Laura Bini Carter          Kristi Gamarel Ben Hellwege Jamie Lindsay Michael Plunkett Jennifer Tang

Laura Bini Carter

Laura Bini Carter served as a WAC Fellow at Hunter College in support of writing in Introduction to Linguistics, a large Anthropology course, providing faculty support and workshops for students in disciplinary writing skills. Ms. Carter also provided research and material support for a multi-disciplinary Seminar in Translation, underwritten by a grant from the Dean of Arts and Science’s Office, which offered inter-faculty forums and guest speakers on current issues in academic and literary translation. Ms. Carter is engaged in field research and working toward her doctorate in Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Kristi Gamarel

Kristi E. Gamarel completed her PhD in Psychology at the Graduate Center in May 2014, while a WAC Fellow. During her year as a Fellow, she worked with Dr. Bryan Dowling in the Psychology Department at Hunter College, developing a website and materials to disseminate to faculty teaching Psychology 250, the required course for all Psychology majors. In addition, she created and disseminated an evaluation survey and prepared a final report for the Psychology Department to obtain graduating seniors’ feedback on their experiences and readiness for post-graduation.

Ben Hellwege

Ben Hellwege is a Ph.D. candidate in the History program at the Graduate Center. His dissertation examines the history of old age in post-World War II America, with an emphasis on the interaction between rights-based liberalism and old-age security programs. During the 2013-2014 academic year, he served as the WAC Fellow for the History Department at Hunter College, where he worked with full and part-time faculty to help undergraduate students (both major and non-major) improve their general reading, writing, and citation skills through workshops, tutorial hours, and professional development in WAC principles and practices.

Jamie Lindsay

During the 2013-14 academic year, I worked as the WAC Fellow attached to both the Thomas Hunter Honors Program and the Political Science Department. The majority of my work was with students, during office hours, via email, and in conducting specifically tailored writing workshops. I also worked with faculty in assessing writing samples of applicants to the Thomas Hunter Honors Program, and filmed a video presentation by a former department chair for their anniversary celebration. WAC has significantly changed how I will approach teaching in the future. Additionally, working with both Political Science and the already interdisciplinary Thomas Hunter Honors Program gave me a valuable perspective on the curriculum more broadly.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. My dissertation considers several substantive challenges to the consensus-oriented model of communicative ethics developed by Jürgen Habermas, considered in cross-cultural and postcolonial contexts, particularly as represented by the work of Enrique Dussel and Jacques Rancière.

Michael Plunkett

Michael Plunkett is a doctoral candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center. He specializes in medieval and Renaissance literature and is writing a dissertation about 16th-century poetic theory and experiment. As a WAC fellow he has supported the English Department at Hunter College, especially teachers and students of English 120, Expository Writing, and 220, Introduction to Literature. In addition to working individually with students as they develop their papers, Michael has designed and led workshops for students on academic writing and research, as well as teacher training sessions on integrating WAC principles into syllabi and lesson plans. Michael picked up many of his own skills as a writer in the MA English program at Hunter.  

Jennifer Tang

As a Writing Fellow, I worked with the SciMON (Science and Mathematics Opportunities Network) Project based out of the Office of the Provost to assist students interested in pursuing science research and post-graduate education. I conducted workshops on communicating with faculty members about research, strategies for reading scientific articles, and writing personal statements for graduate school applications. I also conducted group clinics and individual tutoring with students' personal statements.

I am a Candidate in the Environmental Psychology program and a Research Associate of the Children's Environments Research Group. My research examines youth political participation in city-level governance.