Meet Our Team

Kate Harris, Director, Tutoring Services

Hi, everyone! My name is Kate, and I'm the Director of Tutoring Services here with the AATC. My educational background is in Human Rights & French, and I've been working in higher education for about 10 years now, and in learning/tutoring centers for about 5. 

I love helping students learn and grow as educators and professionals, and am looking forward to meeting you! 

In my free time, I love to read, play D&D with my partner and friends, and spend time with my animals (Luna, Link, Lego & Lilo). 

Katie Pinkston, Assistant Director of Tutoring

Hi, AATC Tutors!
 

Please call me Katie or Katie P. I’ve been the Assistant Director of Tutoring with AATC since March of 2022, but I’ve been working in collegiate tutoring programs for much longer. I started as a student peer tutor just like you and developed a passion for listening to college students and supporting their particular needs.
 

I’ve stayed in tutoring because I love continuing to learn with tutors and feel honored to work with a community of people dedicated to providing support for the whole student. 

I love getting to work with you all in our Foundations for Tutoring class each quarter and seeing you out and about in our tutoring spaces. I am thrilled to talk shop any time you want to stop by my office.

Emily Monroe, Assistant Director of Tutoring

Hi everyone! 

Call me Emily! I started my position as an Assistant Director with the AATC in the Winter of 2025 after getting my Masters Degree from Animal Behavior from UC Davis. Here, I studied the impacts of laboratory conditions on animal behaviors to improve the quality of biomedical research. During this time, I was a teaching assistant in BIS 2B and various Psychology courses, so I have knowledge of many of the introductory courses students take at UC Davis. 

Before that, I worked as a technician in a neuroscience lab at UC San Francisco. And before that, I got my undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience from the University of Arizona. Alongside doing molecular neuroscience research, I also spent many years working with the Learning Teams Project, a group of researchers supporting large enrollment active learning classes by building strong learning teams. Since then, I have been dedicated to changing the way learning is done both inside and outside of the classroom. 

All of this to say, I come to the AATC with vast experiences and I would love to use them to support you on your life’s journey! Please stop in to see me to talk about tutoring, career, or just life! 

Heather Sturman, Writing Tutor Recruitment Coordinator

My name is Heather, I use she/her pronouns, and I’m also a Writing Specialist here at the AATC. Originally from southern California, I’ve been at UCD since 2007, when I started my PhD program in Linguistics. After I graduated, I started working at the AATC in 2013, and I’ve been here ever since! A fun fact about me: When I was 10 years old, Nickelodeon selected a short story of mine to be animated. Then on a family vacation to Orlando, I got to record voices in a recording booth and got a behind-the-scenes tour of Nickelodeon studios. Unfortunately, my story didn’t end up being aired, but it was still a neat experience.

Daniel Niknam (left) and Josefine Peinemann (right)

Lead Tutors

Sydney Ma (left) and Eric Santoyo (right)

CHE 2 HSTs

Morgan Taylor (left) and Aidan Newman (right)

CHE 8/118 HST

Addison Cervantes Chang

MAT 17 HST

Kaitlyn Bravo 

MAT 19 HST

Malia Holm

PHY 7 HST

Alessandro Selmoni

PHY 9 HST

Colette Daulton

Writing HST

JP Maestas

MAT 21 HST

Sehej Johal 

BIS 101 - 105 HST

Arman Abbassi

ARE/ECN HST

Kylie Lin

BIO 1 Content Review Leader

Tuesdays / Thursdays , 5 - 7 PM

Katelyn Phan

CHE 2 Content Review Leader

Tuesdays / Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30 PM