Meet Our Tutors

Robert Milano

Mr. Milano has been an adjunct instructor of mathematics at the University of New Haven since 1984. He holds a B.S. in mathematics and psychology, an M.S. in education research and measurements and a Sixth Year Advanced Diploma in education administration supervision.

Mr. Milano has taught mathematics at Notre Dame High School in West Haven and at Amity Regional Senior High School. He also served as the Director of BioStatistics for the City of New Haven form many years.

His background includes five rather diverse positions held at United Technologies � Sikorsky Division; Quality Engineer, Human Resource Director, Training Coordinator, Total Quality Management Consultant and Mechanical Engineer.

Of all the different positions he has held, university teaching and tutoring remain his favorite and most rewarding. Mr. Milano has sung at several local churches and was a member of the New Haven Chorale

Mr. Tad Martin
Tad Martin is a writing tutor and adjunct profesor in English literature and composition, and has worked in the Writing Lab for ten years. He has taught at the University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University, the University of Connecticut, the Sylvan Learning Center, and several public and private middle and high schools. Mr. Martin holds a BA and an MS in English from Southern, and is certified to teach grades 7 through 12. When he is not tutoring, he likes to spend time with his two sons as well as tinkering with all things mechanical (cars, tractors, and more).
Mr. Joseph E. Chmura

Joseph E. Chmura, MSCIS, MSOR, M.B.A. has an extensive professional and interdisciplinary background in operations research, computer, informational sciences, and econometric and financial modeling. As a special lecturer at UNH and adjunct faculty member at the University of Hartford, the University of Bridgeport, and Southern Connecticut State University, he has conducted graduate courses in decision support systems, management science, inventory control, quality control methods, queuing theory, linear programming, advanced forecasting methods, advanced technical programming, probability theory, inferential statistics, operations management, management information systems, and project management. Mr. Chmura shares his time between adjunct teaching assignments at several universities and the Center for Learning Resources at UNH, where he supports students in Quantitative Methods (Statistics and Operations Management), computer applications (PHSTAT, STATPro, MegaStat, SPSS and Excel), Project Management, Finite Math, Basic & Intermediate Algebra, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus.

Mr. Thomas Malchodi
I have been assisting college-level students with their writing since 1995. That year, I began working in the Campus Writing Center at Southern Connecticut State University, where at the time I was an undergraduate. A few years later, I began working as a writing tutor in the CLR here at UNH; I am still tutoring at both universities. I have also gone on to become a composition instructor, and I now teach at Southern and at Quinnipiac. However, my preferred form of interaction with students remains the one-on-one tutoring session. Nothing gives me more pleasure than when a student stops by the CLR to inform me that a writing project I have worked on with that student has gone well thanks to our collaborative effort. I like to think that I give students a place to which to turn when they are frustrated or overwhelmed by the expectations of college writing.
Dr. Saad Ahmed
Dr. Saad Ahmed has a PhD in Comparative Literature. He taught courses in writing, literature, and foreign languages at different universities. At the University of New Haven, he started teaching in the English Department and, a few years later, tutoring in the Writing Lab. Over the years, American and international students in several academic programs have worked with him on their assignments, papers, and projects.
Ms. Sarah Wareck
I tutor in the writing center. I hold an MFA in fiction writing from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. I also teach at Yale University and at the Yale English Language Institute. My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Fiction Journal, Chicago Reader, Bayou Magazine, Backwards City Review, Controlled Burn, North Carolina Literary Review, Other Voices, and Waiting Room.
Zack Rosen
Zack Rosen was born in New Haven, CT and is currently an undergraduate student at the University of New Haven, majoring in Music And Sound Recording. Although a commuter student from Milford, Zack remains extremely busy on campus. He is the Assistant Editor for the official student newspaper of the University of New Haven, The Charger Bulletin and DJ and Website Director for 88.7FM WNHU. Additionally, Zack is a sitting member of the USGA Communications Board. Zack owns, runs, and maintains his own web design and audio processing business where he works for fitness consultants, financial planners and advisors, writers, and more. Zack is an activist and remains extremely involved with politics, planning to re-startup the UNH College Democrats, and is a member of the Obama campaign Truth Squad in Connecticut. He offers his help in the Center for Learning Resources' Computer Lab for Microsoft Office, web programming, image manipulation, email, Internet services, and other computer & technology-related tasks.
Ms. Pavelle Wesser-Mitra
Pavelle Wesser-Mitra's teaching experience ranges from private business schools to high schools. Currently, she teaches English as a Second Language to adults in East Haven and also provides homebound tutoring to students in Cheshire. She is originally from New York City and moved to Connecticut about five years ago with her husband and two children.
Alice Guido
Alice Guido first connected with UNH in the Fall of 1989 as an adjunct in the English Department. The next semester she added Writing Lab tutor to her c.v. and a few years later began counseling students for the Office of Academic Services. She still tutors for the CLR and counsels for OAS. Alice derives the greatest satisfaction when students discover better solutions than she does, proof that they're fully invested in the process of learning. Most enlightening experience at UNH: teaching Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" to a class that contained a sight-impaired student. Bachelor's in English comp; master's in film study.
K.L. Howling
KL has 25 years teaching college age students English as a Foreign or Second Language both in the USA and in the Near East. She has a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University and a Masters degree in Counseling Education from Portland State University . She is fluent in German as she has studied and worked in southern Germany. Having lived in the Near East for 18 years, she has had the opportunity to travel throughout that region of the world plus Europe and the Far East. KL is currently teaching at the University of Bridgeport. She has taught all skill areas of the English language as well as Introduction to Literature and Freshman Composition.
Erik Remec

Erik Remec has tutored mathematics in the CLR since 1997 and is also an adjunct professor in Mathematics at UNH and Southern Connecticut State University.

An avid traveler, Erik feels at home the most on the road somewhere. A self described music fanatic, he spends a good deal of his free time and money attending concerts and when he gets the chance, he’s been known to pick up the guitar as well. He can also be spotted around town singing along to his car stereo trying not to look too ridiculous. His musical tastes are fairly eclectic but hard rock & classic metal will always hold a special place in his heart. Erik is also a contributing music writer for the online publication FREE! Magazine.

Kathy Uebelacker
Kathy Uebelacker has an MA in math from Syracuse University and a BS in math from Le Moyne College. She has been an adjunct math instructor at UNH since 1978, and has enjoyed working with individual students in the math lab since its inception. She enjoys quilting in her free time. Her tessellation based quilt hangs in the math office, Maxcy 204.
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