Asma (ahs-ma) A. Neblett
Digital Portfolios Specialist
Email: digitalportfolios@slu.cuny.edu
Asma (ahs-ma) is a graduate student of the Digital Humanities Master’s program at The CUNY Graduate Center and the Digital Portfolios Specialist at SLU. She provides guidance, learning materials, and consultations for students and instructors to facilitate The Digital Portfolio Project of the SLU Learning Hub.
Brian Fleurantin
Capstone Mentor
Email: Brian.Fleurantin05@slu3.cuny.edu
Brian is a Capstone Mentor supporting a section of the Urban Studies MA Capstone. Brian has been working at Housing Works and helped his coworkers win union ratification and assisted in their first collective bargaining agreement as well. Brian graduated from SLU with a Master’s in Urban Studies along with a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Public Administration and Public Policy in June 2021.
Cody Kalina
Supplemental Instruction Leader SLU Pre-College Programs
Email: Cody.Kalina@slu.cuny.edu
Cody is the Interim Supplemental Instruction Leader for SLU’s Pre-College Programs. He is also a non-fiction writer, a visual artist, and an English instructor who has worked with a variety of students at Queens College, Columbia University, LIU Brooklyn, and Santaluces Community High School in Florida, over the last ten years. Cody holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Florida Atlantic University.
Eva-Tshama Mulaja
Capstone Mentor
Email: Eva.Mulaja12@slu3.cuny.edu
Eva-Tshama constant eagerness to learn and comprehend how societies are organized has pushed her on a multidisciplinary academic and professional journey. Eva holds an MA in Urban Studies from SLU; a BA in Humanities and Social Sciences with a Major in Anthropology from the University of Strasbourg in France, and an AS in Criminal Justice. She is also pursuing a second Master’s degree, at Baruch College’s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. Eva has worked as a Cultural Research Coordinator and interned for the Kings County Supreme Court. She has also worked with isolated school-age immigrants and taught French. She currently serves as a member of the Anti-Racism Committee of a New York City Hospital. Originally from France, Eva is bilingual in French and English.
Mason Brown
Science Resources and ASRC Librarian
Email: mbrown3@gc.cuny.edu
Mason Brown is the SLU, Science Resources, and ASRC Librarian at the Graduate Center. He has a BS with a concentration in Zoo and Aquarium Science from Michigan State University, a Masters in Library Science from Simmons College, and a MS in Biology from City College of New York (CUNY). He has been working as a Librarian for over 15 years, 10 of those at CUNY. He has written on using comic books as a medium for teaching incoming freshmen the art of question asking, on effective interventions for preventing the spread of disease in vulnerable populations, and on the unique challenges of working as a librarian for a research heavy science facility. Before his library career, he worked hand feeding baby vultures, storks, and penguins at the Detroit Zoo. He has been the SLU library liaison since 2020.
Michael Rymer
Associate Director of the SLU Learning Hub
Email: Michael.Rymer@slu.cuny.edu Telephone: 646-313-8322
Michael Rymer is the Associate Director of the SLU Learning Hub. He has worked in writing centers at colleges across New York City, including Yeshiva University and Baruch College, where he served as a curriculum specialist. Michael holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an MA in Language and Literacy from the City College of New York. He has contributed to the Village Voice, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Writing Center Journal, WLN and other publications.
Sasha Graybosch
Writing Consultant
Email: Sasha.Graybosch@slu.cuny.edu
Sasha Graybosch is a fiction writer, essayist, writing instructor, and consultant who holds a BA in English from the University of Kansas and an MFA from New York University. Her writing has appeared in Hobart, Electric Literature, Canteen, elimae, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She’s taught courses in composition at the Fashion Institute of Technology and creative writing at NYU, and she’s also a writing consultant at the FIT and Baruch College writing centers. She enjoys supporting writers with planning and organizing for large projects, understanding assignment expectations, brainstorming, improving arguments, and refining language choices.
Victoria Cho
Writing Consultant
Victoria Cho is a writer and educator with experience supporting students from middle school to graduate school. She previously managed a career and college-readiness program alongside social workers, teachers, and counselors. She has helped students with a variety of learning styles and from diverse backgrounds. Victoria enjoys discussing research strategies, structure, transitions, and purpose of an assignment. Her writing can be found in Nonwhite and Woman (Woodhall Press 2022), The Offing, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Collagist, Perigee, Quarter After Eight, Word Riot, and Mosaic. She is a Kundiman Fellow and an alumna of VONA/Voices. Victoria holds an MFA from University of New Orleans and a Bachelor’s from Boston University.
Grace Flores-Robles
Quantitative Reasoning Fellow
Email: gfloresrobles@gradcenter.edu
Grace is the Quantitative Reasoning Fellow at SLU. She is also a doctoral candidate in psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she received a Quantitative Certification and an MA in Psychology. Grace holds a BS in Psychology with minors in Biology and Statistics from the University of Texas at El Paso. She looks forward to using her advanced training in statistics to support students and faculty at the SLU Learning Hub.
Herby Phanord
Email: herby.phanord03@login.cuny.edu
Herby Phanord is a long-time municipal employee currently working as a Highway Repairer with the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT). He restores and maintains both local and commercial roadway routes, helping to support the city’s critical transportation infrastructure. Herby is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Community and Urban Studies at SLU. Currently, he holds an Associate degree in Fine and Applied Arts from SUNY Westchester Community College in Valhalla, NY. Herby hopes to one day merge his passion for the arts and the outdoors to help support historically underserved groups within and outside of academia. Herby is excited to expand his academic journey as SLU’s first Writing Mentor.