About Us:

The Writing Center Mission:
The primary goal of the Writing Center is to provide one-on-one help with composition projects that students have for any class, including developmental writing courses, first-year writing courses, and WAC-designated courses. The Writing Center supplements writing instruction at the college and offers extra help to students by providing a supportive environment with consultants, computers, and other resources they need to succeed as writers.

Students are encouraged to drop in whenever help is needed with a writing project. In addition, Writing Center staff members answer questions by phone at (810) 760-0229. Writing Center staff view writing as a social process, and the Writing Center serves as a place and catalyst to enable that process.

Writing Center Staff:
The Writing Center is staffed by a number of part-time and full-time writing professionals. Get to know some of the FULL-TIME Writing Center staff below: All staff are trained to assist students in understanding their writing assignments, gathering ideas, gathering sources and research, organizing their writing, developing details and examples in their writing, revising their writing, and learning to proofread and edit their documents.

Get to know some of the Writing Center staff below:

Dr. Michele Dunnum:
Dr. Michele Dunnum first began writing center tutoring as an undergraduate. After completing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, she worked at that institution's Sweetland Writing Center for two years, teaching first-year and developmental writing courses and tutoring in the Writing Workshop. Dr. Dunnum joined the MCC faculty in Fall 2004.

Philip T. Greenfield:
Philip T. Greenfield began working with writers at the Writing Center at the University of Michigan-Flint while working on his Bachelor's Degree in English. He has also worked in the Writing Center at Eastern Michigan University during his graduate work. He holds a Master's Degree in Written Communication from that school. He teaches first-year composition and technical writing courses.

Glenn Harris:
Glenn Harris,after graduate programs in English at the U of Connecticut and the U of Georgia, embarked on a teaching career focused on writing instruction for first year students, and has been involved in writing center work and writing across the disciplines programs at several institutions. He joined the English faculty at Mott in 2002.

Larry Juchartz:
As a former dock worker and truck driver at the Port of Detroit, Dr. Juchartz delivered supplies to Great Lakes freighters. Before coming to Mott in 2001, he earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and served as president of the Michigan College English Association. He has worked with the writing centers at Eastern Michigan University and Washtenaw College in Ann Arbor in addition to MCC.

Jackie Knoll:
Jackie first worked as a Writing Center consultant while an undergraduate at Central Michigan University, and she has worked in writing centers at four different colleges. With a Master's degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she has been an MCC faculty member since 2005, teaching developmental and first-year composition and creative writing.

Kim Owens:
Kim received a BA in English from the University of Michigan-Flint in 1995 and then worked as a waitress, factory worker, and substitute teacher before entering a graduate program and earning an MA in English with a concentration in Literature. With previous writing center experience at UM-Flint and as a private writing tutor, she taught at Baker, Davenport University and Lansing Community College before joining the Mott faculty in 2004.

Bill Reich:
William Reich has taught at Mott Community College since 1998. He has taught developmental writing, basic composition, technical writing, and literature classes. Mr. Reich has earned a BA and an MA from Central Michigan University and an MA from Eastern Michigan University.

Christy Rishoi:
Before coming to Mott in 2002, Dr. Christy Rishoi was the Writing Center coordinator at Jackson Community College. She has taught college English for over twenty years, and her areas of specialty include writing across the curriculum, Native American literature, African American literature and Women's Studies.

Steve Robinson
Steve Robinson joined the MCC faculty in 1993; he earned his BA, MA, and PhD in English from Michigan State University. Steve served as President of the MCC faculty union for 10 years and is delighted to return to the Writing Center after many years away. He primarily teaches Basic Writing and Children\'s Literature.

Julie Steffey:
Julie Steffey joined the MCC faculty in 1989 and first worked in the Writing Center when it still had typewriters. She and the original coffee pot enjoy the Writing Center's enlarged and renovated space. Her Master of Arts in Language and Literature is from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Greg Shafer:
Dr. Shafer teaches composition and literature classes and is the President of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English. He has earned a BA and MA From Michigan State University and a DA in English from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Shafer's book, "Process and Voice in the Writing Workshop", was published in 2000 by Robbie Dean Press.