Faculty consultants work with students and alumni who are writing personal statements for post-graduate opportunities such as graduate school, health professions, law school, or post-graduate fellowships.

Current students and alumni wishing to make a 50-minute appointment with one of the CWL faculty consultants may make an appointment by:

  1. calling us at 253.879.3404
  2. emailing us at cwlappointments@pugetsound.edu
  3. stopping by Howarth 105
  4. following the instructions our Make an Appointment page.
Renee Simms

 

Renee Simms, Associate Professor of African American Studies

Pronouns: she/her/hers

My training is in creative writing and law, and I teach courses in fiction writing, The Harlem Renaissance, Survey of African American Literature, Black Fictions and Feminisms, and Environmental Racism. My research interests include community writing pedagogy and black feminist interventions in literary canon formation, environmental justice, and law. I enjoy helping students think through choices they鈥檝e made in a draft as well as the expectations of a written genre. I believe all great writing happens during revision.
Ariela Tubert

 

Ariela Tubert, Professor of Philosophy

My training is in philosophy. My research focuses on how we make decisions, including the range of values, psychological motives, and social and environmental influences on our actions. I teach courses in moral philosophy, philosophy of law, existentialism, environmental ethics, data ethics, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and Latin American and Latinx philosophy. I believe that writing helps us think more clearly and it is through the writing process that we figure out what we want to say. I enjoy working with students through revisions as they figure out what they want to say and how to convey it in a clear and compelling manner.