Writing Center Staff

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HotTub TheCat

hottub@hmc.edu

Pronouns: They/them/theirs

Feline, Warm Water Studies, Literature Concentration

HotTub has warmed the Writing Center with their presence for several years. Commonly sighted in the Writing Center, atop shelves, and in sweet dreams. A great listener, HotTub enjoys helping students brainstorm ideas for papers.

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Mackenzie Vignoul

mvignoul@hmc.edu

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Mackenzie is a senior physics major with a French HSA concentration. This is her third year in the Writing Center, and in her free time she enjoys long walks in the woods and watching old episodes of Star Trek. Her favorite vegetable is the acorn squash.

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Sophie Ehlen

sehlen@hmc.edu

Pronouns: She/her

Sophie is a senior Physics Major and Literature Concentration. She has worked at the Writing Center since her sophomore year. For fun, she likes to draw, dance, hike, and eat cookies. Sophie’s favorite vegetable is a SAFE thesis.

Harvey Mudd humanities courses: Psychology of Close Relationships; Fiction Writing Workshop; Introduction to Classical Liberalism; Dickens, Hardy, and the Victorian Era; Poe Goes South

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Isabel King

iking@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Isabel is a senior engineering major and literature concentration. She has taken writing workshops in review writing and creative writing. She speaks Italian, Spanish, and French. Her favorite fruit is a kiwi, and her favorite vegetable is an eggplant.

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Lucius Bynum

lbynum@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Senior, Data Science Major, Economics Concentration

In his third year at the Writing Center, Lucius remains a consistent drinker of Writing Center tea. He is passionate about Data Science, food, singing in the shower, and all sections of Writ 1. He speaks English, French, and should probably know Creole better than he currently does. Like Sidd Chandra, he strongly believes all vegetables are great vegetables.

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Emily Dorsey

edorsey@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: she/hers

Senior, CS and French Major

Emily has worked at the writing center for 2 years, and particularly enjoys literary analysis papers.  Emily studied abroad in Paris at the Nouvelle-Sorbonne University, where she took French literature courses.  She really likes bell peppers, and in her spare time loves hiking, reading, and baking.

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Lillian Liang

lliang@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: she/hers

Lillian is a Senior Engineering Major concentrating in Literature. She has worked at the writing center for two years and in her spare time, she enjoys reading, eating, hiking, listening to music, playing tennis, and watching beach sunsets. Her favorite vegetable is bok choy.

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Chris Strong

cstrong@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: He / Him / His

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Chris is a Junior Engineering Major concentrating in Linguistics who also enjoys physics. He likes bell peppers and spinach. In Chris’ free time he likes to to dance, read, run, and listen to music. This will be Chris’ second year in the writing center.

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Flora Gallina-Jones

fgallinajones@hmc.edu

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Sophomore, Math and CS Major

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Kaitlyn Loop

kloop@hmc.edu

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Kaitlyn is a junior engineering major with a concentration in economics. Her favorite papers to read are E4 papers. In her free time she likes to do taekwondo. Carrots are her favorite vegetable .

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Chris Doering

cdoering@hmc.edu

Pronouns: he/him/his

Junior, Joint Bio and Chem Major, Philosophy Concentration

Chris is a junior chem/bio major with a concentration in philosophy. When he’s not in lab (which is most of the time) he enjoys climbing, backpacking, and skiing. Chris strongly identifies with the kalette.

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Blake Larkin

blarkin@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: He, Him, His

Junior, CS Major, Religious Studies Concentration

Blake is a junior CS major in his second year as a Writing Center consultant. He most enjoys argumentative essays focusing on philosophy and schools of thought. He knows that the potato is the only candidate for any best vegetable competition. He enjoys nice long walks on the beach, candle-lit dinners, and SAFE theses.

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Natasha Floerke

nfloerke@g.hmc.edu

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Junior, Math/Comp/Bio Major, Literature Concentration

This is Natasha’s second year at the writing center. She especially likes consulting on literary analysis papers and papers for film or media studies classes. Natasha loves cats and likes to read poetry, listen to music, and bake in her free time. Her favorite vegetable is asparagus and in her opinion bell peppers are the worst vegetable (in fact they are actually a fruit). Natasha thinks that writing is one of the hardest things and is very #inspired by all of her consultees! Also she is a Virgo.

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Nelll White

nwhite@g.hmc.edu

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Nelll is a junior CS major with a music concentration. She enjoys formal poetry and literary analysis. She has taken an intro philosophy course, and is really interested in reading philosophy papers. Her favorite vegetable is broccoli.

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Sidd Chandra

schandra@g.hmc.edu

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Sidd is a sophomore engineer with a photography concentration. When he is not helping people at the writing center he likes to spend time climbing with Chris Doering. He also loves to spend his free time tending to his vegetable garden because he knows that all vegetables are the best vegetables. Alignment is chaotic good.

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Djassi Julien

djulien@g.hmc.edu

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Sophomore, CS Major, Dance Concentration

Djassi Julien is originally from New York City and is passionate about carbs. You can find him in the pasta bar line at every claremont college each week. He also enjoys registering for introductory ballet classes and then claiming that he is the primo ballerino of the Los Angeles and New York Ballets. In his free time, he plays with portrait mode on his iPhone.

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Danielle Michaud

dmichaud@g.hmc.edu

Danielle is a sophomore engineering major with a deep passion for space and the environment. Besides writing Danielle enjoys cuddling cats, figuring out how to get more jicama into her diet, and taking naps. A fun fact about her is that she likes to clean her room when she’s avoiding doing work; she has coined the word “procrasti-cleaning” to describe this activity.

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Sophomore, Engineering Major, Art History Concentration

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