Writing & English Tutors

Mr. Neal De Luca

Mr. De Luca earned a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts before traveling the county for several months. He was working as an assistant editor at a free “Beaches and Bars” entertainment publication in Florida when he decided to begin working towards his MA in English at Western Connecticut State University. Mr. De Luca began teaching writing and literature courses and tutoring in the WCSU Writing Lab as a graduate assistant, and since earning his degree has taught freshman composition, developmental writing, and various literature courses as an adjunct instructor at WCSU and Naugatuck Valley Community College. He also spent a year as an instructor in the English Department at Orange County Community College in New York. For the past several years he has been the WCSU AccessAbility Services Writing Specialist, where he provides tutoring and academic coaching for students with learning differences. Mr. De Luca has also participated in and run several creative writing workshops, and particularly enjoys writing – and tutoring – short fiction.

Tutors: E 101, E 102, E 103, E 105, E 110, E 202, E 212, E 213, E 214, E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 270, E 281, E 341, E 392

Ms. Alice Guido

Alice Guido first connected with UNH in the Fall of 1989 as an adjunct professor in the English Department. The next semester she added Writing Lab tutor to her CV 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. She holds a BA in English composition and an MA in film study.

Tutors: E 103, E 105, E 110, E 104, E 106, E 111,E 220, E 225, E 260, E 267, E 300 (WPE), CO 100, CO 101, CO 214, CO 340.

Mrs. Linda Lubrano

Mrs. Lubrano prefers to be at home with a book and at least one cat on her lap. At UNH, she spends her time teaching as an adjunct for the English department and tutoring in the Writing Lab. In between, Mrs. Lubrano teaches computer-assisted composition full-time for Southern Connecticut State University. Her diverse degrees include a BA in English and American History from Spring Arbor University in Michigan, an MA in American Studies from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and graduate work in ESL/EFL from various universities; these degrees have enabled her teaching to expand from inner-city high schools in Houston and Phoenix to colleges that stretch from China and Japan to Tennessee, Arizona, CT, and the US Federal Penitentiary System. Mrs. Lubrano believes all these experiences have taught her that reading and writing hold a mirror to the soul. If writers are willing to really look in that mirror, they acquire a chance to gain self-knowledge and offer that insight to their audiences.

Tutors: E 101, E 103, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 110, E 111, E 201, E 212, E 213, E 214, E 217, E 218, E 220, E 225, E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 270, E 275, E 290, E 323, E 341, E 353, E 356, E 371, E 390, E 392, E 394, E 395, E 600; FE 001; WPE; HS 101, HS 102, HS 110, HS 120, HS 207, HS 211, HS 212, HS 262, HS 264, HS 345, HS 446; ESL; FE 001

Mr. Thomas Malchodi

Tom has been assisting college-level students with their writing since 1995. That year, he began working in the Campus Writing Center at Southern Connecticut State University, where, at the time, he was an undergraduate. His MA is in English. A few years later, he began working as a writing tutor in the CLR at UNH; he continues to tutor at both universities. He teaches composition and literature at Quinnipiac and has also taught composition at Southern. However, his preferred form of interaction with students remains the one-on-one tutoring session. Nothing gives him more pleasure than when a student stops by the CLR to relate that a writing project they worked on has gone well. Tom likes to give students a place to turn to when they are frustrated or overwhelmed by the expectations of college writing.

Tutors: E 103, E 105, E 110, E 201, E 202, E 211, E 212, E 213, E 214, E 217, E 218, E 220, E 225, E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 270, FE 001, WPE

Mr. Tad Martin

Tad came to UNH in January of 1998 as the assistant director of the Center for Learning Resources. He has taught English courses at UNH, Southern Connecticut State University, and UConn. He has also taught in high school. Tad enjoys tutoring both traditional and returning students and is always happy to help international students in their efforts. Like most Writing Lab tutors, Tad will help students with papers from any class except foreign language classes. When not busy tutoring, he spends a lot of time with his sons, Samuel and Benjamin. He is also an unashamed gearhead with a vintage tractor collection.

Tutors: E 101, E 102, E 103, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 110, E 111, E 220, E 267, E 270, ED 350, T 131, E 600, MU 111, FE 001, E 300 (the WPE)

Ms. Kaye McDonough

Kaye McDonough looks forward to helping students meet the demands of the academic essay without sacrificing their lively expression of ideas and points of view. The adventure is finding out just what individual strengths and resources a student can bring to bear on an essay topic. Ms. McDonough earned a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from Sarah Lawrence. She has been teaching composition, literature, advanced editing/revision, and poetry, primarily at Quinnipiac and the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, but also at Eastern Connecticut State University, Gateway Community College, University of Hartford, and at Manhattanville. Additionally, she is particularly interested in art history and poetry from the Romantics to the Beats and beyond. She also provides tutoring support in reading and writing fundamentals.

