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Tutor Biographies 2007-2008
Name: Andrea Ayala
Email: aaayala@stanford.edu
Major: English
Extracurricular: Mock Trial, Los Hermanos de Stanford
IHUM: Race, Gender, and the Art of Survival
PWR1: Rhetoric of Justice
PWR 2: Dirty Pretty Things
Name: Bill Love Anderegg
Email: anderegg@stanford.edu
Major: Human Biology
Academics: Biology and ecology, literature, creative writing
Extracurricular: Students for Sustainable Stanford, Climate Change Campaign, piano playing, creative writing, hiking and camping.
IHUM: Thinking with Nature; Literature into Life
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Open Space
PWR 2: The Rhetoric of Play
Name: Cara Brook
Email: cbrook@stanford.edu
Major: Biology and Earth Systems
Academics: Conservation, environmentalism, and ecology. Also classic literature, romance languages, and art history.
Extracurricular: Co-captain women’s club soccer, SPOT leader, Students for a Sustainable Stanford member, Redwood backpacking club leader
IHUM: Visions of Mortality; Poetic Justice
PWR1: Rhetoric of American Education
Name: Jackie Chu
Email: jnchu@stanford.edu
Major: Human Biology
Academics: Bio, literature, ethics
Extracurricular: Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Harry Potter
IHUM: Freedom, Equality, Difference; Fate of Reason
PWR1: Documentary and Mass Violence
Name: Molly Cunningham
Email: mocunni@stanford.edu
Major: Anthropology (cultural and social)
Academics: Southern Africa, development discourse, children and humanitarianism
Extracurricular: Problematics Anthropology Writing Project, Kappa
IHUM: Citizenship, Poetic Justice
PWR 2: Global Connections
Name: Meghan Daniels
Email: meghand@stanford.edu
Major: English, Creative Writing
Academics: books, fiction writing, very little involving numbers or symbols
Extracurricular: Roosevelt Institution, running, biking
IHUM: Thinking with Nature; Roots and Routes
PWR1: Rhetoric of Teen Culture
PWR 2: Walking the Talk: The Rhetoric of Social Change
Name: Becky Duffett
Email: rduffett@stanford.edu
Major: English Literature
Extracurricular: Stanford Equestrian Team
PWR 2: The Graphic Novel: Literature Lite
Name: Atha Fong
Email: athafong@stanford.edu
Major: History
Extracurricular: Table tennis, singing
IHUM: Human and Machine, Arts and Ideas
PWR1: Keeping It Real: The Rhetoric of Authenticity
Name: Brad Garcia
Email: bradg@stanford.edu
Major: Economics/Computer Science
Academics: I enjoy studying the beliefs of economists from different schools of economics. I also am very interested in asymmetric information and price formation. Besides this, I enjoy programming and discussions on public policy.
Extracurricular: I love investing, running, cycling, tutoring, watching college football, fishing, hiking, backpacking, camping, and mentoring children.
IHUM: Literature of Crisis; Mass Violence: From Crusade to Genocide
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Editorials
Name: Ian Goodfellow
Email: ia3n@stanford.edu
Major: Computer Science
Academics: Fiction writing, technical writing especially in fields like CS, bio, or cognitive science.
Extracurricular: Stanford AI Robot, co-president of the Writer's Guild
IHUM: Visions of Mortality, Fate of Reason
PWR1: The Brain, Biology, and Human Nature
PWR2: Rock and Rhetoric
Name: Chenxing Han
Email: cxhan@stanford.edu
Major: Science, Technology and Society (self-designed concentration in Technology and Social Justice Entrepreneurship). Minor in Cultural and Social Anthropology.
Academics: A smorgasbord of topics interest me, including biology, communications, education, ethics, healthcare, law, social change…
Extracurricular: cooking, curriculum writing, human rights and health care activism, organizing things, rock climbing, taekwondo,
IHUM: Journeys; Encounters and Identities
PWR1: Rhetoric of Food
PWR2: Rhetoric of Sustainable Energy
Name: Kate Hayes
Email: kltang@stanford.edu
Major: Linguistics and Math (double)
Extracurricular: Writers’ Guild, Synergy KM
IHUM Conflict, Cooperation and Human; Nature, and Fate of Reason
PWR1: Americans in Paris
PWR2: Early Modern European Views of Eastern Europe and Russia
Name: Cynthia He
Email: cxhe@stanford.edu
Major: Biology, with a minor in music
Academics: Biology, chemistry, biomedical research, pediatrics/neonatology, literature, classical music, piano, writing
Extracurricular: Music in general, social dance, reading, photography, travel, tea, chocolate
IHUM: “Journeys” and “Poetic Justice: Order and Imagination in Russia”
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Celebrity
Name: Lauren Horton
Email: lahorton@stanford.edu
Major: Anthropological Science
Academics: human/environment interactions; pre-med; education of English Language Learners; literature
Extracurricular: Stanford Equestrian Team; Ravenswood English; hiking/being outside
IHUM: Sex; Approaching Religion
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Literacy
PWR 2: The Rhetoric of Play
Name: Alice Hu
Email: alicehu@stanford.edu
Major: Double Major, Classics and History
Academics: Classics, History, Military History, German
Extracurricular: Music, clarinet, movies, politics, tea, writing
haiku, reading, sleep.
