CUNY Writing Fellows (from left to right): Ken Nielsen, Pamela Burger, Carlos Penaloza, Cheryl Dym, and Tim Recuber

CUNY Writing Fellows (CWFs) are Doctoral Candidates at The CUNY Graduate Center who have earned a competitive fellowship and who receive specialized training in the teaching of writing. These six CWFs are central to the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at Queens College. They are also largely responsible for the conception, development, and production of Revisions. Take a look at their biographies to learn more about this year’s CWFs.

Cheryl Dym is a doctoral candidate in the Neuropsychology Ph.D. subprogram at Queens College. Her graduate work focuses on the genetic and pharmacological contributions to preference of sugar and fat. Next year, she will start her psychology internship at AHRC where she will be working with developmentally delayed individuals.

Carlos Penaloza holds a Masters of Philosophy in Biology and is a doctoral candidate in the Biology Ph.D. subprogram at the CUNY Graduate Center. His graduate work focuses on the molecular mechanisms leading to sex dimorphic cellular sensitivity and is based at the Queens College Biology Department.

Ken Nielsen is finishing his dissertation in Theatre Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. His work focuses on the performance of gay male sexuality in Western Europe through the import of American plays. When he is not doing this, he is working on a play that may be titled After the Burning.

Tim Recuber is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, currently at work on a dissertation examining the depiction of disasters in mass media and popular culture.

Pamela Burger is a Ph.D. Candidate in the English department at the CUNY Graduate Center. When not procrastinating, she sometimes writes poetry, essays on poetry, and a dissertation focused on women in twentieth-century literature.

Jeff McLean is Ph.D. Candidate in the CUNY Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology program in Dr. Zakeri’s cell death lab at Queens College. His research focuses primarily on Influenza A and Dengue virus manipulation of mammalian cancer-related (cell death) biochemical pathways.