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 Learning Resources Center
Sally Monserud Hall
2545 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508

Phone: 786-6828
Fax: 786-6835

Jonell Sauceda

Jonell Sauceda
LRC Director
Office: SMH 125E
Phone: 786-6829
E-mail: jfsauceda@uaa.alaska.edu


Jonell Sauceda began working for the University of Alaska Anchorage over 20 years ago, joining the LRC as their Director in 1998. As Director, her focus has been on creating a student-centered environment that assists students in achieving their personal academic goals. Through providing access to educational resources and tutorial services that enhance the college learning experience, Jonell has created a setting where students can gain the help necessary to achieve their personal and educational dreams.        

Tara Smith

Tara Smith, M.Ed.
Interim Academic Coordinator
Office: SMH 124
Phone: 786-6833
E-mail: tmsmith@uaa.alaska.edu

Tara Smith began teaching for UAA in the Community Education Program in 1997. She joined the College Preparatory & Developmental Studies department in 2001, where she is a tenured Associate Professor of ESL. She holds a B.A. in French Language and a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from Portland State University and a Master of Adult Education, Program & Curriculum Planning emphasis, from UAA. As the Interim Academic Coordinator of the LRC tutoring programs, she strives to improve and expand the tutoring resources and services provided at the LRC.

 

 

Jennifer Brown



Jennifer Brown
Administrative Assistant
Office: SMH 123
Phone: 786-6863
E-mail: jlbrown11@uaa.alaska.edu


Jennifer Brown started working at the LRC in August of 2009 as the Lead Desk Clerk. Having graduated from Utah State University the previous May she was eager to return to the college atmosphere and to help other students find their own success. Her background as a key member of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art gave her experience with teaching students of all ages and backgrounds as well as being a leader within a prestigious work environment. As the LRC's Administrative Assistant, she now manages budget, cost center clerk duties, marketing design and events, as well as assisting with numerous other responsibilities around the center. She loves helping UAA's students achieve their full potential and meet their own educational goals.

D'Arcy Hutchings

D'Arcy Hutchings, MLIS
Librarian
Office: SMH 128
Phone: 786-6831
E-Mail: dlhutchings@uaa.alaska.edu

D'Arcy Hutchings worked at the Consortium Library on the UAA campus for eight years prior to joining the LRC team in November 2009. She holds a B.A. in History from UAA and a Master of Library and Information Studies (M.L.I.S.) degree from University of Alabama. As the manager of the LRC library, she strives to improve and expand the library resources and services provided at the LRC. Through her role as manager of the front desk and its staff, she promotes excellent service to LRC guests.

Kate Sanders

LRC Night Supervisor
Kate Sanders
Office: SMH 125G
Phone: 786-6827
E-mail: kmsanders@uaa.alaska.edu


Kate Sanders joined the LRC team as the Night Supervisor in August of 2012. A variety of experiences prepared her for this position including working as an LRC Information Desk Clerk since 2011, sociology athlete tutor, common’s attendant at UAA Housing, Research Technician and Public Policy Intern at UAA’s Institution of Social and Economic Research as well as experience in the private sector including Front Desk Supervisor and Front Desk Manager for Fairbanks Princess Lodge. Kate holds a B.A. in Sociology and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender Studies with minors in Political Science and Psychology. She is currently a graduate student in the Master of Public Administration program here at UAA. As the Night Supervisor, Kate strives to provide excellent customer service to all LRC guests with a focus on connecting students to academic support services at UAA.

Dan Bonin

Dan Bonin
Math Learning Specialist/Tutor Trainer
Office: SMH 121A
Phone:786-6855
E-Mail: debonin@uaa.alaska.edu

In 2009, shortly after graduating from New Mexico Tech with dual B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Physics with an Atmospheric Physics option, Dan Bonin began working for the LRC as an athlete tutor in math and physics. In 2010 he began tutoring in the math lab and became the math learning specialist in 2011. As both an adjunct faculty member and math learning specialist, Dan tries to instill his enjoyment of mathematics into his students. His primary goal for the math lab is to help students transition away from anxiety about math towards a genuine interest in it.


Cameron Nay

Camerson Nay, MS
Writing Specialist/Tutor Trainer
Office: SMH 118A
Phone: 786-6918
E-Mail: cgnay@uaa.alaska.edu

Cameron Nay has been working with the Reading/Writing Center since October of 2010.  He has a Master of Science in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management and earned his Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Restoration Ecology.  Both of Cameron’s degree programs were research-based and focused heavily on scientific writing and analysis.  Aside from working as the writing specialist in the RWC, Cameron also teaches online environmental science classes.  He has lived and worked in various locations including Washington State, Utah, Hawaii and Portugal.  Cameron is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish and truly enjoys working with students who are acquiring a new language.

Melinda Nicholson

Melinda Nicholson
English-Second-Language (ESL) Tutoring Specialist

Office: SMH 118D
Phone: 786-6832
E-mail: mgnicholson@uaa.alaska.edu


Melinda Nicholson graduated form Middlebury College with a B.A. in Spanish. Many years later, after her children were grown, she studied tutoring with an emphasis in ESL, and in 1986 began to tutor international students in the Learning Resources Center, which she continues to this day. Her students are all interesting and brilliant, and she thoroughly enjoys learning from them about their homelands, cultures and languages in the process of clarifying some of the mysteries of English for them.