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Writing Center Directors
Susan Blau, Director
Welcome to the COM Writing Center's Web site. I hope you enjoy scrolling through the site and discovering the many resources we have compiled for you -- from tutor bios and photos to grammar tips. Unfortunately, we couldn't figure out a way to create virtual candy. For that -- and for some first-rate advice about your writing -- you need to log off your computer and come in to the Writing Center.
John Hall, Associate Director
If you have any questions about the COM Writing Center's services, or how to make an appointment, please contact John Hall, the Associate Director, via phone or email.
Writing Center Fellows
All writing center fellows are COM graduate students unless otherwise noted.
Leah Burrows (Print Journalism)
Leah studied anthropology and archaeology at George Washington University. While at GW, Leah interned at National Geographic and Biblical Archaeology Review. At both magazines, Leah worked as a researcher and writer.
Kaileen Connelly (Communication Research graduate program)
Kaileen graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit, where she earned her B.A. in public relations and was a University Honors co-major. Since graduating, Kaileen has worked for a local public relations agency and a global automotive supplier doing media relations, internal communications and crisis management. She has written and placed byline/op-ed pieces and press releases on behalf of her clients in medical and automotive trade, business and regional publications.
Julia Darcey (Science and Medical Journalism)
Julia graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in biology. As an undergraduate, she researched global climate change and wrote for the student paper, The Cornell Daily Sun. After college, she worked as a paralegal at a non-profit in Washington, D.C., where she researched and edited legal and scientific works published by the organization. She is also interested in fiction writing and has recently completed a novel for young adults. Julia spent the summer writing science stories and press releases for the Woods Hole marine biological laboratory.
Walt Gardner (Screenwriting)
Walt attended Harvard University, where he concentrated in biological anthropology and served as a writer/editor for the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. Since graduating in 2005, he has worked as a news ticker editor for a startup cable network, a staff writer and freelance creative consultant for an independent animation studio in Manhattan, and an English teacher at a summer camp on Jeju Island, South Korea. He has written and co-written numerous aired scripts for kids' TV shows including Cartoon Network's TWF: Thumb Wrestling Federation and Nicktoons Network's Kappa Mikey.
Rachel Imbriglio (Film Production)
Rachel graduated from Gordon College in Wenham, MA with a B.A. in communications, focusing on film and mass communication. While there, she interned as a reader for a production studio on the Warner Brothers lot. For the last six years, she worked in marketing and public relations, writing pitches, press releases, web content, and product descriptions for clients ranging from medical technology companies to WGBH. Rachel also writes for the BU graduate film review blog, Light & Shadow.
Shweta Krishnan (Science and Medical Journalism)
Shweta is a doctor from India, whose interest in writing science and medicine for the general audience brought her to Boston University. She has participated in a creative nonfiction workshop held online by Berkeley University and occasionally writes fiction. Shweta, our ESL specialist, has written in and studied several languages, including English, German, French, Tamil and Hindi.
Selene Rosenberg (Advertising)
Selene Rosenberg graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A. in modern languages and literature (French and Russian) and studio arts. As an undergraduate, she worked as a French and Russian tutor, as well as a Russian teaching assistant. After graduation she moved to Macon, France, where she worked as a primary school English teacher for the year. She spent the summer working on organic farms in the Jura mountains.
Puneet Sandhu (Public Relations)
Puneet has an M.A. in mass communication and a B.A. in English literature, both from India. She has worked as a freelance reporter and feature writer for The Indian Express and also contributed to other Indian newspapers, including The Times of India and The Hindustan Times. Puneet has also interned with various PR agencies in India. She holds a diploma in creative writing from The British Council, New Delhi.
Caitlin Stier (Science and Medical Journalism)
Caitlin Stier attended Smith College, where she earned her B.A. in biology with a minor in English. After college Caitlin began her career in academic publishing at Nature Publishing Group. While there, Caitlin worked on the social networking site, Nature Network, and contributed pieces to the Boston hub's news section. She also composed research highlights for the journal Obesity and organized press releases for several biomedical journals.
Jason Teich (Screenwriting)
Jason received a B.A. in literary arts from Brown University. While an undergraduate, he read and critiqued screenplays for Goldcrest Films, an independent film production company, as well as watched and critiqued films for Emerging Pictures, an independent film distribution company. Jason served as program director for the Brown Film Society. After graduating, he interned at 4throwfilms, a small film production company based in New York.
