The Writing Center Team

Dr. Verena Bernardi (she/her)

Dr. Bernardi is an Academic Administrator and Senior Lecturer (Fachrichtungsreferentin) for the Anglistik, Amerikanistik, und Anglophone Kulturen department. She is also the founder of the Writing Center as well as its primary coordinator for administration and funding. Dr. Bernardi’s background is in US-American Cultural and Television Studies, and her research interests include Southern Regionalism, Popular Culture, and Vampire Studies.

Danielle Kopf-Giammanco, MA (she/her)

Danielle is a PhD student in North American Literary & Cultural Studies. She is a writing consultant for the Writing Center as well as its co-founder. Although she works best on academic writing, Danielle enjoys working with writers in all genres and across disciplines. Her background is in History and Medieval Studies, and she is interested in Historiography, Epistemology/Alethiology, US-American Cultural Studies, and Critical Whiteness Studies.