Writing Portfolio

Take a look at some of my projects and pieces!

Theory of Tutoring

This is a short paper outlining my core tutoring values, tutoring strategies, theoretical foundations, ethical considerations, and growth areas in my tutoring skills. 

This artifact exhibits my ability to reflect critically on my skills and the reasons I tutor the way I do. 

I hope to gain ground in the growth areas I discussed and find other ways to grow as a tutor, a writer, and a person.

Ethnographic Analysis Project Part 3

This is part of a semester long project from my sophomore Cultural Anthropology class. The instructions were to choose a published ethnography, summarize select chapters, and reflect on and connect them to the themes and topics we learned in our class readings. I chose Dr. Lilith Mahmud's ethnography Brotherhood of Freemason Sisters: Gender, Secrecy, and Fraternity in Italian Masonic Lodges, published in 2014. These are my summaries and reflections for chapter four and the conclusion.

In addition to exhibiting my understanding of anthropology as a practice and ethnographic analysis as a genre, this artifact exhibits my ability to think critically about the interpersonal skills anthropologists must develop - including my core values: listening, empathy, and accessibility. Finally, it exhibits my enthusiasm for this type of research.

I hope to carry this enthusiasm into my own ethnographic research and continue to observe other anthropologists' interpersonal skills and apply them to my daily life and my professional life as a tutor and an anthropologist.

Men in Heels: How Men Fill Traditionally Female Roles in Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

This is a research project created for my sophomore Research Methods in the Humanities class. I spent a semester constructing a research question - What roles do women fill (or not) in Pyle’s Robin Hood, how do men fill their roles in their absence, and how does this highlight the homoerotic relationships between them? - and using the research methods I learned to answer it. I accomplish this by analyzing Howard Pyle's 1883 novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood through queer and feminist lenses and drawing comparisons between the four named female characters and the principle male characters.

I feel I have really grown as a researcher and writer through this project. I have learned to look at familiar things in a different light and communicate my findings to others. My findings have led me to understand the importance of representation, which can determine the accessibility of a space. 

I'd like to continue to practice working with various research methods and refine this project a little more before publishing it.

Me as a Tutor, Me as a Writer

In this document I answer a series of questions reflecting on my personal values and goals in my tutoring career and as a writer written for my sophomore Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing class. 

This artifact exhibits my ability to reflect honestly on myself and my abilities as a tutor and a writer. 

I hope to continue to grow as a tutor and a writer. I intend to use similar questions in order to reflect on myself in my future career in order to identify areas of growth and the why of what I do.

UWC Administrative Observation

This is my first administrative observation as a writing tutor at the University of Central Florida's University Writing Center. My supervisor observed me in a session and provided feedback on what I did well and what areas I could improve in.

This artifact exhibits my current skill as a writing tutor and where I can improve. By showing it here, I'm hoping to illustrate my ability to receive feedback and my dedication to improving as a tutor.

I hope to apply my supervisor's notes to my tutoring practice and help my writers tell their stories in the most genuine way.

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