Beren Campus Tutors and Director

Tutors

When tutors are hired in the Writing Center, they begin a training process that involves familiarizing themselves with the Tutor Responsibilities. New tutors then observe tutoring sessions between clients and senior tutors, reflecting on their experiences with fellow staff members. The Eisenberg Writing Center conducts monthly staff development meetings to continually foster dialogue amongst tutors to share their successes and struggles in an ongoing process of learning. If you are interested in applying to be a tutor at the Writing Center, please review our tutor application.

Writing Center tutors are available to help you generate writing ideas, refine your rough drafts, or simply have a conversation about writing. Writing Center tutors not only support fellow student writers, but they are also prolific writers themselves.

What will tutors do for you?

• Our tutors will help you with any type of writing assignment at any point in the writing process. We can offer you support in generating and clarifying your ideas, developing arguments, locating evidence, consolidating conclusions, and developing a cohesive structure.
• Tutors will enable you to hone and develop your own thinking and writing skills.
• Tutors will help you feel more comfortable with the writing process.

Meet our current tutors!

Sasha Aaron is a senior from Toronto pursuing a major in Political Science. When she’s not on the court with Stern’s volleyball team, she enjoys unwinding through singing and playing the piano. Sasha is passionate about helping students reach their writing potential and genuinely looks forward to providing you with strategies that apply beyond the current assignment.

Hila Cohen is a junior studying Early Childhood Education. She loves iced coffee, writing, watching TV, and talking (a little too much). Hila is excited to help you work through your ideas and enjoy writing your papers!

Madeline Dolfman is a junior majoring in Biology on the pre-med track. While she naturally gravitates toward math and science, she appreciates analytical thinking and creative writing. She enjoys helping students find an angle that excites them and turn it into strong writing. Whether you are working on a lab report, literary essay, Dvar Torah, or something completely different, she is happy to help! 

Keira Kahn is a junior majoring in Political Science. She enjoys long walks with a good playlist and baking in pursuit of the perfect dairy-free chocolate chip cookie. Her favorite books are Jane Eyre and Demon Copperhead. Keira is looking forward to making the writing process feel more approachable and enjoyable!

Dani Karp is a senior studying History. She loves reading, going on long runs, and discovering new coffee shops. Dani is excited to help students express their ideas clearly and confidently, focusing on building writing skills that will support them in future assignments and projects. 

Abi Monasebian. As a sophomore majoring in political science, Abi is greatly interested in pursuing a career as a lawyer. Her current hyper-fixations consist of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, binge-watching Netflix’s Fauda, learning new languages, and expanding her vernacular by means of daily Dictionary.com e-mails.

Talia Schapira is a senior majoring in Psychology. She enjoys reading, baking, long walks, and iced lattes. Talia is excited to talk your ideas out together and dive into interesting conversations about your writing!

Tiferet Strulowitz is a senior pursuing a major in Political Science. She enjoys reading and cooking, and is passionate about her volunteer work. Tiferet is excited to help you develop your ideas into writing that is clear, strong, and authentic!

Rebecca Venger is a junior majoring in Judaic Studies and Political Science. She loves exploring NYC and trying out new recipes (and eating them). Rebecca can’t wait to work with you to make your writing something you’re proud of! 

Sarah Weiner is a junior majoring in English. She’s from Clifton, but has the odd tendency to tell people she’s from the neighboring town, Passaic. If she’s not doing schoolwork, reading, or watching hockey, she’s probably sleeping. If you let her, she will talk your ear off about her cat. This is her first year working at the Writing Center, and she’s excited to help people bring their ideas to life.

Ellie Weisberg is a senior majoring in Biology with a minor in English Literature. When she isn’t chilling in the Writing Center, you could probably find her watching a movie or Brooklyn 99. Ellie loves working at the Writing Center, and is super hyped to help you write a paper you are proud of and help you develop as a writer.

Director

Dr. Ann Peters, Director of the Writing Center
Ann Peters is an associate professor of English at Stern College for Women where she teaches American Literature, Creative Writing and Freshman Writing. She is the author of a book about the connection between literature and place, House Hold: A Memoir of Place and is working on a novel based on the life of the writer Zona Gale. Dr. Peters loves reading, gardening, and fixing up old houses.