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Dr. David Dzaka (English Department)
Elizabeth Coon is a senior English and History major (with various concentrations) and a Theatre minor. She has just returned from a semester at Oxford, and while she is glad to be back at Messiah, she longs for the cloudy skies and green fields of England. This is her third semester as a Writing Center tutor, and she loves talking about ideas and taking apart papers on any topic. She looks forward to a busy fall semester!
Anthony Francesco might be a senior English major with a writing concentration. He likes fostering curiosity in people, poetry, and language, but music would have to be his timeless love. He plans to travel overseas to teach English, or perhaps something else.
Marialana Gaetano is a junior English major with an education and CMRS minor. Her ideal day would include a nature walk on a brisk autumn day, a good book, a cup of tea sweetened with honey, and an eternally long nap. As a new tutor, she looks forward to helping students develop their writing in any way she possibly can!
Kevin Hodes is a junior English Major with a writing concentration. Oftentimes you’ll find him working on his novel series “Dusk Sets” and “Dawn Breaks.” When he’s not off writing on his own, he enjoys sitting down with a good book- C. S. Lewis especially- or playing video games with his friends.
Rebecca Litz is a sophomore English major with a minor in Journalism and has dreamed of having this job ever since her first visit to Messiah College in 2008. Prone to lurking the aisles of Barnes & Noble, she enjoys not only reading other peoples’ books, but also writing her own. Additionally, in her spare time, she rock climbs, watches any movie she can get her hands on, cheers for her ice hockey team (go New Jersey!), and spends time with her friends. After her career at Messiah, she hopes to work for a publishing company.
Emily Michaelis is a junior, double-majoring in English (with a literature concentration) and HDFS. She enjoys reading, taking nature walks (especially in the fall), and relaxing with a big mug of coffee and coloring book. She is excited to help students brainstorm for papers and develop creative writing skills.
Abby Minor is a sophomore English major from Connecticut, and is thrilled to be joining this terrific team of tutors. She enjoys acting, singing, writing (obviously), and playing fun board games with friends and family. She has a younger brother who is better than her at basically everything, but she loves him dearly all the same. She hopes to someday become an English teacher for either middle school students or ESL students. Abby always appreciates a good cup of Starbucks coffee and an engaging conversation.
Xu Ren
is a junior Political Science major (International Relations Concentration) with minors in Business Administration, Mathematics, and Music. He was born in Henan province, China but has lived in Beijing, Guangzhou, and currently lives in Baltimore, MD. Having learned English as a second language, he would love to help international students whose first language was not English (he would also love to talk to you if you speak Mandarin). Outside of writing in the political science field, he loves IT and playing the piano. This is his second year at the Writing Center and looks forward to helping students develop creative and analytical writing skills.
John Ripollone is a senior Biochemistry/Molecular Biology major with a concentration in Biology pre-Medical studies, and a General Music minor with a concentration in Jazz Studies. John hopes to also attain a Statistics minor by the end of his career at Messiah College. Aside from being available to assist students with papers from humanities courses, John is also available to assist students in science courses that require research papers in APA format. If you’re into Jazz, Classical music or Christian Church history, then John is also available to converse with you at your convenience!
Gillian Smith is a senior English major with a minor in TESOL, or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, or If English Isn’t Your First Language I Can Help You (I hope!). Linguistics is her first love, but she also enjoys helping students grow and expand their perception of language within their own writing. This is her second year as a Writing Center tutor, so she hopes to see some familiar faces as well as new ones in the semesters to come.
Kinley Zook is a senior English Education major (and TESOL minor) who finds art, music, Spanish, and sustainability fascinating as well. She loves helping students with all kinds of writing, from poetry and short stories to research papers to persuasive essays. Since Kinley is the lead tutor, she is not tutoring as many hours as in past years; she is, however, running the Online Tutoring service for commuter and grad students.
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