Professional Staff
Phillip Bode
Director
Writing Center
- pbode@mst.edu
- Phone: (573) 341-6813
- 113 Campus Support Facility
PEER WRITING CONSULTANTS
ALEX
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: A sunny beach in southern Spain
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Why eggs should never be eaten runny
Spirit Animal: Peregrine Falcon
Favorite Writing Analogy: A comma can mean the difference between feeding your dog and eating your dog:
"It is time to eat, Fido!" "It is time to eat Fido!" Save lives -- use commas! (OK, not an analogy, but...)
ARYANA
Major: Geology/Geophysics
Dream Vacation Spot: Paris, France
Topic of My Next TEDx Talk: The Issues Presented by the House Sorting System in Harry Potter
Spirit Animal: Owl
Favorite Writing Analogy: “Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” –E. L. Doctorow
CHLOE
Major: Chemical Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: a dark sky park
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: STEM and soft skills: why innovators need to be in touch with their personal side
Spirit Animal: Cat
Favorite Writing Analogy: Your personal statement is like a peek into your inner self. Let whoever is reading it see the best parts of you in the same way that you would showcase those elements of yourself to a new friend.
CRYSTAL
Major: Geological Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: New Zealand for its diverse geology, and Iceland for the food, culture, volcanoes, and hot springs
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Puns and layered comedy
Spirit Animal: Little Brown Bat
Favorite Writing Analogy: Much like ratatouille, writing has layers or a mixture of ingredients, all leading to a well-rounded creation.
DEYONNA
Major: Business Management & Systems
Dream Vacation Spot: Greece
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Frozen II
Spirit Animal: Wolf
Favorite Writing Analogy: Writing a paper is like Combos. The baked pretzel on the outside is your argument/thesis. The amazing filling inside is everything that supports your baked pretzel layer.
ELIZABETH
Major: Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Mathematics
Dream Vacation Spot: I want to visit all 7 continents. So far I have been to North & Central America and Africa.
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Eliminating Single-use Plastic Waste
Spirit Animal: Elephant
Favorite Writing Analogy: ???
GRACE
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: Europe, specifically the countryside of France
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: The future of hydrogen power
Spirit Animal: Deer
Favorite Writing Analogy: Writing is like cooking. Practice makes perfect. If you follow a recipe, the food will likely turn out well. However, once you start to add personal touches and get creative, it can become a masterpiece.
JANET
Major: Elementary education
Dream Vacation Spot: Dubai
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Why second languages should be implemented in the elementary grade level.
Spirit Animal: Red Panda
Favorite Writing Analogy: Writing is similar to cooking. At first, recipes and instructions are needed to create something good, but the more you do it, the easier it is to do without looking at one.
JESSE
Major: Biological Sciences
Dream Vacation Spot: Rome, Italy
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Anime & The Hero's Journey
Spirit Animal: Hawk
Favorite Writing Analogy: "An essay is like a map..."
KAYLA
Major: English, minor in creative writing
Dream Vacation Spot: Osaka, Japan, or New Zealand countryside.
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: The importance of My Chemical Romance to the emotional development of rebellious teens.
Spirit Animal: Koi fish-- they just drift from riverbank to riverbank, looking for snacks. I too, drift from place to place looking for snacks.
Favorite Writing Analogy: Both writing and tacos are layered and complex, and I find, in the end, both are worth the work.
LAUREN
Major: Engineering Management
Dream Vacation Spot: Brunsbüttel, Germany
Topic of My TedX Talk: Organizing Your Home with Lean Six Sigma
Spirit Animal: Panda
Favorite Writing Analogy: Writing a persuasive essay is like convincing someone that pineapple on pizza is wrong; you must first entice your audience with the topic of pizza and establish credibility before providing solid evidence that pineapple is never an acceptable topping.
NICK
Major: Biochemical Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: Portugal
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Beekeeping
Spirit Animal: Barn Owl
Favorite Writing Analogy: Writing is like a cup of coffee, there is no wrong way to do it and can be energizing or make you sick to the stomach. Make sure to not start on it to late or you could be up all night.
RACHEL
Major: Geological Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: Norway
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Why do we ever buy bottled water?
Spirit Animal: Goat (I will scramble up on anything I am physically capable of climbing!)
Favorite Writing Analogy: Think of the conclusion of an argumentative paper as a lawyer's closing arguments. You've just spent your whole paper giving us evidence-- now tie it up with a killer closing argument that reminds us why everything you've talked about supports your claim.
SABRINA
Major: Elementary education. I hope to teach fifth or sixth grade.
Dream Vacation Spot: Somewhere I can swim with stingrays and drink tropical drinks on a beach with clear blue ocean water!
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: Major issues with standardized testing in America and possible solutions to those issues
Spirit Animal: Sting Ray. Their mating ritual involves the males doing belly flops to make the biggest splash. I love them! My spirit is a water pancake.
Favorite Writing Analogy: Citations as plug-and-chug formulas! It seems to make citations a lot easier for people to understand.
STEVIE
Major: Chemical Engineering
Dream Vacation Spot: East coast hiking!
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: the Kool-Aid man; is he the liquid or the container?
Spirit Animal: Highland cattle (the fuzzy show cows)
Favorite Writing Analogy: I don't have one. (Kayla's taco analogy is always fun though!)
TIM
Major: Business and Management Systems
Dream Vacation Spot: A tropical Island
Topic of My Next TedX Talk: How to become famous by doing strange or embarrassing things
Spirit Animal: Sloth
Favorite Writing Analogy: Writing is like talking only with your hands and spelling.