Writing Center Faculty and Staff
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Writing InstructorRobin has been teaching academic writing for graduate students at CEU since 1999, and has also taught undergraduate academic writing at Corvinus University, Budapest, since 2004. Prior to coming to Budapest, he lived and worked in Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong, and Colombia. At CEU Robin works with the Legal Studies, IRES, History and Nationalism departments. Robin has delivered outreach courses on academic writing for masters, PhD students or professional researchers at the Hungarian Central bank and in other countries such as Lithuania, Estonia, Holland, and training for junior faculty and PhD students in Russia and FR of Yugoslavia. Robin represents the CEU and the Centre for Academic Writing in the FIESOLE Group. His interest, apart from academic writing, is teacher training. His hobbies include sports and games of all types but he now has two young children.
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Academic Writing InstructorRéka teaches writing in the Departments of Public Policy, International Relations, Philosophy, and Legal Studies. Prior to joining CEU in 2005, she worked at the Applied Linguistics Department at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, teaching academic writing. Réka is currently completing her PhD at Eötvös Loránd University and holds an MA in English and Latin Language and Linguistics. Her research interests include higher education research and writing research, particularly discourse analysis.
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Director of Center for Academic WritingJohn joined the Center for Academic Writing as Director in 1998. He currently works mainly with students of Public Policy, International Relations and Economics. He has also been involved as a consultant for writing programs and centers in various countries in the region. His principal research interest is in policy issues related to teaching writing in English or in other languages. Prior to joining CEU he worked in various countries of Central and Eastern, including the Baltic States, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, but also in Germany, China, Finland and Turkey.
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Academic Writing InstructorAndrea teaches academic writing in the Departments of Gender Studies, Philosophy, Medieval Studies, History, Nationalism and Legal Studies. Since she joined the Writing Center in 2004, she has been involved in various outreach projects, teaching writing courses for Hungarian universities and the Hungarian National Bank as well as delivering research writing workshops for the Max Planck Institute in Germany and France. Andrea holds an MA in English and German Language, Literature and Teaching and a PhD in Postmodern English Literature and Culture from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Her work has appeared in the Neo-Victorian Studies Journal, The AnaChronist and Holmi.
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Academic Writing InstructorSanjay Kumar teaches Academic Writing in the Departments of Gender Studies, Public Policy, Environmental Science and Policy and Legal Studies. He joined the Centre for Academic Writing in August, 2010. He was awarded PhD in English Language and Literature from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2010. He has more than ten years of teaching experience in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in technical universities and Business schools in India like the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). Prior to joining CEU, he taught in Selye Janos University, Slovakia and International Business School(IBS)), Budapest.
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CoordinatorAgnes has been working at CEU for over 15 years in various departments and positions, as assistant to the Budget Director, admissions assistant, coordinator of the Department of Mathematics, coordinator of the Roma Access Program. She has been the CAW Coordinator since 1995. She deals with matters related to academic writing courses; oversees and supervises the administration of foreign language courses run by the Center for Academic Writing.
She also works as a freelance translator, interpreter and proofreader.
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Academic Writing InstructorThomas has been teaching academic writing at CEU since 1996. In that time he has taught and consulted with students from most departments, including Economics, History, International Relations and European Studies, Legal Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology & Social Anthropology. Before coming to CEU he taught English as a Second and Foreign Language in San Francisco and with the Peace Corps in Hungary. He has a B.A. from Villanova University, an M.A. from Arizona State University, and is currently completing work on a PhD in English Renaissance Literature at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem in Budapest. His work has appeared in Shakespeare Survey, Shakespearean International Yearbook, and Notes & Queries.
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Academic Writing InstructorEszter joined the Writing Center in 2002, and has worked with students of Political Science, History, Legal Studies, Sociology and Environmental Sciences. She has also been involved in doing outreach work in the region, including Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. She has also taught writing courses for Hungarian universities and the Hungarian National Bank. Prior to joining CEU she worked for ELTE, the Bell Language School and the College for Foreign Trade.
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Academic Writing InstructorAgnes teaches Academic Writing in the Departments of Public Policy, IRES, Environmental Science and Legal Studies. Prior to joining CEU in 2010, she taught Academic Writing, English for Specific Purposes, Communication and Specialist Translation at Eötvös Lóránd University and Szent István University for 10 years. Her qualifications include an MA in English Language and Literature and a degree in Translation with a specialization in Economics and Social Sciences. She has also been working as a freelance translator and proofreader for publishing companies and magazines. Currently, she is pursuing a degree in Coaching.
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CAW AssistantJudit joined CEU in 1997 and worked as the coordinator at Center for Academic Writing until 2003. Now she deals with foreign language course administration.