About Us

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YpsiWrites is a nonprofit community writing center.

Our trained writing tutors and workshop leaders are available to help teen and adult writers with any and all types of writing, including resumes, essays, stories, business plans, poetry, memoirs, and more!


Our Collaborators

Our Partners


YpsiWrites Leadership

 
 

Staff

  • Ann Blakeslee, Ph.D., Co-Founder, YpsiWrites; Director, Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing; Professor, Department of English

  • Cathy Fleischer, Ph.D., Co-Founder, YpsiWrites; Faculty Associate, Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing; Professor, Department of English

  • Brian Connolly, Ph.D., Faculty Associate, Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing; Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

  • Geneva Korytkowski, M.A., Volunteer Coordinator, YpsiWrites; Instructor, Department of English

  • Catherine Calabro Cavin, M.F.A., Education Director, 826michigan 

  • Joan Kwaske, Graduate Assistant, YpsiWrites and Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing

  • Kennady Klochko, Graduate Assistant, YpsiWrites and Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing

  • Gabrielle Alston, Graduate Assistant, YpsiWrites and Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing

  • Alyssa Allen, Graduate Assistant, YpsiWrites and Eastern Michigan University Office of Campus & Community Writing

C2W/YpsiWrites Advisory Board

 
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Mary Garboden, Head of Outreach Services, Ypsilanti District Library

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Melissa Brooks-Yip, Coordinator of Instruction, Washtenaw Intermediate School District

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Barbara K. Scheffer, Ed.D., R.N., M.S.N., Professor Emerita, Eastern Michigan University School of Nursing

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Maria Sheler-Edwards, Trustee, Ypsilanti Community Schools Board of Education

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Maria Dorantes, Spanish Lecturer and Spanish Internship Coordinator, University of Michigan

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Kevin English, Assistant Principal at Frost Middle School in Livonia

 

Our Community