Anne began her educational career as a high school English teacher in 1977, and in 1990 moved into teaching college composition as a faculty member and administrator at Washington State University. In 2000, Anne accepted a Core Faculty appointment at Antioch University where she explored innovative ways of teaching and supporting adult student writers. As the AU Director of Writing Support, Anne oversees both the Virtual Writing Center and the Writers’ Exchange. Proud of Antioch University’s commitment to supporting its writers, Anne regards writing support and professional editing as fundamental to healthy writing habits. Anne is celebrating retirement after 21+ years at Antioch University.

Tamara Holloway received her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Oregon. Tamara has spent nearly twenty years teaching literature, composition, and creative writing to college students; she currently teaches at Walla Walla Community College. Tamara has a strong background in editing and is committed to instilling writing proficiency and confidence in her clients. Writing competently is empowering, and Tamara specializes in sharing the skills needed to write well under pressure with students and clients alike. Tamara offers dissertation coaching to help you become better at managing your dissertation or thesis by offering suggestions for ways you can take charge of the process and deal with common stresses such as procrastination/avoidance, writer’s block, anxiety, perfectionism, and other barriers to completing your project. We can do this together!

Allison earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics, with an emphasis in Applied Linguistics, from UC Santa Barbara. She is currently the Writing Center Director at AUSB, where she enjoys working with Antioch students and seeing them grow as writers. She loves thinking (and reading, and talking . . . ) about language learning and teaching, and has extended this interest from spoken language to written language during her time in the AUSB Writing Center.

Bryan Tomasovich is the owner of The Publishing World, a Seattle-based company dedicated to assisting authors one-on-one with editing, agent research and queries for traditional publishing, and full-service advising and project management for professionally self-published books. He has also worked as a senior editor at Emergency Press, an independent publisher based in New York, and as a professor of writing, literature, and media at Antioch University Seattle and the University of Puget Sound.

Shanti entered the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Antioch University Seattle in Fall 2019. After growing up in Alaska, she completed her undergraduate studies in studio art and Spanish at the University of Idaho. Shanti is transitioning into life in Seattle and furthering her artistic explorations within the Art Therapy specialization at Antioch. She loves cooking and is passionate about the outdoors, spending her free time hiking or playing ultimate frisbee. As an advocate of continued education, Shanti believes in the benefits of writing support and the accessibility that WEX provides, for personal and professional growth.