Meet our Writing TAs Allison Vanouse & Emily Kramer!
Allison Vanouse Emily Kramer
Allison Vanouse is a sixth-year doctoral student at BU's Editorial Institute, where her research focuses on twentieth-century poetry in English. During the course of her graduate studies, she has served as a writing assistant with the Educational Resource Center (ERC) and Core Curriculum, as well as a grading assistant for courses under the World Languages and Literatures umbrella. As an editor, Allison's experience ranges from copy editing English translations of technical abstracts for the Getty Conservation Institute (Los Angeles), to serving as Managing Copy Editor for Studies in Arts and Humanities (Dublin, Ireland), to fact checking the textual history section of The Poems of T. S. Eliot (London: Faber & Faber, 2016). Allison is currently a Graduate Writing Fellow (GWF) with BU's undergraduate Writing Program, in which capacity she teaches literature-based courses on expository writing for freshmen and sophomores. Other interests include cinema, performance art, travel, and epicureanism.
Emily Kramer is a sixth-year doctoral student at BU’s Editorial Institute currently working on an edition of the poems of Arthur Henry Hallam. During her time at BU, Emily has served as a writing fellow for the Core Curriculum, as well as a research fellow and editorial assistant on editions of T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, Marianne Moore, and Elizabeth Bishop. Emily’s editing experience has spanned a broad range: from corporate French-English philanthropy to restaurant marketing in Manhattan; from theses and dissertations to academic textbooks. (And always: the odd Starbucks typo.) In her spare time, Emily can be found exploring Boston and learning how to work an antique printing press.
POLICIES
Writing Assistance is available by appointment Monday- Wednesday from 3-6pm. All appointments take place via remote means on Zoom.
Questrom allows students to book up to two appointments per week in advance. Students may schedule a third session in any given week provided there are appointments available and only after having attended their two scheduled sessions. We reserve the right to return to to our original policy of two appointments per week during high demand times.
What YOU can expect:
- 30 minute individual appointments
- Supportive, judgement-free 1-1 environment
- Student-driven process
- Assistance with any part of the writing process identified by you (i.e. brainstorming, outlining, thesis formulation, building an effective argument, drafting, presenting and integrating evidence/quotations,)
- Feedback on grammar, structure, citations/avoiding plagiarism, and techniques for editing and self-proofreading
What YOU should not expect:
- Editing/proofreading the entire piece of writing
- Evaluating or grading work
- Knowledge of content
- Responsibility for outcome
- Help with take home exams unless written permission from the instructor has been obtained prior to the session
- Writing TAs to make edits directly in your computer. Please bring a printout to your appointment.
What WE expect of you:
- Open mind, willingness to receive feedback, positive attitude, desire to take ownership of the process and improve your writing
- Your assignment
- Questions and ideas
- Being on time for your appointment
- If you must cancel, please do so at least 24 hours in advance
- If you are late, the time will be deducted from your session
- For no-shows our grad center no-show policy applies
- Respect towards our staff, TAs and fellow students
- Academic Integrity
Boston University Questrom School of Business
Rafik B. Hariri Building
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Rafik B. Hariri Building
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215