Meet Your Tutors: Business Communication Lab

Angela is from Bogota, Colombia, and is a doctoral student in the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies program. She has taught semiotics, gender studies, and literature for the past 15 years and is also a Spanish instructor. In addition, she is interested in agency and representation in Latin American films. Her Colombian dog is Lucio Proletariat, and her American dog is Maximiliano I, Prince of The Ozarks.

Brooke is a M.Acc. student from Carbondale, Illinois. She recently completed her BSBA, majoring in accounting and minoring in Mathematics. Brooke hopes to one day use her skills working for a nonprofit, specifically assisting those with intellectual disabilities. In her spare time, she loves to read, hang out with friends, and get slightly too competitive while playing board games and sports.

Colleen (she/her) is a translator from a lot of places, but mostly from around here. She translates from Spanish into English and is a student in the MFA of Creative Writing and Translation. She has taught Composition I & II and Creative Writing I & II. In her spare time, she loves crocheting, hiking, and looking for cheap flights. 

Jared is from Whittier, California. They are a fiction writer at the MFA Program in creative writing and translation here at the University of Arkansas. Jared has a master’s degree in Ibsen Studies from the University of Oslo. Their master’s thesis was on disability representation in Henrik Ibsen’s plays. Jared writes experimental fiction that muses on despair, hope, and uncertainty. Their work often also includes various monsters, vampires, ghosts, doppelgängers, demons, and space whales. In their spare time Jared reads Irish literature, philosophy, and thinks about how much they miss the ocean.

Kathleen is a writer and translator originally from New York. She is an MFA candidate in literary translation at the University of Arkansas with a focus on translating contemporary Arabic fiction. She is the director of Arkansas Writers in the Schools. Before pursuing her MFA, Kathleen was a product manager for multiple startups in San Francisco. In her free time, you can find her cooking, practicing yoga, and hanging out with her five cats.

Melanie is a junior from Fordyce, Arkansas. She is pursuing a bachelor's degree in business with a Spanish minor. In her spare time, she enjoys going for runs, working out, and spending time with her friends and families.

Nicole is a senior from Olathe, Kansas. She is majoring in Supply Chain Management and Marketing, with minors in Business Analytics and Music. On campus, Nicole is involved with the Associated Student Government and plays cello in the University Symphony Orchestra. In her spare time, she likes to explore new coffee shops, spend time with her loved ones, and go on nature walks.