Contact the Writing Center
Mailing Address
The Writing Center11066 Auke Lake Way
Juneau, AK 99801
Mailstop: BE1
Helpful Links
Elise Tomlinson, M.P.A., M.L.I.S. (she/her)
UAS Library Dean, including the Learning, Testing, & Writing Centers, & the Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching (CELT)
View profile and contact infoStudent Tutors
Madelynne Brehmer
Madelynne Brehmer is a senior at UAS, working towards a degree in English and a minor in Outdoor Studies. She is extremely passionate about writing of all kinds, but her favorite form is free verse or prose poetry. Madelynne aspires to work in a local publishing position, but for now dearly loves her position as a writing tutor. Originally from Fairbanks, Maddie loves to explore Juneau and all of its local events, especially theatre and drag. She believes everyone has an aptitude for writing.
Kaida Irvin
Hey! My name is Kaida Irvin, I’m 20 years old, and I’m from Hoonah, Alaska. I’m majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing, as well as a minor in pathways to teaching. I plan on becoming a high school English teacher, but I also aspire to be an author. One of my big goals is to have a finished manuscript for a fiction novel before I graduate. In my free time I love to create! I love writing, drawing, crocheting, and jewelry-making. I also love reading and photography. I decided to be a Writing Center tutor because each session will be like a mini English class! I’m so excited to be here, and I hope to see you in the Writing Center!
Salafa Saulala
Hello! Call me Ishmael Salafa. I am an avid reader, amateur writer, and an admirer of education and the learning process as a whole. So much so that I somehow got it in my head to become an educator in English later in life… In any case, when not doing all the things you’d imagine an English major does (watching pretentious French movies, pretending to understand Ulysses, furiously writing music reviews on Rate Your Music), I like to play games, both video games and tabletop games. My love for games is from my time in Anchorage, my hometown, where I saw them as a nexus for skill expression and community, two things I value highly. Now in Juneau, I am honored to continue to hold these values as my guiding principles for tutoring as I now work as a resource for our campus here at UAS.