Hartford Seminary's Writing Consultants

Hartford Seminary offers all students the services of a Writing Consultant (WC). The Writing Consultant is to help students improve their command of written English, and to help organize essays and research papers.

We are pleased to have two Writing Consultants available: Jean Blanning and Sara Jane Munshower. All the details for contacting and working Jean and Sara Jane are laid out below.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a required amount of lead time that is required for the Writing Consultants to be able to review your work. The lead time is as follows:

• Reflection paper (1-3 pages) 2 days
     Submit to WC at least 5 days before paper is due.
• Book review (5-7 pages) 3-5 days
     Submit to WC at least 8 days before paper is due.
• Research paper (10-12 pages) 10 days
     Submit to WC at least 14 days before paper is due.

The above means that the Writing Consultants will return a paper to you after the stated number of days. For example, if you submit a Book Review of 5-7 pages to one of them, they will be able to meet with you to go over the review within 3 to 5 days. If you submit a research paper, you will meet with one of them after 10 days. Once you get your review from the Writing Consultant, you will then have to go and put the edits in your paper. Please give yourself and our Consultants adequate time to go over your work.

IMPORTANT: If you do not submit your paper to the Writing Consultants with the proper lead time, they are not obligated to provide the writing service.

In addition, Writing Consultants are available to help you organize your ideas and focus your research BEFORE you begin to write your papers. Again, you will need to meet with them well in advance of your paper’s due date. We encourage you to take full advantage of their services, but please remain respectful of Hartford Seminary’s Writing Consultant guidelines.

Our two Consultants are:

Jean Blanning
Jean prefers to be contacted by telephone.
Her phone number is: (860) 233-0376.
Her email is: jmblanning@earthlink.net
If you want to email her, please allow 24 hours for a response.

Jean’s procedures to help you with assignments:
• Appointments may be made by phone.
• Jean prefers to meet in person to receive a hard copy of your paper. Please do not e-mail papers to her.
• She will generally review your paper twice—once to help you identify changes that need to be made, and once to fine-tune your document. Please leave enough time in between your initial meeting with Jean and the due date of your paper for the editing process.
• Jean is available by appointment only.

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Sara Jane Munshower
Sara Jane may be contacted by email or phone. She checks email twice a day.
Email: revsaja@cox.net
Phone: 860-633-1408

Sara Jane’s procedures to help you with your assignments:
• Appointments may be made by email or phone.
• Sara Jane prefers hardcopies but will accept e-mailed papers. She lives conveniently close to Hartford and is willing to pick up copies more than once a week.
• For a conference to discuss a paper, call to arrange for the paper to be picked up OR attach your paper to an e-mail which introduces yourself, the assignment, and the class you are taking. Sara Jane will confirm that she received the paper and suggest a time to meet.
• Most writing conferences will take place at the Writing Consultant space on the second floor of Hartford Seminary.
• Sara Jane is available by appointment only.

Information submitted by Vanessa Avery-Wall. Any questions may be directed to Vanessa at vaw@hartsem.edu or (860) 509-9552.