Graduate Writing Center Consultants
Melanie Thongs
PhD Physics
MFA Creative Writing – Nonfiction
Editor, WSU Professional Editing Service Center
GWC Consultant
melanie.thongs@wsu.edu
Bill Engels
PhD English Literature
International Instructor of Writing 1998 – 2014
Former Principal of English Medium School in Bangladesh
Instructor of Writing at Spokane Falls Community College
GWC Consultant
william.engels@wsu.edu
Sherwin K. R. Sales
BA Literature and Creative Writing
MA English
PhD Student in Rhetoric and Composition
Research Interests: composition studies, writing center theory, Filipino American studies, Asian American studies
GWC Consultant
sherwin.sales@wsu.edu
Elitza Kotzeva
MA Slavic Studies
MA Local Development
MA English
PhD Candidate in Rhetoric
Research Interests: rhetoric theory, performance theory, intercultural rhetorics
GWC Consultant and Outreach Coordinator
elitza.kotzeva@wsu.edu
Richard Shafer
PhD Rural Sociology and Journalism/ University of Missouri
Emeritus Professor of Journalism/ University of North Dakota
Conducted journalism courses and workshops in 40+ countries for Fulbright, Soros Foundation and US State Department
richard.shafer@wsu.edu
Jamie Flathers
MFA Creative Writing – Fiction
Former Lecturer in Creative Writing, Professional Writing, and Composition at the University of Idaho
Research Interests: creative writing pedagogy, composition theory, intercultural communication
GWC Consultant
jamie.flathers@wsu.edu
Troy Rowden
MA Candidate Rhetoric and Composition
Research Interests: Writing Center Theory, Political Economy, Electronic Literature, Rhetoric and Composition
GWC Consultant
troy.rowden@wsu.edu