Writing Consultants

Joy Patterson

I first worked as a Writing Center consultant as an undergraduate at Prairie View A&M University. I received a BA in English with a minor in Business in 2005 and then worked as a Marketing Representative for Surety Systems, Inc., before entering the English graduate program. Also, my favorite books are Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya, and my favorite movies are the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The and Devil Wears Prada.

Ayana Young

I came to Prairie View through a research program, Bridging the Gap to the Baccalaureate Degree (BGBD), geared toward exposing minority students to the field of biological research while helping community college students make the transition to a four-year university smoothly. In May of 2007, I graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a minor in Biology. I’ve been told that those two disciplines are an odd combination, but I’ve never thought so. While a student at Houston Community College, in fact, I worked in the writing center as an English tutor. As far as English goes, I’ve always wanted to be a writer. While briefly majoring in Biology, I became very interested in learning how to write grants which happens to be one of my future goals. I am currently in the second year of my Master’s program which coincides with being my second year as a graduate consultant in the Writing Center. My avid thirst for reading extends from the entire Harry Potter series to supernatural romance novels (anything by Christine Feehan or Sherrilyn Kenyon). The Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy M. Montgomery was my favorite childhood companion along with Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends. My favorite movies include: The Fountain, Happy Feet, Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (Mmm…Orlando Bloom), Bed of Roses, Labyrinth, The Neverending Story, The Princess Bride, The Last Dragon, Secret Window, Napoleon Dynamite, Monster’s Inc., Serenity, Legend and Galaxy Quest, to name a few.

Keith Evans

I graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, where I received my BA with Honors in English in the Spring of 2007. I joined the Graduate Program there, but decided to take a year off to return home to Waller and help my family after my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now I have returned to school at Prairie View A&M to achieve a Masters in English. I joined the Writing Center staff to help ease the financial burden on my family and to polish my own skills in writing and rhetoric. My specialty is creative writing; a path I hope to expand upon and make my career as an author. When I am not working or studying, I write, or play video games, including old nostalgic games on the NES and Atari. I love to read and write, especially dark horror or science-fiction stories. My absolute favorite author is Howard Philips Lovecraft, the father of modern horror. My favorite movie is Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Shashimo Simpson

U'Kevia Bell

Eugenia Ayanwu