Tutors
Rock Creek Bldg. 2, Rm. 212 (in the Student Learning Center) | Coordinator: Jeff Jaeckle | 971-722-7733
- Sally Badawi
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Sally Badawi is a part-time writing instructor at Rock Creek campus. She moved to Oregon in 2006 after living in Cairo, Egypt where she taught English Composition and Creative Writing for two years. She has a love for poetry and photography, both of which she dabbles in from time to time.
- Eric Danko
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Eric Danko is an aspiring fiction writer here at PCC, working toward an English major and, eventually, a Master’s in Library Science. In addition to being a tutor here at the Writing Center, Eric also works part-time at the Cedar Mill Library in the circulation department. He enjoys the kind of nacho cheese you can only get at movie theatres, taking pictures of his friends before they notice, and writing mythology. Most of all, though, he enjoys helping others strengthen their writing. This is partly because he enjoys seeing people walk away confident with their writing, and also because by working with others, he strengthens his own writing as well. Whoever you are, wherever your interests lie, Eric looks forward to helping you out.
- Emily Frey
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Emily Frey is originally from Seattle and has lived in Colorado, Massachusetts, and China. She received her MFA from Emerson College in Boston, where she studied poetry. She teaches at the Rock Creek and Sylvania campuses.
- Kyle Lang
Kyle Lang is a native Oregonian who has flirted with other states and countries, but always remained faithful to Oregon. He’s a husband and a father, but not only these things. He’s a teacher and bartender, although he’s not only these things either. He’s written poetry, fiction, and nonfiction although he must admit that is all he’s written.
- John Morrison
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John Morrison learned about poetry and basketball while in school at the University of Alabama. He has worked in information services and store operations for Fred Meyer, in the Writers in the Schools program for Literary Arts, and as an instructor at Washington State in Vancouver, Clark College, and PCC. He and his wife, Kim, have two (please let this be true) soon to be grown-up sons.
- Kirstie Richman
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Kirstie is currently attending Portland State University where she is working on her masters degree in English. She also works full time at the Warner Pacific College library, which is where she earned her bachelors in English in 2007. She lives with her cat, Mama Kitty, who loves to sit on her lap when she's on the computer and watch her type. She moved to Portland in 2004 from Alamogordo, New Mexico, where she grew up. She has fallen in love with Portland, but admits that once in awhile she misses the dry heat of the Southwest.
- Elissa Minor Rust
Elissa Minor Rust teaches in the English department at PCC Rock Creek. She is a fiction writer whose stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, Baltimore Review, The Ledge, Crab Creek Review, Carve Magazine, Honolulu Magazine, Peregrine, and The Beacon Street Review, among others. Her short story collection, The Prisoner Pear: Stories From the Lake, was published in December 2005 by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. She could sit and talk about writing all day if she could (much to the chagrin of her husband and three kids), so she’s thrilled to be working in the Writing Center.
- Ashley Timonen
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Ashley Timonen is currently a degree seeking student at Portland Community College, and loving it! She loves education and exploring anything that has to do with it. Her passions include, but are not limited to reading, writing, playing with her two cats, doing art projects, and spending time with her new wonderful husband. Apart from being a student, Ashley is also a nanny where she cares for two fantastic young boys. The most important things to Ashley are actively listening to what others have to say and helping them according to their needs. Ashley looks forward to meeting each and every one of you!
- Andy Zboralski
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Andy Zboralski escaped from the pirate ship known as the Black Freighter in 1834. A century and a half later, circa 2003, he graduated with his master’s degree in English literature from Portland State University. Happy to be free of servitude to pirates and professors, Mr. Zboralski continued as a writing consultant in the writing center at PSU, and he began to teach research and writing classes at Portland Community College during the fall 2003. He has since worked as a writing assistant for Asian literature and history classes at PSU and continues to evade unconditional servitude.