Rebecca Adelsheim is a fourth-year M.F.A. student in the School of Drama studying Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism. Their research interests include queer drama and performance, archives, and women playwrights in Britain. Rebecca has served as a managing editor for Theater Magazine, and as a dramaturg on many YSD projects including their upcoming co-adaptation of Sarah Waters’s AFFINITY in Spring 2022. Before coming to Yale, Rebecca freelanced as a new play dramaturg and editor and produced for theater companies including Steppenwolf, Baltimore Center Stage, 2nd Story, and Victory Gardens Theater. Rebecca received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013 and is thrilled to work with academic and creative writers in the humanities at all stages of their work!

Danny is a sixth-year PhD student in Religious Studies. His research focuses on the social history of ancient Christianity, especially on forms of monasticism and the construction and experience of emotions in antiquity. Prior to coming to Yale, he completed his M.A. in Mediterranean religions at the University of Helsinki and his B.A. in history at Pomona College; additionally, he spent some years as an English teacher at the high school and university levels in South Korea. He has experience with most forms of writing in the humanities, including peer-reviewed research articles, conference abstracts and presentations, fellowship applications, and book reviews. He is very happy to assist with writing projects of all sorts in the humanities and social sciences.

Kelsie is a 4th year PhD Candidate in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health. Her research focuses on Legionnaires’ disease and environmental risk factors related to trends in infectious disease. She is currently a co-editor in chief of Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine where she has also worked as their Podcast Coordinator. She has experience editing manuscripts that include statistical methods, large datasets, and complex study designs to improve clarity.   

Adriana is a 7th year MD/PhD student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program. Her dissertation research investigates human-specific features of cerebellar development using cell culture and organoid models. She received her M.Phil. in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar and her A.B. in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. She has experience with writing research articles, NIH grant applications, fellowship applications, as well as creative essays. She is happy to help with all stages of writing in the sciences.

Ellen is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry department. Her research focuses on understanding how biochemical mechanisms are disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorders. Before matriculating at Yale, she received her B.A. in Biochemistry from Kenyon College in Ohio. She is the recipient of an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein F31 pre-doctoral fellowship, and enjoys working with students on all types of scientific writing.

Emilie is a sixth Ph.D. candidate in History. Her dissertation focuses on eugenics and family planning in twentieth-century Latin America. She also holds a master’s degree in women’s and gender history from Sarah Lawrence College. Emilie enjoys helping humanities and social science researchers identify topics and improve all styles of academic writing. She especially enjoys assisting students in early planning stages of writing projects and with interdisciplinary writing. Emilie joined the writing lab as a McDougal/Poorvu Writing Fellow in 2018. Along with her work as a writing consultant, she has coordinated peer-review groups for master’s thesis and dissertation writers and taught workshops on writing and research topics. In addition to her dissertation, her current writing projects center on medical humanities, accessible pedagogy, and reproductive health.

Michael Farruggia is a PhD/MBA student, and a member of both the Yale School of Management and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program. Over the past summer, Michael worked as a corporate development intern at a food technology firm in the plant-based meat space. His PhD research focuses on understanding how the human brain processes taste and flavor, as well as discovering neural biomarkers for obesity risk. Before coming to Yale, he worked as a laboratory manager at Florida International University, where he served as a mentor and advisor to several research assistants. He completed his undergraduate degree at Duke University with a double major in Neuroscience and Biology and a minor in Italian studies. He looks forward to working with students in variety of disciplines, but particularly enjoys editing manuscripts in the natural sciences.

Cecelia is a 4th year PhD student in Genetics. Her research focuses on non-coding RNA and ribosome biogensis. Before graduate school, Cecelia studied Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Art History at Rollins College in Florida where she studied viral microRNAs. Cecelia is a current NSF GRFP Fellow and a previous NASA CTSGC Graduate Fellow. She is excited to work with students on their grant and fellowship applications, as well as any other piece of writing.
 
In her free time, Cecelia enjoys swimming, baking, and volunteering with a local cat shelter.

Elizabeth is a second-year PhD student in History of Art. She received her A.B. in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard College in 2018. The recipient of a 2018 Marshall Scholarship, she completed MA degrees in Art History and Curating at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 2019 and 2020. She specializes in the art of the United States, and her research interests include the history of American photography, ecocritical approaches to art history, and the intersections of scientific and visual cultures in the nineteenth-century US. Outside of the classroom, she is passionate about accessibility and inclusion in art museums, and she has held internships at the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Tate Britain. She looks forward to working with students on all types of writing projects in the humanities.

