The Writing Center is made up of mainly graduate English students and English major upperclassmen, although we are multidisciplinary and multilingual.
Tutors can work with you at any stage of writing: from brainstorming an idea, to a final last look. We can even assist with the preparatory notes and planning for your oral presentations.
The tutors can assist you with writing, but they will not edit your papers. Of course, they are more than happy to explain problems that you are having, but do not expect them to "correct" your papers. Each session is intended to be a learning experience.
We believe the perfection of writing is vital. Learning to organize our thoughts and express them logically teaches us how to think critically. Becoming aware of our audience and of different points of view makes us more ethical human beings. Also, learning to communicate well gives us the tools we need to enter into the discourse of our chosen fields.
Professor Judith Gardner came to UTSA in the fall of 1980 as a lecturer in what is now known as The Writing Program. Before she died in May 2008, she wore many hats: the supreme teacher, the administrator of The Writing Program and Writing Center, a colleague to her fellow professors, and a friend and mentor to countless students.
Judy was also the fearless leader of The Writing Program. Her pet project was The Writing Center with its technology lab and Tutoring services, which she founded in 1999. She also piloted the Writing Across the Curriculum program. She was always an excellent example of what she expected from each of her colleagues.
All the facets of Judy’s life and the qualities of her as a person made her a friend to everyone. She was never too busy or, in her last two years, never felt too bad to listen to her friends’ and students’ problems, whether school-related or personal. Judy had a way of perking up those around her. She influenced everyone to strive to be better people and gave people courage with her bravery. For all of these reasons, Judith G. Gardner was the consummate teacher and the ultimate mentor and advocate for students.
On September 5, 2008, The Writing Center was renamed The Judith G. Gardner Center for Writing Excellence.
Alina is a senior. She is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Business. She served as an embedded tutor in Professor Meritz' WRC 1013 in previous semesters and is happy to work with his students (and other WRC 1013 students) this semester.
Gabriella is a neuroscience major. She is a part of the Honors College. She has lived in 8 places, including Germany and Japan as a military dependent, so she feels an affinity to international students.
Joanna is a senior majoring in neuroscience with a minor in professional writing. She has worked as a medical scribe for three years. She is fluent in Tagalog. She especially likes working with APA documentation.
Joel is a junior majoring in Cybersecurity. He has an Associate's Degree in Literature from St. Lucia. He speaks French and Creole.
Liz is a senior English major. She is comfortable with MLA, APA, and Chicago documentation styles. She is an intern this semester at the Writing Center.
Michael has a B.A. degree in English with a minor in Creative Writing. He has taken several graduate classes at UTSA in the M.A. program. He can help with MLA and APA documentation styles.
Gabriella is a neuroscience major. She is a part of the Honors College. She has lived in 8 places, including Germany and Japan as a military dependent, so she feels an affinity to international students.
Jason has a Bachelor's degree in English with a dual concentration in Creative and Professional Writing. He is comfortable helping with MLA, APA, and CMS documentation styles.
Ursula holds a BA in English from Middlebury College and an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She prefers APA but is also trained in MLA, AP, and Chicago.
Zuwena has a BA in English from UTSA, and is working on her MPhil in Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics at Oxford University. She is most comfortable with APA and MLA, but has also worked with Chicago. She speaks English, Hindi, and Urdu. She also understands Gujarati.
Heather has a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration from UTSA. She is available to assist students with any of their software related questions: i.e. formatting papers in Word, creating tables or graphs in Excel, designing slides in PowerPoint, etc.