Tutors: E 101, E 102, E 103, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 110, E 111, E 202, E 212, E 214, E 251, E 267, E 268, E 270, E 300 (WPE), AT 221, AT 222, AT 231, AT 232, AT 135, AT 331, HS 101, HS 102

Dr. Cynthia Parker

Ms. Parker has always loved reading and was happy as a college student. While studying at Connecticut College, she honed her love of music and double majored in English and music. That preparation led to graduate study in comparative literature, both at the University of Washington/Seattle and at Indiana University/Bloomington, but completion of degrees did not allay her love of learning. She dabbled in several new fields, including cognitive psychology and its insights into the writing process. Ultimately, she decided to study Chinese and spent a year with AFS in Shanghai, an experience that taught her what it is like to be a poor student. Since then, she has devoted herself to helping students who have trouble reading and writing as well as students who want exploratory discussion to enhance their writing. She has spent many years working with students who have visual impairments, and for several years she tutored at Fordham University's special program for academically challenged freshmen, continuing work with many of them through their four years of undergraduate study. She has completed one year at the CLR and enjoys the prospect of many more.

Tutors: AT 231, AT 232, AT 331, CO 102, CO 205, CO 309, CO 317, E 101, E 102, E 103, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 110, E 111, E 201, E 202, E 211, E 212, E 213, E 214, E 220, E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 270, E 290, E 300, E 323, E 341, E 353, E 356, E 371, E 390, E 392, E 393, E 395, E 406, E 407, E 408, E 409, E 477, ED 350, ED 450, ED 451, ED 452, ED 453, ED 454, ED 455, ED 456, ED 457, ED 458, ED 459, ED 503, ED 504, ED 508, FE 001, FR 101, FR 102, FR 201, FR 202, GR 101, GR 102, GR 201, GR 202, HS 101, HS 110, HS 270, MU 106, MU 111, MU 201,MU 202, P 111, P 216, P 312, P 336, P 370, PL 101, PL 205, PL 215, PL 222, PL 222, PL 356, T 131, T 132, T 241, T 242, E 600, E 659, ED 603, ED 604, ED 606, ED 608, ED 614, ED 619, ED 626, ED 627, HS 610, HU 659, P 625, PL 614

Mrs. Pavelle Wesser-Mitra

Pavelle Wesser-Mitra holds a Master's degree from Teachers College - Columbia University in the field of English Education. Her teaching experience ranges from high school to adult education with a strong emphasis in English as a Second Language. She currently teaches English Composition at Southern Connecticut State University, and has been a writing tutor in the CLR at UNH since 2007. She enjoys providing assistance to students with the writing process and welcomes any student who feels they could benefit from extra help with writing assignments.

Tutors: E 101, E 102, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 111, E 201, E 202, E 211, E 212, E 213, E 214, E 215, E 216, E 217, E 218, E 220, E 225,E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 270, E 275, E 281, E 290, E 300, E 323, E 390, E 393, E 394, E 395, E 481 ,E 498, E 599, E 406, E 407, E 408, E 409, E 477, E 478, E 479, E 480, FR 101, FR 102, CO 100, CO 102

Dr. Leon Weinmann

Dr. Weinmann is a Lecturer in the UNH English Department. He earned his undergraduate degrees in English and Classical Languages from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Although he specializes in poetry, he has taught a wide range of courses in the fields of composition, creative writing, and literature. He is also a certified ESL teacher and recently returned from a year in Rome, Italy, where he taught English at a variety of government agencies including La Presidenza del Consiglio (the Italian State Department) and the Agenzia delle Entrate (the Italian IRS). When he's not teaching, he's usually writing poetry, hiking, or listening to jazz.

Tutors: CO 100, CO 101, CO 102, CO 109, CO 200, E 101, E 102, E 103, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 110, E 111, E 201, E 202, E 211, E 212, E 213, E 214, E 217, E 218, E 220, E 225, E 230, E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 270, E 275, E 281, E 290, E 300, E 323, E 341, E 353, E 356, E 371, E 390, E 392, E 393, E 394, E 395, E 406, E 407, E 408, E 409, E 477, E 478, E 480, E 481, E 482, E 483, E 484, E 485, E 486, E 487, E 488, E 489, E 490, E 491, E 492, E 493, E 494, E 495, E 496, E 497, E 498, E 599, FE 001

Ms. Janet Wu York

Ms. Wu York earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and an MALS from Wesleyan University. Besides tutoring writing at UNH and at SCSU, she is a teaching assistant in a writing course at Yale and a violinist in the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. "The craft of writing and the art of playing music: both are powerful ways of communicating the mind and heart. Reading a sturdy sentence, resonant with meaning and texture of sound and rhythm, gives me as much pleasure as listening to a melodic line of music." Her other interests include meditation, qigong, and traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic views on health.

Tutors: AT 232, CO 100, CO 101, CO 102, E 101, E 102, E 103, E 104, E 105, E 106, E 110, E 111, E 201, E 202, E 220, E 251, E 260, E 267, E 268, E 300 (WPE), E 353, E 477, ESL courses, FE 001, HS 262, MU 111, MU 125, P 111, PL 101