Writing Center Administration

Dr. Mary Lutze is a woman with brown, curly hair. She is smiling widely and is sitting on a brick wall with her arm around a medium-sized, brown dog with a curly fur coat. The dog is wearing an bright orange harness and has its tongue hanging out. Dr. Lutze is wearing a navy blue shirt, light beige cardigan, orangeish brown pants, and a gold locket necklace. In the background, one can see the corner of a clock tower and some trees in the distance.

Dr. Mary Lutze

- Writing Center Director, English Faculty 

 

Email: Mary.Lutze@uafs.edu

Bio: Prior to joining the faculty at the University of North Texas, Dr. Lutze held the positions of Inaugural Writing Center Director at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (2020 - 2025) and Writing Center Associate Director at Loyola University Chicago (2019 - 2020). As a new Texan, Dr. Lutze is excited to discover all that North Texas has to offer! She earned her Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago in May 2020, her Master's in English from Missouri State University, and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Evangel University. In her downtime, she enjoys reading whodunnits and mystery novels, taking walks with her French Water Dog (the UNT Writing Center Dog, Nori) and her husband (Alex), streaming horror movies, playing trivia, undertaking adventurous DIY projects, tending her various (and hilariously named) house plants, and drinking coffee. Odds are, you will find her in her office listening to either music, podcasts, or audiobooks while brainstorming how best to assist UNT students in achieving academic success. 

Research: Dr. Lutze's academic interests include Early Modern Literature, Disability Studies, Deaf Theatre, and Writing Center Theory and Practice. Currently, Dr. Lutze's research projects include a researched monograph under review at a university press (Reforming Sensory Disability in Early Modern England) and a contracted co-written monograph on Deaf Theatre through Bloomsbury Academic Press.

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Graduate Tutors

   
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Michelle B.

Master's Student in Communication Studies

 

Favorite Book: It's a tie between Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel!

Personal Interests: I host writing competitions in my free time and love drawing! When I’m not working on personal projects and events, I'm getting coffee with friends or playing video games :)

Specialties: Professional writing, research writing, all style formatting, editing, presentation skills and argumentative skills

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Undergraduate Tutors

   
   
   
   
   
   
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Jackie Frazier, Sophomore

English Major

 

Favorite Book: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. I'm also very passionate about Sylvia Plath's works!

Personal Interests: Creative writing, reading fiction, seeing live music, world history, and fashion history

Specialties: Fiction writing, poetry, academic writing, research writing, brainstorming ideas, editing and proofreading

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Ellie Fulton, Junior

English and Journalism Major

 

Favorite Quote: "People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict"  - Lemony Snicket

Personal Interests: Romance novels, writing short stories, watching sitcoms, baking and cooking, voter registration, and volunteering at the City of Denton Animal Shelte

Specialties: Journalistic articles, creative fiction, rhetoric/rhetorical analysis, MLA, history, literary analysis, non-native speaker guidance, and developmental editing

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Bella McCord, Sophomore

Art History Major

 

Favorite Books: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, closely followed by The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.

Favorite Quote: "You do not have to be good / You do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the deserft repenting / You only have to let the soft animal of your body / love what it loves" (from "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver)

Personal Interests: reading (of course, as it is inextricably linked to writing), crocheting, hiking, kayaking, and wandering through museums.

Specialties: brainstorming, outlining, research strategies, research writing, synthesis, presentation outlines/scripts, (annotated) bibliographies, art writing, visual analysis, proofing, editing, and formatting (Chicago Manual of Style).

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