Email: ryanmadan@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6561
When new acquaintances find out I teach writing, it’s not unusual for them to lament a broad decline in the nation’s writing skills. How does it make me feel, they ask, that students, say, don’t know the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Or, can I believe it that people hardly even know what apostrophes do, let alone where to put them? As someone who treasures good, careful prose, I’m sympathetic to these worries. But as an educator, I think it’s important to steer the conversation in a different direction. ...
Graduate Tutors
Danielle Cook (she/her/hers)
Program: MS in Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Major: Biomedical Engineering and Professional Writing
Other Academic Interests: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
HUA Depth: Writing and Rhetoric
IQP: White Mountains, NH, A'23
Extracurriculars: BMES, SWE, ACS on Campus
Hometown: Coventry, RI
Fun Facts: I have a fraternal twin sister and a serious coffee addiction.
Elizabeth Papa (she/her/hers)
Program: MFA in Interactive Media and Game Development
UG Major: Interactive Media and Game Development (BA)
UG Minor: Computer Science
Other Academic Interests: My degree concentration is in writing.
GPS: N/A
HUA Depth: Writing & English
IQP: On campus, A'23-C'24
Extracurriculars: Creative Writing and Women in Computer Science
Hometown: Johnston RI
Fun facts: I earned my black belt when I was 13 years old after 8 years of experience in Karate.
Undergraduate Tutors
Name: Lilith Thompson (they/them)
Year: Junior
Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies & English
Minor: Middle East and North African Studies
Other Academic Interests: Scientific communication
HUA Depth: Middle East and North African Studies
GPS: N/A
IQP: Kathmandu, Nepal B’26
Extracurriculars: Green Team, Habitat for Humanity, Engineers Without Borders
Hometown: Coventry, RI
Fun Facts: My favorite hobbies are sewing and trying out new recipes in the kitchen!
Name: Darlina Phan (she/her/hers)
Year: Senior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Robotics Engineering
Other Academic Interests: Human-Computer Interaction and Embedded Systems
HUA Depth: Writing and Rhetoric
GPS: N/A
IQP: Melbourne, Australia, B25
Extracurriculars: VOX Musical Theatre, Ketones A Cappella, Crimson Key Tour Guide
Hometown: Bothell, WA
Fun Facts: I’ve been playing the piano since I was 5 years old
Ethan Rosensweig (he/him)
Year: Senior
Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Minor: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Other Academic Interests: Ecology
HUA Depth: Writing and Rhetoric
IQP: Upcoming: Rabat, Morocco, D'26
Extracurriculars: SOMA
Hometown: Newton, MA
Fun Facts: I have had an organ removed twice because it grew back
Name: Shriya Sudharshan (she/her/hers)
Year: Sophomore
Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Mixed-Signal IC Design, Device Physics, RF
HUA Depth: English Literature
GPS: N/A
IQP: Coming soon
Extracurriculars: IEEE, WECE, WPIWA, HPRC
Hometown: Shrewsbury, MA
Fun Facts: Lost contact with a friend who moved across the globe seventeen years ago. Saw them at the CC Dunkin the other day.
Ava Waddell (she/her/hers)
Year: Senior
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Professional Writing
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Aerospace Engineering
GPS: N/A
HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric
IQP: Thessaloniki, Greece D’25
Extracurriculars: Alpha Phi, SWE, CHA, ISC
Hometown: Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Fun Facts: I was on the national water polo team for my home country
Name: Delia Jasper (she/her)
Year: Senior
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering & Robotics Engineering
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Computer architecture, firmware, hardware design
HUA Depth: Theatre
GPS: N/A
IQP: Worcester, MA, D26
Extracurriculars: LNL, Alpha Gamma Delta, Rho Beta Epsilon
Hometown: Rockland, MA
Fun Facts: My father and I share a birthday.
Ally Paik (she/her/hers)
Year: Senior
Major: Computer Science and Professional Writing
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Software engineering
GPS: N/A
HUQ Depth: Writing & Rhetoric
IQP: Santa Fe, B'25
Extracurriculars: Engineering Ambassadors, Christian Bible Fellowship
Hometown: Sharon, MA
Fun Facts: I was born in Canada and grew up in Washington state
David Bradbury-Roy (he/him/his)
Year: Senior
Major: Computer Science and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Pretty much anything.
HUA Depth: Creative Writing
IQP: Upcoming - Acadia, E'26
Extracurriculars: Creative Writing Club
Hometown: Newton, MA
Fun Facts: I've spent three days at the top of Mt. Washington twice.
Charlotte Dugaw (Any/All)
Year: Senior
Major: Interactive Media and Game Design, Computer Science
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Accessibility in games
Extracurriculars: IGDA
Hometown: Spartanburg, SC
Fun Facts: You can find my personal game dev projects at https://dugawdev.itch.io/
You can also find me in the Creative Writing Club's zines!