Valvo, Mary

During her time at St. Bonaventure, she taught composition and critical thinking and tutored in the Plassmann Writing Center. She has been teaching composition and poetry at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford since Fall 2012. Mary enjoys working as a writing center consultant because she values sharing conversations with student writers about their work to identify students’ goals in writing center sessions. She specializes in American literature, and especially enjoys writing about poetry, as Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay was the subject of her Master’s thesis. Mary also likes brainstorming and organizing ideas for all kinds of papers, so if you’re not sure how to begin an assignment, make an appointment with Mary!