Kathryn Cochran
(she/her/hers)
Interim Director of the Writing Program
Senior Instructional Professor, Humanities Collegiate Division
kcochran@uchicago.edu
Ashley Lyons
(she/her/hers)
Associate Director
anlyons@uchicago.edu
Ashley has over 12 years of experience teaching writing to undergraduate and graduate students, developing resources to support writers arcoss the university, and leading writing pedagogy workshops and courses. Ashley also enjoys collaborating with university partners to support their goals for student writing. Ashley received an MA from the University of Chicago in 2009 and her research focused on the intellectual history of Vaishnavism and Sanskrit literature.
Crystal Holmes
(she/her/hers)
Assistant Director
clholmes@uchicago.edu
Crystal began teaching writing at the University of Chicago in 2014 and became an Assistant Director in 2020. She helps develop writing curricula and workshops for undergraduate, professional, and non-traditional students. She especially enjoys providing one-on-one support for academic and creative writers at the university and in the greater Chicago community.
T Lacy
(they/them/their)
Assistant Director
lacyt@uchicago.edu
T Lacy joined the Writing Program staff first in 2016 as a Writing intern and MAPH Mentor after graduating from the Master’s of Arts in the Humanities the same year. After leaving to teach after school programming and executive functioning at a Chicago youth center, T then joined the Writing Program again in 2019 as a Writing Specialist, and now serves as an Assistant Director.
Sarah Bonanno
(she/her/hers)
Assistant Director
sbonanno@uchicago.edu
Sarah began working for the Writing Program in 2018 as a writing tutor during her MA program at the University of Chicago where she concentrated in Theater and Performance Studies. Since then, Sarah has worked as a Writing Specialist in the UChicago Humanities Core. Currently, Sarah assists the Writing Program in teaching writing, developing pedagogical resources, and training graduate students.
Ryan Oliveira
(he/him/his)
Program Coordinator
writing-program@uchicago.edu
Ryan has been working for the Writing Program since 2020. He is a playwright, dramaturg, and solo performer. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa (2015) and has collaborated as playwright and dramaturg with theatre artists in Chicago, New York, Texas, and Arizona. Ryan has also taught playwriting, criticism, and performance history at various universities.
Emeritus Staff
Larry McEnerney, Director Emeritus of the Writing Program