IHUM: Literature of Crisis; Ancient Empires
PWR1: Reel Life: The Rhetoric of Documentary Film
Name: Pin-Yi Ko
Email: pinyiko@stanford.edu
Major: Human Biology (possible Minor in Creative Writing)
Academics: medicine, social and cultural health care issues, literature
Extracurricular Interests: music, community service, writing, making children happy
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Compassion
PWR 2: Family Drama
Name: Whitney King
Email: whitking@stanford.edu
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Academics: robotics and computer programming
Extracurricular: peer mentee, volunteering, officer in Stanford Society of Black Scientist and Engineers, rugby, resident writing tutor
IHUM: The Art of Survival and Ancient Empires
PWR1: Utopias and Dystopias
PWR2: The Rhetoric of Monsters
Name: Zhifeng Koh “Z”
Email: zhifeng@stanford.edu
Major: Engineering (undecided) and Classics
Academics: Physics, Classics, Biology
Extracurricular: Archery & Stanford Consulting
IHUM: Literature of Crisis; Ancient Empires
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Silence
Name: Andrew Lawrence
Email: andlaw@stanford.edu
Major: Political Science (with International Relations concentration)
Academics: International politics, Italian language and culture
Extracurricular: KZSU sports broadcasting, tour guiding, ASSU committees, sports
IHUM: Freedom, Equality, Difference; Literature into Life
PWR1: State of Belief: Rhetoric of Spiritual and Secular America
Name: Alex Martin
Email: amartin1@stanford.edu
Major: Religious Studies, Linguistics Minor
Academics: language rights, immigrant rights, Spanish, poetry, religion and social justice
Extracurricular: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Night Outreach to the Homeless, Habla el Dia
IHUM: Visions of Mortality, Encounters and Identities
PWR1: Rhetoric of the English Language
PWR2: Objects of Display - The Rhetoric of Museums
Name: Rochelle Nguyen
Email: rnguyen1@stanford.edu
Major: Undeclared
Academics: Biology
Extracurricular: Violin, Judo
IHUM: Human and Machine
PWR1: Rhetoric of Secularism in America
Name: Maggie Oran
Email: meo@stanford.edu
Major: Comparative Literature
Academics: Studying languages, reading fiction, learning about history
Extracurricular: International travel, violin, mint chip ice cream
IHUM: Journeys, Literature into Life
PWR1: The Rhetoric of the English Language
PWR2: Open Your Eyes: Seeing Through Rhetoric
Name: Molly Roberts
Email: mollyr@stanford.edu
Major: International Relations, Economics
Academics: I particularly like writing social commentary, journalism, Political Science, anything on China, or economics.
Extracurricular: Forum for American and Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES)
IHUM: Old World Encounters, The Fate of Reason
PWR1: Rhetoric of War and Peace
PWR2: Art of the Audio Essay
Name: Lara Sofia Romero
Email: lromero1@stanford.edu
Major: Economics or International Relations
Academics: Foreign Languages (Spanish, French, and Chinese), Anthropology, Political Science.
Extracurricular: Dance (Bent Spoon, Spring Migration), International Relations Journal, HABLA, Stanford Beyond Bars, and Stanford Pre-Law Association.
IHUM: Freedom, Equality, Difference. Encounters and Identitie
Name: Rebecca Schindel
Email: rschindel@stanford.edu
Major: Public Policy
Academics: Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy, Creative Writing
Extracurricular: Stanford in Government
IHUM: Vision of Mortality, Worlds of Islam
PWR1: Chicano/a Popular Culture
Name: Erin Schwabe-Fry
Email: erinsf@stanford.edu
Major: English, Music
Academics: Creative Writing, Music, Spanish
Extracurricular: French horn, dancing, outdoorsy activities, adventures of any sort.
