The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning

Proctors and Head Teaching Consultants

Proctors, and Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fellows, are graduate students who engage in the activities of Centers and Institutes at Brown. Head Teaching Consultants work closely with Sheridan staff to facilitate Sheridan Teaching Seminar workshops, co-organize the TC invited-speaker series, and support the pedagogical development of graduate students.

  • Grace Clawson

    Grace Clawson

    Head Teaching Consultant

    Grace is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the English Department. Before Brown, she earned a BA in English from Grinnell College. Her research examines the interactions between early modern legal structures and dramatic works. In addition to her research, she has designed and taught coursework for undergraduate students and for participants of the Summer@Brown Pre-College programs. Grace began working with the Sheridan Center through the Teaching and Course Design Seminars, and is returning as a Head Teaching Consultant.

  • Juan Gallardo

    Juan Gallardo

    Senior Writing Associate

    A literary critic and creative writer from Los Angeles, California, Juan Gallardo is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the English department. He is a scholar of Lacanian psychoanalysis, African American literature, narrative theory, and rhetoric and composition. This will be his third year with the Sheridan Writing Center.

  • Kevin LoGuidice

    Kevin LoGuidice

    Head Teaching Consultant

    Kevin is a fifth-year PhD Candidate in biomedical engineering with a research focus on cellular response to mechanical stimuli. Kevin is also in his second year as President of the Graduate Student Council where he has led initiatives and advocated for many graduate student needs on campus. He earned an ScM in biomedical engineering from Brown and a BS in biomolecular engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering where he was a student-athlete captaining the ice hockey team. He first engaged with the Sheridan Center through the teaching seminar during his master's studies, continued by completing the course design seminar during his early doctoral studies, and continued involvement as a Teaching Consultant and Engineering Department Liaison.

  • Yulin Yang

    Yulin Yang

    Educational Assessment Proctor

    Yulin is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Sociology Department. Before Brown, she earned a LL.B. in sociology at Renmin University of China. Her research examines how the normalization of social belief and division of labor reproduces social inequality,  especially focusing on the gender inequality in families. Yulin joined the Sheridan Center in Fall 2025 as a Proctor in Educational Assessment at the Sheridan Center.