Consultants

Landyn
Pronouns: she/her

Kevin
Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Lincoln
Year of Study: Senior
Major(s): English Major, Ethnic Studies Minor
Future Life Plans: Human Resources
Superhero Name: Kevin-Man
Favorite Piece of Writing: The Hobbit
Favorite/least favorite writing: Closed reading essays
Part of speech you would be and why: ~ because I don't know exactly what its purpose is and it looks funny
Hobbies: Writing, and playing video games with friends

Connor
Pronouns: they/him
Hometown: Oglala
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English with a specific interest in creative writing.
Future Life Plans: Crochet shells for crabs without homes.
Superhero Name: Cookie Lad
Favorite Piece of Writing: Girl, Woman, Other
Favorite/least favorite writing: I like papers that mix research and creative writing.
Part of speech you would be and why: ; because it's the first half of the winky face emoji
Hobbies: I like all kinds of art and snuggling small animals.

Gabriel
Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English
Future Life Plans: I will have a million bands and I will work in non-profits to help out workers.
Superhero Name: Blorbo
Favorite Piece of Writing: The Tar Tar Steppe
Favorite/least favorite writing: My least favorite writing assignment would be any writing assignment in high school
Part of speech you would be and why: I am a phrase because sometimes all I can say is a phrase, and all I need is a phrase.
Hobbies: Learning music, making songs, working out, volunteering for nonprofits, writing letters to government elected officials

Elena
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): Economics and Supply Chain Management
Future Life Plans: Graduate school, marriage, children, & gainful employment
Superhero Name: I wouldn’t know
Favorite Piece of Writing: The Splendid and the Vile by Eric Larson.
Favorite/least favorite writing: Reflection writing
Part of speech you would be and why: The period: effective and concise.
Hobbies: Fitness, painting, and cooking.

Melissa French-Sloan
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Favorite Place I've Lived: Portland, OR
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): Sociology, WGS, English, Human Rights & Humanitarian Affairs
Future Life Plans: Graduate school
Superhero Name: oh no
Favorite Piece of Writing: This always changes, but right now it is anything by Ocean Vuong.
Favorite/least favorite writing: Favorite- Creative nonfiction!
Hobbies: Baking & pastry

Andrea
Pronouns: She/her
Hometown: I'm from Lincoln, Nebraska
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English major with a minor in Criminology, pre-law
Future Life Plans: Law school, I plan to be an attorney
Superhero Name: Supernova
Favorite Piece of Writing: If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
Favorite/least favorite writing: Any paper that is for a science class, or any strict prompts
Part of speech you would be and why: I would be an exclamation mark because I am always loud and excited about the things I talk about.
Hobbies: I read, play the piano, write, paint watercolor, I love amine and the gym/ being active

Samantha
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Lincoln, NE
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): Journalism major and Women & Gender Studies minor
Future Life Plans: Writer and researcher for a nonprofit focused on social justice issues
Superhero Name: Zircon Sorceress
Favorite Piece of Writing: My favorite piece of writing that I wrote was an archival research and writing project for a special topics journalism class where we analyzed past Omaha World-Herald coverage of race-related events. My stories were published in the Omaha World-Herald last year along with the other students' in the class!
Favorite/least favorite writing: I love doing archival research and literary analysis
Part of speech you would be and why: I would be an adverb because I like to use them frequently in my writing.
Hobbies: music, paranormal and true crime podcasts, and movies

Kennedy
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English and Communication Studies Majors, Classics Minor
Future Life Plans: I hope to continue to publish my writing, but for now I'm just going with the flow of life!
Superhero Name: Super (Sleepy) Girl
Favorite Piece of Writing: Oh, sleep forever in the Latmian Cave by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Favorite/least favorite writing: My favorite writing assignment is anything that gives me an ounce of wiggle room!
Part of speech you would be and why: A comma, because I never stop talking.
Hobbies: I'm on the UNL Flagline and I love to exercise, write creatively, and I coach color guard in Omaha!

Kathleen
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Manistee, Michigan
Year of Study: PhD Student
Major(s): Composition & Rhetoric – disability studies & mental health rhetoric
Future Life Plans: I want to be a community college English professor!
Superhero Name: Red Rosa
Favorite Piece of Writing: Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Favorite/least favorite writing: My least favorite writing assignment used to be the research paper, but now that I have a tried and true method, research papers are actually fairly formulaic and easy to write!
Part of speech you would be and why: I would choose to be a semi-colon. I want to be a connecting force.
Hobbies: I love to tend to my many indoor & outdoor plants, play along to my roommate Patrick's compositions on my trumpet, listen to activist podcasts, go for long walks, read outside my field, and relax with my two cats – Marley & Nala.

Serenity Dougherty
Pronouns: she/they/he
Hometown: O'Neill, Nebraska
Year of Study: PhD Student
Major(s): English major specializing in Rhetoric and Composition and Women and Gender Studies
Future Life Plans: To leave this world better than I found it.
Superhero Name: Hero McHero Face
Favorite Piece of Writing: I love the writing for the four "Fanny and Earl" videos by FilmCow on YouTube
Favorite/least favorite writing: I love writing assignments that challenge me to try something new. I dislike discussion board posts, I find discussion boards overwhelming and I'd much rather share my ideas face to face.
Part of speech you would be and why: Em Dash! Sure, you probably haven't heard of me, but once you get to know me you won't want to live without me.
Hobbies: I do stand-up comedy!

Tina
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: I was born and raised in Lincoln!
Year of Study: PhD Student
Major(s): Composition & Rhetoric
Future Life Plans: I would love to teach future English teachers.
Superhero Name: Pool Noodle (because I can't swim)
Favorite Piece of Writing: "Hammond B3 Organ Cistern" by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Favorite/least favorite writing: A braided essay
Part of speech you would be and why: Interjection because that's how my inner voice sounds ("Yikes!")
Hobbies: antiquing, watching F1 racing, cooking, playing Animal Crossing
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Alina
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Year of Study: PhD Student
Major(s): Creative Writing
Future Life Plans: Teaching & Writing Poems
Superhero Name: Green Ink
Favorite Piece of Writing: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"
Favorite/least favorite writing: Anything that has to do with the personal
Part of speech you would be and why: I'd be an ampersand! What a gift to be an addition to something.
Hobbies: Printmaking

Uche
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Asaba, Nigeria (hometown)
Year of Study: PhD Student
Major(s): Creative Writing (Fiction)
Future Life Plans: To one day have future life plans
Superhero Name: Ms. Nobody
Favorite Piece of Writing: Kintu' by Jennifer Makumbi (one of many faves)
Favorite/least favorite writing: Not a fan of in-class writing, though I can appreciate its usefulness.
Part of speech you would be and why: The full stop. I like the finality.
Hobbies: Plants, jigsaw puzzles, books

Malik
Pronouns: he/him
Year of Study: PhD Student
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