Dr. Khadeidra Billingsley
Writing Center Director
Assistant Professor
Writing Center Staff
Staff
Christian Thomas (he/him)
Front-desk Assistant
Christian is a political science undergraduate with a double minor in history and professional writing. Christian enjoys reading and watching stories about our political system.
Consultants
Amy Carroll Bennett (she/her)
Amy is a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Integrated Studies. She has published several works of poetry and a children’s book. She is the wife of Don Bennett of the English Department.
Specialties: MLA style, art/art history, linguistics, multimodal writing, poetry writing, fiction writing, journalism/AP style. Other languages: Italian.
Rachel Christopher (she/her)
Rachel is a secondary English education student. She has been a consultant for one year.
Specialties: APA style, MLA style, literary analysis, gender/race studies, fiction writing, education (theory, methods, etc.).
Hope Colburn (they/she)
Hope is getting their Masters of English and is involved with many student organizations. She enjoys all things creative and loves learning new things. If there is something they don’t know, they won’t hesitate to find out what it is.
Specialties: APA style, MLA style, literary analysis, history, poetry writing, fiction writing, professional/technical writing.
Patty Daigle (she/her)
Patty is a local resident of Jacksonville and lives with her husband and two dogs. She is the proud mother of two grown daughters and a granddaughter. It is her desire to help everyone she deals with be successful in their desired path in life.
Specialties: APA style, literary analysis, history, gender/race studies, political science, multimodal writing, poetry writing, fiction writing, nonfiction writing, personal statements, science writing, professional/technical writing, grant writing.
Todd Kirk (he/him)
Todd grew up local to Jacksonville and also experienced living abroad in China. He first tutored students' papers and did mentorship programs, then he taught private classrooms for a couple years. Most recently, he taught public school for one year. He currently tutors English Language Learners. He loves to play basketball and hopes to be a good coach. He enjoys learning Chinese so he can better communicate in his lessons. He has a wife and three young kids. His life is pretty jam-packed, but he finds a way to enjoy life with all its twists and turns. As a teacher he hopes to influence other people to be proud of who they are and find interests or passions in life.
Specialties: APA style, MLA style, ESL tutoring, literary analysis, philosophy, science writing, linguistics, gender/race studies, political science, multimodal writing, poetry writing, nonfiction writing, personal statements, journalism/AP style.
Andrew Koppelman (he/him)
Andrew is a Criminal Justice student originally from the University of Alabama. He specializes in the fields of Political Science, Computer and Cyber Crime, and Fiction Writing. He is currently writing his thesis on how misinformation and the media influence perception of crime.
Specialties: APA style, ESL tutoring, literary analysis, philosophy, political science, multimodal writing, fiction writing, nonfiction writing, science writing, professional/technical writing.
Madalyn Stott (she/her)
Madalyn is an undergraduate social work student. She is passionate about the social sciences and loves all things APA!
Specialties: APA style, literary analysis, political science, professional/technical writing, social work, sociology, systematic literature reviews.
Abbie Tarvin (she/her)
Abbie is a fourth year undergraduate English student. After graduating, she hopes to continue her education by going to a graduate school for a MLIS degree. In her free time, she loves spending time with her friends, going thrifting, and reading romance novels.
Specialties: MLA style, multimodal writing, personal statements, professional/technical writing.
Jordan Walker (she/her)
Jordan is a senior undergrad student majoring in Secondary Education with a concentration in English. She is a native of Gadsden, Alabama, and enjoys reading, working out, and spending time with her boyfriend Ben and his lab, Maggie.
Specialties: MLA style, education in ELA
Drew Watson (she/her)
Drew is a graduate student majoring in English. She is editor-in-chief of JSU’s literary journal Something Else, and she hopes to instill a tolerance for – if not love of – writing in everyone she works with.
Specialties: MLA style, literary analysis, fiction writing, nonfiction writing, grant writing.