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SPOTLIGHT: Alumni, Before & After IUP

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WHO: Lian-Aik Wong, PhD, '92

DISSERTATION: A descriptive analysis of the varieties of Singapore English - As recreated by Singapore writers of Fiction

BEFORE: I was a Lecturer at the English Language Proficiency Unit (ELPU), National University of Singapore.

AFTER: After serving as Director of my center for more than 13 years, I decided to step down from the position to return to full-time teaching and research.  Currently I am taking my 6-month sabbatical and spending 4 months at the Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, Cambridge University.

WHO: Shanti Bruce, PhD, '05

DISSERTATION: An Analysis of Leadership Practices in Composition Studies

BEFORE: Before beginning the C&T program, I was teaching at the University of North Alabama. Go Lions!

AFTER: I co-authored (with Kevin Dvorak) Creative Approaches to Writing Center Work with Hampton Press. I chair the Master's in Writing Program, coordinate the Undergraduate Writing Program, and I am an assistant professor at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

WHO: Jennifer Ritter, PhD, '02

DISSERTATION: Negotiating the Center: An Analysis of Writing Tutorial Interactions between ESL Learners and Native-English Speaking Writing Center Tutors

BEFORE: I finished a MATESOL program at West Virginia University, where I met my husband, George.

AFTER: I moved to Alaska immediately after IUP and worked at U. of Alaska Anchorage until 2007. Now I am at Salt Lake Community College. George and I have been tearing up the mountain biking trails in Utah since we moved here.