So—what is a "student writing assistant"? Who are these students who will listen to your questions about your essays and work with you to come up with answers? In some colleges, they’re referred to as "peer tutors," in other schools, as "peer consultants." We chose the term "student writing assistants" to identify ourselves: we’re students, like you; we’re interested in the possibilities and processes of writing, and we have prepared ourselves to be useful to you, the writer.

Seven student writing assistants (SWAs), who are experienced at writing academic papers in a variety of disciplines, are here to respond to the individual needs and concerns of student writers. SWAs for the Fall 2007 term include:

Kate DeBolt,  Melissa Jacobowitz,  Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark,
Mem Ward-Lichterman,  Kara Phelps,  Salome Blignaut,  Jessica Bardsley

Campus writing consultant Jan Wheeler contributed to the creation of a writing center at New College, and she oversees activities at the center. 

One way to understand who we are and what we do is to contrast ourselves with what we’re not: we’re not editors or proofreaders; we don’t pretend to have all the answers. Our hope is that, working together, we’ll arrive at some solutions.