Meet our staff! Ariel Chu (she/they) is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Creative Writing and Literature program at USC. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Syracuse University and her BA in English at Williams College, and her work has been supported by the P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans, the Luce Scholars Program, the Steinbeck Fellowship, and the Kundiman Fellowship, among others. Ariel’s academic work encompasses experimental Asian American literature, small press literary production, and queer Sinophone works in translation. Ariel is also working on a short fiction collection about queer suburban imaginaries, the fraught relationships between young women, and moments where social scripts rupture. As a consultant at the Writing Center, Ariel is happy to aid with academic writing projects, creative writing manuscripts, and personal statements for grants, fellowships, internships, and other professional opportunities. Make an appointment with Ariel today!
Josh Beckelhimer is PhD Candidate in the English Department. He holds an MA from the University of Cincinnati. He has worked under librarians and in a digital humanities lab, where he worked collaboratively to distill information across many fields. His work focuses on ecological cosmologies within speculative literary works by Zora Neale Hurston, Octavia Butler, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Rita Indiana. He focuses on how they use cosmology–myths, folklore, and cultural traditions–to reconceptualize colonial histories of the Americas, human relationships to the environment, and varying sciences and systems of ecological knowledge. He is particularly interested in writers who tap into expansive imaginative frames to go beyond basic understandings of material ecology. Josh has experience teaching Writing 150, multiple levels of Composition, writing applications of many kinds. He loves working with students one-on-one to help students produce the best version of their work as they can. Josh is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Make an appointment with him today!
The Writing Center is open! Make an appointment with one of our helpful consultants today. You can come at any stage of the process, from brainstorming initial ideas to final polishing. Hope to see you!
Need help on a paper? Want some free donuts? Come to Doheny on Tuesday Dec 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm and get writing assistance from Writing Center consultants, Writing Program faculty, and USC Librarians. See you there!
This Friday the USC Writing Program’s Tech Committee and AI Research and Support Committee present the “Disincentivizing AI Roundtable” where we’ll be rethinking lesson planning, assessment, and pedagogical philosophy in the age of AI
Looking for some support and community while finishing that dissertation? Our former director Dr. Cory Nelson will be teaching this great class in the spring.
Come to Study Nights with NSBE and the USC Writing Center and get a sweet treat for locking in😋🧋The Writing Center staff will be available to help students with any kind of writing you have! We will also have tutors for Pre-Calc, Calculus, Chemistry, MATLAB, and front end development!! See you there!🙂↕️
#uscnsbe #studynights #boba
🗓️ Tuesday, October 28th
📍SOS B44
⏰ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Meet our staff! Matthew’s work explores tabletop role playing games, narrative world-building, and more. He’s an experienced writing center consultant and teacher. He’s available online or in-person to help out with your latest project!
Meet our staff! Need help with creative writing, literary analysis, or application materials? Devony is available Wednesdays and Thursdays for online or in person appointments
