Staff

Philip Alexander

Research Associate, 16-236 617-258-7487 palex@mit.edu

Nicholas Altenbernd

Undergraduate Administrator, 14E-302 617-253-7894 altenb@mit.edu

L. Richard Duffy

Research Associate, 16-236 617-258-7487 zeno@mit.edu

Maya Jhangiani

Administrative Assistant: Events and Publicity Coordinator, 14E-303 617-253-9469 jhang@mit.edu

Shannon Larkin

Graduate Administator, 14N-108 617-452-5036 slarkin@mit.edu

Shannon Larkin may be the graduate administrator of the Science Writing program, but she is better known as the Mother Hen. She is as adept with a kleenex box and a cup of tea as she is an add/drop form. In her non-MIT time, Shannon is a professional singer with the Handel and Haydn society, an occasional target shooter, and a (real) mother to a nine-year old boy.

Chelsey Norman

Administative Assistant, WAC, 12-117, 617-253-0650, chelseyn@mit.edu

Chelsey graduated in 2007 from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics. Since graduation, she has worked on a University of Chicago project to create an online Yucatec Maya language course funded by a Department of Education grant. She volunteers in an ESL conversation class in Somerville, MA and is currently working on a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics at UMass-Boston.

Magdaléna Rieb

Administative Officer, 14E-303A 617-253-4741 mrieb@mit.edu

Magdaléna joined the Writing and Humanistic Program in 2008 after working as the Assistant Director/Program Coordinator for the MIT Security Studies Program. She holds a dual Masters degree in English and German and is in her final year in the Graduate Certificate Program in Financial Management and Fundraising for Non-profit Organizations at Boston University. Her prior experience includes teaching English as a second language. Outside her work Magdaléna trains her two kids (6 and 4) to be the next Body Millers on the New England ski slopes, or devours the exceptional works published by WHS writers.