Writing Lab - Meet the Tutors

	Professor Kathy Swanson Department Chair and Professor of English Dr. Kathy Swanson created the Writing Lab at Augsburg College. She is in charge of all lab operations and tutor training. Dr. Swanson teaches courses in writing and literature; her specific interests and research center around gender and language, composition theory and practice, and women writers of detective fiction. A former Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Thailand, Kathy Swanson speaks Thai and teaches a course for Augsburg students in Thailand every other May.
	Paul Hallgren is a junior English and Philosophy student. When his mind is not completely spacing out, he enjoys playing baseball, watching a select few types of sports, and reading some quality literature. Someday he hopes to travel abroad, attend graduate school, and learn to like at least one kind of vegetable.
	Mina Halling is a senior Literature major. She is also minoring in Political Science and has spent some quality time with the theater and music departments. She sent fall semester of 2010 studying the European Union in Freiburg, Germany, which was pretty great. She is a Broadway Baby and a Harry Potter enthusiast, and her (recently-admitted) ambition in life is to write wacky TV sitcoms. This will be her first year in the lab, but a lifetime of giving unsolicited grammar lessons has prepared her well.
	Will Trembley is an English major studying creative writing and literature, language, and theory. He loves fictional writing of all forms, and his favorite author is Kurt Vonnegut. He is an avid explorer and would love to navigate his way through every wilderness on the planet.
	This summer, while living amongst the animals in the wilds on the side of a mountain, Joe Vokracka heard a call, a call that hit him directly in the soul, a call to help his fellow students fix their papers. All cleaned up and regaining the knowledge to live in civilized society, Joe is ready to go on this wondrous writing adventure with you.
	Dalia Teodonno is a sophomore from Italy, studying English with an emphasis in media writing. She is still in the process of changing her mind on major every other week but will definitely graduate with a Bachelor’s degree from the English (and maybe Psychology) department. This is her second semester working at the Writing Lab, a job that she loves and hopes will push her toward a career in book/publication editing.
	Chelsey Waala is a second year Secondary Education/Communication Arts and Literature major hoping to minor in theatre and German. Chelsey enjoys classic films, cook, and cheering for the Green Bay Packers. After graduation, she hopes to inspire high school students to love reading, excel at writing, and thoroughly enjoy the learning experience.
	Cat Thao is a second year at Augsburg and this is her second semester in the Writing Lab. She loves to do daring things like sky diving and bungee jumping. She’s awesome and nice, so don’t be afraid to ask her for help!
	Emily Rutten is in her second year at Augsburg. She is working toward a biological psychology major. She enjoys music, playing with her dog, reading, and hanging out with her awesome roommates!
	David Mann is in his first year in the Writing Lab. He is a Communication Arts and Literature teaching licensure candidate hoping to teach public school English. David enjoys Jane Austen, Richard Wagner, and his brother Bag.
	Scott Hemann is a fourth-year Sociology major, Theatre minor. He has been working in the Writing Lab for five semesters and is loving every minute of it. While outside of the lab, he enjoys spelunking, as well as other various forms of adventuring. Don\'t let his renegade lifestyle intimidate, however, because he is always locked and loaded for a good and fancy paper session.
	Katie Lawson is now in her senior year as an English and Sociology double major here at Augsburg. The 2011-12 school year will mark her fifth and sixth semesters working in the lab. When she\'s not tutoring she can be found working in the Admissions Office or organizing papers for the Honors Review. In her free time she enjoys watching anime and talking to the squirrels in Murphy Square. Katie would also like to point out that she always condones the use of \"abstruse\" when describing the complexities of love and obsession.
	Caitlin Wirth is a senior English Literature major and music minor with graduate school plans. After graduate school, she would like to teach literature and writing at the post-secondary level. This is Caitlin’s second year in the lab, and when she is not editing papers, she enjoys reading Victorian novels and Robert Frost poetry, baking cupcakes, and painting.
	This is Brad St.Aubin's first semester in the Writing Lab. He hasn't declared a major yet, but he is leaning towards psychology. He is a Harry Potter and Hunger Games super fan and tries to read as much as he can. His other interests include playing video games and spending long hours on stumbleupon.com.

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Writing Lab - Meet the Tutors