University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Associate Professor of English

418b Harvey Hall

wcdirectors@uwstout.edu

Associate Professor of English

418c Harvey Hall

wcdirectors@uwstout.edu

413 Harvey Hall

ruedyd@uwstout.edu

Major: Professional Communications and Emerging Media (PCEM)

Minor: Digital Humanities concentration

Hobbies: Longboarding, wakeboarding, rock climbing, disc golf

Favorite Author: Brent Weeks

Favorite Books: Night Angel Trilogy, Dracula, The Black Prism

Tutoring Specialties: Creative writing, MLA, structure

When in doubt, I refer to: Purdue Owl or Google

Major: Entertainment Design

Minor: Computer Science

Hobbies: Reading, watching movies, drawing, and being outside.

Favorite Author: Hiromu Arakawa, J. K. Rowling, Jim Butcher

Favorite books: Fullmetal Alchemist, Harry Potter, The Crystal Shard, Dresden Files, Amulet of Samarkand, Howl's Moving Castle, Where the Sidewalk Ends.

Tutoring Specialties: MLA, creative writing, idea generation, essays

When in doubt, I refer to: Other tutors or Purdue Owl

Major: Early Childhood Education with Early Childhood Special Education Certification

Hobbies: Playing piano, biking, singing, volleyball, reading, watching movies

Favorite Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer, Michael Grant, Scott Westerfield, Suzanne Collins

Favorite books: I'm a Harry Potter fan! Other than that, I love any adventure or survival books!

Tutoring Specialties: MLA, Research Papers and Document Style

When in doubt, I refer to: Rules for Writers or Purdue OWL

Major: Dietetics

Hobbies: Running, attending sporting events, cooking/baking, singing, acting, theater, reading, learning about Native American culture

Favorite Authors: William Shakespeare

Favorite books: Unlimited – Jillian Michaels, Yesterday's Wisdom, Today's Success – James Anderson, Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Tutoring Specialties: APA, scholarship applications, resumes

When in doubt, I refer to: Rules for Writers, Thesaurus

Majors: Human Development and Family Studies & Professional Communication and Emerging Media

Hobbies: Running, reading, hiking, canoeing, and crafts

Favorite Author: Robert Frost

Favorite books: A Long Way Gone and Jane Eyre

Tutoring Specialties: MLA, thesis/brainstorming, and research papers

When in doubt, I refer to: Purdue Owl and Hacker's Rules for Writers

Major: Retail Merchandising and Management

Minor: Business Administration

Hobbies: art, dance, dressing up, and pulling pranks with friends

Favorite Author: J.K. Rowling

Favorite books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Fahrenheit 451, The Great Typo Hunt

Tutoring Specialties: structure, grammar and vocab, essays, brainstorming

When in doubt, I refer to: a dictionary, thesaurus, my peers

Major: Professional Communication and Emerging Media

Minor: Applied Journalism Concentration

Hobbies: Drinking coffee, artsy stuff, Netflix, Tumblr/Imgur, video games, Dr. Who anything, and yoga

Favorite Author: J.R.R.Tolkien

Favorite books: The Hobbit, The Girl Who Played With Fire, World War Z, Jane Eyre, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Tutoring Specialties: creativity, brainstorming, thesis writing, content

When in doubt, I refer to: Google

Major: Professional Communication and Emerging Media

Hobbies: tennis, deer hunting, fishing, watching sports - especially UND hockey and NASCAR

Favorite Author: Jodi Picoult

Favorite books: Nineteen Minutes, My Sister's Keeper, The Things We Carried, Driver #8, The Killer Angels, 90 Minutes in Heaven... the list goes on!

Tutoring Specialties: résumés, paper structure, organization, description, thesis/brainstorming 

When in doubt, I refer to: Purdue OWL, Google, and always a thesaurus 

Major: Pharmacy

Minor: Biomedical

Hobbies: Fishing, hunting, reading, disc golf

Favorite Author: Tamora Pierce

Favorite books: Dragon Prince series,

all of Pierce's books

Tutoring Specialties: Description, comparative essays, in-depth explanations

of ideas

When in doubt, I refer to: Google

Major: Interior Design

Minor: Sustainable Design and Development

Hobbies: Magazine perusing, online window shopping, drinking coffee, watching too many TV series, yoga

Favorite Author: Shakespeare, JK Rowling

Favorite books: Pride and Prejudice, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter

Tutoring Specialties: MLA, paper and thesis structure

When in doubt, I refer to: Hacker's Rules for Writers or Purdue OWL