Quinn Blackley Writes

Note: In the summer of 2021, I was working as the internship coordinator for BYU's American Indian Studies Program. The following are sample communications I wrote in preparation for student internships to commence that fall. These email samples demonstrate my ability to communicate between multiple entities within our program with clarity and tact, particularly within the context of a community still recovering from a global pandemic.

Note: In the spring of 2022, I submitted this research grant proposal to BYU's College of  Humanities  seeking funding for a major project launching a local writing center. This grant proposal gave me valuable experience articulating purpose and communicating a narrative in a way that would gain the support of an educational institution. I was awarded a BYU Humanities Grant following the submission of this proposal. As a writing consultant at BYU’s Research and Writing Center (RWC) and an editorial assistant of The Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools (JPTSS), I’ve come to recognize the incredible impact student writing centers can have both in enriching the writing experience for the students they serve and building stronger community within the institution in which the center resides. Consequently, my educational pursuits have leaned heavily into writing center and peer tutoring work. Despite the steadily-growing number of secondary schools across the country, Utah...

Note: The following includes portions of a conference presentation proposal I wrote on behalf of a research team I led at BYU. It reflects my ability to respond to questions with clarity and concision while maintaining a professional tone. This presentation proposal was accepted by the Secondary School Writing Center Association in December 2022. ABSTRACT: IN 100 WORDS OR FEWER, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE CONTENT OF YOUR PRESENTATION. IF YOUR PRESENTATION IS SELECTED, THIS WILL APPEAR IN THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND WILL HELP ATTENDEES DECIDE TO ATTEND YOUR SESSION. CONSIDER YOUR AUDIENCE ! Leveraging our experience as tutors at our university writing center and preservice English teachers, we have partnered with a local high school to build a secondary school writing center. Our project has been guided by this primary research question: How can universities collaborate with secondary schools to build and sustain peer writing centers? We have spent the last several months learning how to suppo...

Note: This text is a course memo I wrote as a writing consultant at BYU's Research and Writing Center. Certain elements have been removed to maintain anonymity. In collaboration with the instructor of this course, I was tasked with creating a concise but still thorough description of each of the major assignments within the course for both students in the class and consultants at the RWC to reference.