IHUM: Visions of Mortality; Poetic Justice
PWR1: Rhetoric of Social Change
PWR2: Strange Art: Rhetoric of Social Protest
Name: Amita Seshadri
Email: atseshadri@stanford.edu
Major: Engineering, Humanities
IHUM: Transformations, Ancient Empires
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Display
PWR2: The Rhetoric of Art and Commerce
Name: Dan Shapiro
Email: danshap@stanford.edu
Major: Economics, Minor: Spanish
Academics: Interested in economic policy, particularly as it relates to development, law, and education.
Extracurricular: Varsity soccer, cooking, anything outside.
IHUM: Thinking with Nature, Roots and Routes.
PWR1: Rhetoric of Self-Expression
PWR2: Fear Factor: Rhetoric of the Monstrous
Name: Emily Sheu
Email: esheu@stanford.edu
Major: Environmental Engineering
Academics: atmosphere/energy topics, reading, writing, Spanish, dance history, environmental public policy
Extracurricular Interests: traveling, dance, movie nights, reading, Science in Service, Greenbelt Alliance, SRC
IHUM: Conflict, Cooperation, and Human Nature; Poetic Justice
PWR1: Rhetoric of Satire
PWR2: Rhetoric of the Monstrous
Name: Daniel Spinosa
Email: dspinosa@stanford.edu
Major: Economics, Chemistry
Academics: Economics, Chemistry, and any other issue of current importance.
Extracurricular: I play a lot of basketball and I am highly involved with my fraternity.
IHUM: Race, Gender, and the Arts of Survival. The Fate of Reason
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Places and Spaces,
PWR2: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Energy
Name: Michael Tamkin
Email: mtamkin@stanford.edu
Major: Economics
Academics: Law, Medicine, Political Science
Extracurricular: Tennis, Volunteering, SURJ
IHUM: Thinking with Nature, Literature into Life
PWR: The Rhetoric of the Economist
PWR 2: The Rhetoric of Research
Name: Quincy Tanner
Email: quincyjt@stanford.edu
Major: International Relations (Comparative Political and Historical Analysis Concentration) and Public Policy
Academics: U.N. Reform, International Organizations, Human Rights, Activism, Performance Art, Dance and Creative Writing, Consulting, Problem-Solving
Extracurricular: Traveling, Studying languages, dancing + more dancing, coffee shops/cafés, hanging out in the city, public transportation, music-music-music: living in my headphones, Djs, electronic music and talking.
IHUM: Freedom, Equality and Difference, Myth and Modernity
PWR1: Rhetoric of the Memoir
PWR 2: Speaking of Human Rights, Delivery of the Dream
Name: Cami Tapernoux
Email: camilatx@stanford.edu
Major: Economics and/or Human Biology
Academics: Econ, HumBio, English, Creative Writing
Extracurricular: Stanford Debate, Pre-Law Society, EPATT, Habla
IHUM: Journeys, Worlds of Islam
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Criminality
PWR2: The Rhetoric of American Musical Theater
Name: Robbie Torney
Email: rtorney@stanford.edu
Major: HumBio
Extracurricular: Stanford Symphony Orchestra, 826 Valencia
IHUM: The Fate of Reason
PWR1: The Rhetoric of Display
PWR2: All That Jazz: the Rhetoric of the American Musical
Name: Emma Trotter
Email: emmat@stanford.edu
Major: English
Academics: All fuzzy, all the time
Extracurricular: The Stanford Daily, Peer Mentor, LSJUMB
IHUM: Literature of Crisis, World History of Science
PWR1: Chick Flicks and Break-Up Songs: The Rhetoric of Relationships
PWR2: N/A
Name: Son Ca Vu
Email: soncavu@stanford.edu
Major: Undeclared
Academics: MS&E, Political Science, & green buildings
Extracurricular: Music, playing clarinet, writing short stories, The
Stanford Quad yearbook, & the Stanford Vietnamese Student Association
IHUM: Technological Visions of Utopia & Approaching Religion
PWR1: Consumerism in Education
Name: Jessica Yu
Email: jsyu@stanford.edu
Major: Human Biology, Adolescent Health and Development
Academics: adolescence, psychosocial development, mental health, international health and health policy, expository writing, journalism
Extracurricular: Camp Kesem, English/Writing tutoring, Free Burma Campaign, Child Psychiatry Research
IHUM: The Art of Survival, Ancient Empires
PWR1: Reading Gotham: The Rhetoric of New York City
PWR2: The Rhetoric of Play
Name: Jessica Yurkofsky
Email: jyurko@stanford.edu
Major: Sociology
Academics: Sociology/stratification and inequality, reading, writing, French, Italian
Extracurricular: drawing, playing outside, traveling
IHUM: Literature of Crisis, Poetic Justice.
PWR1: Rhetoric of American Identity
PWR2: Rhetoric of the Monstrous
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