Graduate Students

A Help Center for graduate students has been set up to assist with formal writing and research design and statistics.  We are using Room 308 in the Lida Lee Tall Building under the supervision of Dr Deborah Shaller, the Director of the Writing Lab.

We have four half-time graduate assistants working in the Center, two for writing (Jim Dubel and Mary Alice Moore, both of the Professional Writing program) and two for statistics/research (Alexis Parente of the Experimental Psychology program and May Robinson of the Applied and Industrial Mathematics program).

The tutors in the Help Center aim to help students with more formal writing and research design: fundamental difficulties in English language or grammar and in mathematics are helped in other centers and tutoring rooms.  Students should realize that the tutors will not do the work for the students, but will guide and assist.  They have limited time availability so students seeking assistance should have a grasp on their problem and recognize that everything cannot be handled in a one-hour visit.   Students are encouraged to make sure they understand assignments from their instructors and thesis advisors before discussing the questions with the tutors.  Tutors may refer students back to their instructors/advisors for additional guidance, especially in areas specific to the field of study.  Obviously, responsibility for academic integrity remains with the student.

The tutors are eager to be of assistance.  All four have high qualifications and past experience in tutoring.  They promise to do whatever they can to help.  They will be available in afternoons, evenings, and Saturdays, making it easier to students to meet with them.

Students seeking assistance should email a tutor and make an appointment.  Below are the email addresses and working hours of the tutors.  If we have changes in the timetable or other arrangements, they will be announced.

WRITING

Jim Dubel: jmdubel@hotmail.com   Mondays: 3:30-6:30 pm; Wednesday: 3:30-7:00 pm; Fridays 3:30-7:00 pm

Mary Alice Moore: mamsemail@aol.com  Mondays: 1:30-3:30 pm; Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 pm; Wednesdays 1:30-3:30 pm; Thursdays 1:00-5:00 pm

STATISTICS/RESEARCH DESIGN

Alexis Parente: aparen1@towson.edu  Mondays: 7:00-9:00 pm; Tuesdays: 3:00-5:00 pm; Wednesdays: 7:00-9:00 pm; Thursdays: 2:00-4:00 pm; Fridays 3:00-5:00 pm

May Robinson: mlee12@towson.edu   Tuesdays: 6:00-9:00 pm;  Thursdays: 6:00-9:00 pm; Saturdays: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

We hope this will be a valuable service to Towson University graduate students.