eliza has not yet decided on a major, but she's leaning towards English or political science with a minor in French. Outside of the Writing Center, she likes yoga, eating peanut butter straight from the jar, and marathoning House Hunters International (preferably all three simultaneously). She can often be found Facetiming one of her six siblings or pretending she's on Masterchef in the DC. Eliza is thrilled to join the Writing Center and would love to work with you on papers in either English or French.

Catheline Phan '18

Major: Biology
Minor: Neuroscience/Health Studies

Catheline is a Biology major and Neuroscience/Health Studies minor from Mission Viejo, CA. When not spending time in the lab, she embraces her humanities side by playing viola, learning languages, and working on projects related to the subjects of public art, diaspora studies, post-colonialism, or Asian/American studies. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she has been mistaken as a history or psychology major many times. Catheline looks forward to helping people with all kinds of writing, as writing is an interdisciplinary, two-way learning process. Bring your lab reports, your humanities papers, and/or pictures of your pet dog.

Maurice Rippel '19

Major: English
Minor: Education
Hometown: Wyndmoor, PA

Maurice is a junior English major and Education minor. When not in the Writing Center, he can probably be found cramming in an article for The Clerk before the weekly deadline or working with Admissions. Maurice enjoys going to the gym, taking spontaneous trips into Philadelphia, and snapping Polaroids with friends. He also does work with Mentor for Philly and is a CP.

Kerry Rodríguez '18

Major: Political Science
Minor: Economics
Hometown:NYC

Kerry is a senior hailing from Harlem who -- fun fact -- loves rooting for the Boston Red Sox and Celtics. At the Bi-Co, you may find him dancing bachata and salsa with Pulso and exploring Philadelphia with friends. He would love to talk about any and all of your writing-related queries for upcoming class assignments. Don't hesitate to bring questions concerning summer work applications -- Kerry has extensive experience in consulting, immigration law, and the non-profit sector.

Ellen Schoder '19

Major: History
Hometown: Ardsley, NY

Ellen is a junior history major. She spent last summer writing at The Philadelphia Public School Notebook and during the year she also writes for The Clerk. Ellen is passionate about curling and playing piano. She also enjoys listening to Elvis, eating chocolate cake, and exploring Philadelphia. She will be abroad fall semester but looks forward to working with you in the spring.

Amanda Soled '18

Major: Political Science
Minor: Environmental Studies

Hometown: Randolph, NJ

Amanda is a political science major with a minor in environmental studies and a concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights. When she’s not trying to save the world (one Prius at a time), she can be found studying in the library, fencing, or attempting culinary perfection at the DC. An avid traveler, Amanda enjoys exploring all corners of the world. As evidence of her journeys, she hasn’t celebrated her birthday in the United States in the last 15 years. She loves adventure and all things outdoors, and she’s spent several summers living in the wilderness, including a summer in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and one in the Himalayas of Bhutan. Her life goals include opening a bagel store that doesn’t close at 2pm and inventing a windshield wiper that actually reaches that little triangle at the bottom of the glass.

Elom Tettey-Tamaklo '19

Major: Political Science
Hometown: Accra, Ghana

Elom is a junior political science major with a concentration in African Politics and Governance. When Elom is not spending time at the Writing Center, he is working at the Office of Academic Affairs (OAR). Elom enjoys exploring other writing-intensive disciplines such as literature, religion and anthropology. A lover of music and the arts, he spends most of his time in the heart of Philadelphia, either singing with the New Spirit of Penn gospel choir or watching performances at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. He is constantly daydreaming about home, and you may catch Elom singing some Ghanaian tunes which he loves to teach others!

Rosa Urquiza '20

Major: Undecided
Hometown: Santa Ana, CA

I am a proud Xicana on a quest to obtain my higher education. I am a prospective psychology major and I plan to minor in health studies. I want to pursue a career in public health because I want to battle the health disparities I grew up seeing within my community. In my free time, I love painting with watercolors, swimming, taking trips into Philly and hanging out with friends. If not in the Writing Center, you can find me working behind the circulation desk in the Science Library, hanging out with the first-year students for whom I will be a PAF, or in the new community house, Existence as Resistance. I am really excited to hear your ideas and work through any stage of the writing process.

Seanna Viechweg '19

Major: English
Hometown: Bronx, NY

Seanna is a junior English major with interests in African-American and Caribbean Literature. This past summer, Seanna worked with Breakthrough New York as a teaching fellow, where she taught an 8th-grade literature class as well as exciting chants to students! When she’s not up late reading or writing, Seanna can be found hanging out with her friends and family, watching endless makeup videos on Youtube, or exploring Philadelphia. Seanna is super excited to work at the Writing Center this year and help students with their papers, especially those in the social sciences and humanities.

Sarah Wade '18

Major: English
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia

Sarah is a senior English major who is mostly from Chesapeake, Virginia but has also lived in DC, California, and Puerto Rico. Sarah can generally be spotted in the Phillips Wing of Magill or on the nature trail. She enjoys writing (most of the time), reading (all of the time), and running (almost all of the time). Other hobbies include staring out of windows on long car rides, watching movies, and sleeping as much as humanly possible. Sarah has the most experience with English papers, but would love to help out with essays from any discipline.