Dr. Pete Carriere came to Georgia  College & State University in the fall of 1997.  He founded the GC Writing center in the fall of that year.  Dr. Carriere published his first essay in 1974 while teaching at an international school in Tokyo, Japan.  He has published every year since then, and his publishing credits include film strips, technical writing, advertising copy, essays, and Japanese senryu, as well as academic publications.  He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska  at Omaha, a master's from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a Ph.D. in 19th/20th century British & American Modernist  literature from the University  of Nebraska.

Monic Ductan is one of two Writing Center Graduate Assistants this year.  She was born and raised in rural Georgia. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia State University.  Her writing has recently appeared in several literary magazines, including Toad, Uptown Mosaic, and Dogzplot, among others.  She studies the writing of poetry in the MFA Program at GCSU.

Chelsie Buckley one of two Writing Center Graduate Assistants this year.  She comes to the writing center from Nowhere, Kentucky via Agnes Scott College in Atlanta.  She is currently studying fiction writing for her MFA in Creative Writing at GCSU.  She  enjoys reading George Saunders, walking her dogs, roasting brussel sprouts, and eating them.

 Aimee Lewis received her undergraduate degree in English at Central Michigan University.  She has essays published in Temenos, and won the Spring 2009 Central Review poetry prize.  Her MFA concentration is non-fiction.  Aimee's previous work experience includes three years as a writing center consultant at CMU and seven summers as a teacher's aide at a summer school for migrant children. When not reading or writing, she enjoys spending time with friends, tea, listening to music, yoga, longboarding, and climbing trees.

Claire Helakoski comes to Georgia from Grand Rapids, Michigan.  She has her Bachelor's from Grand Valley State University worked for On The Town, an arts and entertainment magazine, before coming to Georgia College for her thesis in fiction.  Claire loves reading Margaret Atwood, farmers markets, good coffee, vanilla tea, and arts and crafts. 

Rachelle Bowser is an MFA student at Georgia whose primary focus is poetry.  Rachelle is from Pennsylvania and earned her BFA in Creative Writing from Penn State University.  She enjoys taking long walks, enormous dogs, medium and large dogs, swimming in rivers, and teaberry ice cream.

Monica Prince received her B.A. with College Honors in Creative Writing at Knox College in Illinois in 2012.  This Colorado-grown slam poet and dancer channels her energy in creative "choreopoems"--choreographed series of poems-- for production.  Her work has appeared in Stars in Our Hearts (2012) and Cellar Door (2009, 2010, 2011).  She enjoys reading, writing, cooking, and yoga, and is currently an MFA candidate in poetry.