SON Writing Center

Academic Writing Coach & Writing Tutor Coordinator

As the Academic Writing Coach, Faithe Roberson is available to help students develop their reading and writing skills. Students are welcome to seek help at any stage of the writing process. Faithe incorporates collaborative tutoring strategies to help students cultivate a wide variety of writing skills, including effectively deconstructing prompts, generating ideas for assignments, correcting grammatical errors, and reviewing revision strategies. Appointments can take place in-person or via Zoom. Click here or contact nursingwritingcenter@fullerton.edu to book appointments.

In addition to the Academic Writing Coach, The School of Nursing has partnered with the   Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to provide writing assistance for our students. The volunteer tutors are retired professionals who are willing to give their time and expertise. We track aggregate data on students' writing skills when they seek tutoring assistance.

 

Meet Our OLLI Tutors

Barbara Gossett

Barbara spent her last 18 years of employment as a planner at Caltrans, writing reports and editing engineering documents. She retired in 2009, recently enough that she misses the fun and challenge of helping people construct readable reports that present sound arguments, peppered with well-chosen words, and she is looking forward to working with nursing students.

 

 

Jeff DeVore

Jeff DeVore majored in Music at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. He then earned a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Logan University, Chesterfield, Missouri. He was appointed as an Associate Professor of Clinical Education at So Cal University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA, where he supervised senior chiropractic interns as they accumulated patient and clinical experiences in preparation for licensure and practice. He is a leader in Toastmasters Club 417, which is part of the international communications and leadership organization.

Keith Thursby

Keith Thursby is a retired journalist and Cal State Fullerton alum. He worked primarily for the Los Angeles Times, where as an editor he was part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams. Thursby also worked at ESPN.com, working one-on-one with a variety of writers. He’s an experienced mentor at CSUF and with UPchieve.org, which offers free online training to high school students.

John Raphael

(In his own words): I completed two years of college as physics major. When Kennedy gave his “ask not” speech I joined the Army, just as the Viet Nam war escalated, was wounded – so they sent me computer school instead of the jungle. I spent three years fixing computers for the NSA. When I got out, IBM sent me to school, so I could fix their computers at Caltech. Then Caltech made me a Carnegie Fellow, so I could fix their astrophysics computers. The list goes on for another twenty years. I became the teacher at Calcomp, Hughes and Boeing; writing 105 books as a consultant along the way. I finished my BA in English at Cal Poly, where I met my wife of 44 years in poetry class. So we both earned our Master’s at CSUF, hers in Art, mine in English again. Boy do I love to read. My wife opened Orange County’s 1st children’s art school because they told us our oldest daughter wasn’t “gifted and talented” based on a 2nd grade IQ. The schools didn’t support visual learners or the kids gifted in art. It wasn’t in the budget.We raised four kids. Each one had to learn an instrument, take dance or karate, and pursue a sport. All four taught art at our school and earned every cent they spent. The three grown girls own their art school; their brother is a doctor. All four went to college on art scholarships. The Art House is alive and well after 25 years, but I retired. I’m here because our family spent so many great years at CSUF. I love to be here. And, there is almost nothing I’d rather talk about than writing.