Joseph Lee/이상욱 is a 3rd year PhD student in Religious Studies (he/him/his and/or they/them). Their research focuses on the intersection between race, disability/crip, empire, and early Christianity. In particular he focuses on ancient medical discourses, from Hippocrates to Galen, as well as how these discourses shape and inform ancient Christianity. They hold an MDiv from Yale Divinity School and an MA in Religious Studies from Yale University. They enjoy working with students from all backgrounds within the humanities and have several years of experience especially working with international students.

Jacqueline is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Latin American History focusing on eighteenth-century Central America. Her research explores the everyday social and economic lives of people who lived connected to the mahogany and logwood trades in Belize and the Mosquito Shore. More broadly, she engages with themes of race, labor, colonialism, imperialism, sovereignty, and autonomy within the Atlantic World.
 
She received a B.A. from the Gallatin School at New York University and a M.A./M.Sc. in International/World History from Columbia University and the London School of Economics. Prior to attending Yale, Jacqueline worked as a museum educator and freelance editor. She enjoys all stages of the editorial process but, specifically, loves supporting writers in the brainstorming phase. She takes great joy in helping writers to find and trust their voices.

Anne is a doctoral candidate studying Political Theory. Her research examines the political, social, and ethical dimensions of 20th century U.S. educational planning, policy, and statecraft. Prior to graduate school, Anne worked as an education policy researcher and consultant at the American Institutes for Research. She holds an M.Phil. in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in Philosophy from the Gallatin School at NYU. Anne looks forward to helping graduate students articulate their ideas through clear and engaging writing.

Sakura is a 4th year MD/PhD student in the department of anthropology. Her research focuses on female reproductive ecology in Samoa. Prior to starting at Yale, she pursued a MPhil in applied biological anthropology at the University of Cambirdge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She also holds a B.A. in anthropology and biology from Washington University in St. Louis. She has experience writing abstracts, scientific mansucripts, and fellowship/grant applications. She looks forward to working with students from diverse discplines at any stage of the writing process!

Yanixa is a 4th year PhD student in Genetics. Her research focuses on dissecting differences in KRAS biology in cancer. Yanixa obtained her BS in Biology with an emphasis in Genetics and Biomedicine from the University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla. She is the recipient of an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship and looks forward to helping fellow graduate students navigate the fellowship application process.

Madeline “Gracie” Reinecke is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Psychology Department, where she studies moral cognition (e.g., how children and adults evaluate moral standing). Before coming to Yale, Gracie earned her BSc in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She’s excited to help others – especially within the social sciences – develop their writing, data visualization, and presentation skills.

Zili Shen is a third year Ph.D. student in Astronomy. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BSA in physics and astronomy and a certificate in the philosophy of science. Her research focuses on faint and diffuse galaxies. She has multiple first-author peer-reviewed scientific articles and has won prizes for conference talks and presentations. Zili is an author for the astronomy blog Astrobites, and she is a speaker for Astronomy on Tap. She looks forward to working with students on scientific writing.

Hana is a 3rd year student in the Slavic Languages and Literatures department and received her BA in History and Literature with a focus on Russia from Harvard College in 2017. Her research focuses on the Russian Empire, particularly its presence in Central Asia and the Caucasus, with an emphasis on postcolonial studies and travel writing. Before coming to Yale, she worked as an English teacher in Paris and Jinyun, a town in Zhejiang Province, China. She has experience working with students on developing their ideas and editing drafts through the Harvard College Writing Center, where she tutored undergraduates and graduate students in all disciplines. She also has experience working with ESL students.

Minh is a first-year Ph.D. student in American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research examines Afro Asian intimacies through the analytic of water as a site and substance of racial, imperial, and colonial (dis)connection. In addition to completing coursework, Minh is a teaching fellow for the Yale Prison Education Initiative and a graduate assistant for the Asian American Cultural Center. As a recent graduate of Yale College, Minh has worked for the Writing Center for over three years and is thrilled to join the Graduate Writing Laboratory and work with colleagues in the humanities on writing projects of all genres.

Lizzie is a 6th year PhD student at the School of Public health in the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases department. Her dissertation focuses on measuring and understanding the quality of tuberculosis care in Uganda. Prior to coming to Yale, she received her B.A. in biology with a minor in public health at Washington University in St. Louis, completed a year of AmeriCorps service in Jacksonville, FL, and worked as a research assistant at a hospital in Boston. Lizzie has experience writing scientific manuscripts, fellowship applications, and other pieces, and she is excited to work with writers across the disciplines, especially in public health and the sciences.