Tom Philipose

Associate Director, Writing Center, Queens
Instructor, English Department

I started teaching at St. John's University in 2001; before that I taught at Brown University (as a graduate assistant), Queens College, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.  In 2002, I began working as a director in the Writing Center.  At St. John’s I’ve taught creative writing, literature, composition, and pedagogy classes.  I’m also an advisor for Sequoya (the student literary journal at St. John’s) and the Humanities Review (a journal published by graduate students in the English Department). With the help of Writing Center Consultants, I also lead several community outreach projects—including an ongoing series of writing/literacy workshops at Bread and Life Soup Kitchen/Community Center in Brooklyn, along with partnerships with NYC high schools geared towards fostering a stronger writing culture at each respective school.


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Degrees
Brown University, 2001, MFA, Fiction
University at Buffalo, 1997, BA, Psychology (Creative Writing minor), summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa