Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Major: English
Minors: I have almost minored in Industrial Design, Women's Studies, and Editing
Year in School: Eternal Student

Writing Strengths: Theoretical analyses of literature
Favorite English 150 Paper: Opinion Editorial
Tutoring Specialties: Letters of intent/resume help; theses and paragraph organization
Languages Spoken: German

Favorite Book: Walter Benjamin's Illuminations & Nathaniel West's Day of the Locusts
Favorite Quote: "Gadsbud! I am provoked into fermentation!" --Thomas Gray
Dream Job: Professor of 20th-Century American Literature and/or Theory

At the thender age of nine, Amanda lectured her mother on the offensive qualities of The Little Mermaid. It was all downhill from there there. That event foretold it all: critiques of aesthetics, artistic endeavors, feminism, hatred of the Disney princesses, and a love for Walter Benjamin.