The Brandeis Writing Center
We close for the Spring semester on Friday, May 9 at 6pm.
To reserve a consultation session, please sign up here.
Beginning Thursday, May 1st, all tutorial sessions will be drop-in only. Please come to the Writing Center at 12, 3, or 6 pm to sign-up in person for a session within that 3-hour block. Arrive at 12pm to sign up between 12-3, 3pm to sign up between 3-6, or 6pm to sign up between 6-9pm.
These restrictions are in place to serve as many students in need as possible by limiting no-shows. Drop-in sessions are first-come, first-serve. No online sign-up is required.
Also, please note: even if our daily schedule appears full online, students often cancel at the last minute. Please stop by during the day and double-check with our tutors if you need an appointment. We will have extra tutors working during finals week and should be able to assist you.
Hours and Location
Monday-Thursday: 12:00pm-9:00pm
Friday: 12:00pm-6:00pm
Located on the Farber Mezzanine, Goldfarb Library
Spring 2008 Schedule
Monday, January 21: University Holiday: Writing Center Closed
Tuesday, January 22: Writing Center Opens for the Spring Semester
Wednesday, January 23: Brandeis Monday: Monday Staff Schedule in Effect
Monday, February 18-Friday Feb. 22: Midterm Recess: Writing Center Closed
Friday, March 21: University Holiday: Writing Center Closed
Monday, April 21-Friday April 25: Spring Recess: Writing Center Closed
Tuesday, April 29: Brandeis Friday: Friday Staff Schedule in Effect
Friday, May 9: Last Day of Writing Center Services for the Term
Please be aware:
- All evening shifts Mondays-Thursdays 6-9PM are now drop-in only. No online sign-up required! Arrive at 6PM to ensure a session.
- Please sign up online for one of our daytime sessions at least 48 hours in advance.
- If you could not reserve the daytime slot you wanted, please don't give up! Be sure to stop by the Writing Center and inquire as we often have open sessions throughout the day due to last-minute cancellations.
- Students who are more than 10 minutes late forfeit their session.
- If you receive an error message when attempting to enroll, that means the session is already full and you must select another time slot.
- To cancel an appointment: Go to my.brandeis.edu/workshops and log in, then click on the "Enrolled Appointments" tab, find your timeslot, click "unenroll" and then click "ok" before closing the window.
- Please cancel and unenroll if you cannot make your appointment.
Please sign up for one 40-45 minute consultation session per shift (with the exception of graduate students and senior thesis writers).
Print your paper out before your session! Our consultants will not work from your laptop. There are print stations and computer clusters located on the Farber mezzanine.
In preparation for the session, students can fill out the Writing Assignment Worksheet.
Faculty, instructors, and teaching fellows can use the Writing Center Referral Worksheet to refer students to the writing center.
At the request of faculty and administration, Writing Center consultants are not permitted to help students with mid-term, "take-home" or final exams. If you know that the nature of your assignment will be unclear to the consultant, please ask your professor for a note permitting you to work on your paper at the Writing Center.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are a student with a documented disability on record at Brandeis, we encourage you to use our services. You will be able to select a regular consultant and schedule consulting sessions in advance. The Writing Center is happy to work with you for extended periods of time whenever possible. The Writing Center urges you to inform the consultant with whom you are working that you have a disability, and to let him or her know about any writing strategies you find effective in helping you. All students who use the Writing Center can rely on a strict policy of confidentiality.
Please email comments or questions to Melanie Doherty, Writing Center Director, at melanie@brandeis.edu
Consultations
At the Writing Center, we promote the idea that effective writing is a process, and we are happy to talk with you about your writing at all phases of that process, from initial brainstorming work to the final editing phase. Our consultants act as valuable outside readers of your writing, working with you to suggest possibilities for revision. While consultants often work with writers on the level of the sentence, they are not copy editors or proofreaders. Our consultation sessions are client-centered and conversational, designed to address specific questions as well as writing issues in general.
Our Consultants
The Writing Center consultants are advanced graduate students from a variety of academic departments with demonstrated writing ability and teaching experience. While many students like to work with a particular consultant on an ongoing basis, we encourage you to experience consultations with different staff members over the course of the academic year.
| Andrew Albin | English | |
| Isha Wright | Conflict & Coexistence | |
| Brian Chalk | English | |
| Sara Withers | Anthropology | |
| Njelle Hamilton | English | |
| Bridget Hatch | English | |
| Rachana Agarwal | Anthropology | |
| Thuy Nguyen | Intern'l Business School | |
| Lydia Fash | English | |
| Reba Wissner | Musicology | |
| Nathaniel Hodes | English | |
| Anne Marie Reardon | American History | |
| Tina Van Kley | English | |
| Benjamin Ochieng | Int'l Economics | |
| Michael Strom | Psychology | |
| Mrinalini Tankha | Anthropology |
| Day/Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 12-3 | Njelle, Rachana | Brian, Anne Marie | Andrew, Nathaniel | Sara, Thuy | Lydia, Reba |
| 3-6 | Njelle, Bridget | Brian, Anne Marie | Bridget, Benjamin | Andrew, Thuy | Lydia, Tina |
| 6-9 | Isha, Rachana | Mrinalini, Michael | Reba, Isha | Andrew, Sara | CLOSED |
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