Crow, Class of 2026

It’s that time of year again. April showers bring May diplomas for eager college students across the country. And for the Crow team, we have four awesome Crowbirds we’d like to congratulate for their accomplishments at their university and with us!

Chloe Hunt, North Carolina State University

Chloe Hunt, BA in English, North Carolina State

Chloe Hunt is graduating from North Carolina State University with a degree in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Professional Writing and minors in Film Studies and Creative Writing. She is looking forward to what the future holds, and is so grateful for her time as an undergraduate researcher with Crow. It was a wonderful experience, full of intelligent and kind people that she knows will do so much good in the world.

Read more about Chloe’s work with Crow in this recent spotlight.

Ethan Simmelink, Purdue University

Ethan Simmelink, BA in Creative Writing and Professional Writing, Purdue

Ethan Simmelink started working as an undergraduate researcher for Crow at Purdue University in Fall 2025, after taking a grant writing class with Dr. Bradley Dilger. During his year with the Crow team, Ethan has actively supported grant writing, website development, and blog writing. He drafted grants alongside Dilger — narratives that other Crowbirds praised and adapted for their own work.

Ethan also continued development for the Crow website, recently redesigned by Dr. Ola Swatek and former Crowbird Sarah Buwick, optimizing the back-end and systematically working through front-end issues to improve usability. Accessibility became another focus with recent regulation changes, and he updated our site to reflect these new standards in support of all website visitors. Ethan’s technical work is turning into blog posts that will help other WordPress users make similar upgrades to their own web presences. For example, Ethan discussed the importance of keeping a clean back-end to maintain a fast front-end.

Ethan is graduating with a double Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Professional Writing, and a minor in Computer Science. When not working with Crow, Ethan attended Purdue Christian Campus House, where he was an active member in Bible groups and helped with meals for the international students. Also, he participated in Purdue’s College Mentor for Kids chapter every Wednesday, guiding elementary students from the local Lafayette schools through various fun activities alongside his other wonderful peers.

After graduation, Ethan will be returning home to Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a Master in Education and Ohio Educator Licensure at John Carroll University. From there, he plans to teach English language arts and mathematics for grades 4–9 in Ohio because he firmly believes in making a real impact on real people.

Dr. Anh Tam Dang, University of Arizona

Dr. Anh Tam Dang, PhD in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT), Arizona

Dr. Anh Tam Dang successfully earned her PhD in Second Language and Teaching from the University of Arizona in December 2025. Her dissertation “Corpus-Based Materials Implementation in Writing: Teachers’ Experience, Perceptions and Training Initiatives” was completed alongside her committee of Dr. Shelley Staples, Dr. Jonathon Reinhardt, Dr. Christine Tardy, and Dr. Gail Shuck.

Currently, Dr. Dang is a Teaching Assistant Professor of English at Old Dominion University, where she teaches first-year writing courses with a focus on generative AI, as well as upper-level courses such as Digital Writing. Her research involves working with other Crow members in expanding corpus-informed materials for first-year writing classes since she joined the Crow team in Fall 2020. She is also interested in how corpus-informed approaches can support the development of students’ critical AI literacy.

Dr. Hui Wang, University of Arizona

Dr. Hui Wang, PhD in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT), Arizona

Dr. Hui Wang successfully earned her PhD in Second Language and Teaching from the University of Arizona in January 2026. Her dissertation “Corpus-Based Pedagogy in Undergraduate L2 Writing Courses: Effectiveness, Engagement and Instructors’ Understanding” was completed alongside her committee of Dr. Shelley Staples, Dr. Christine Tardy, and Dr. Jonathon Reinhardt.

Dr. Wang is now a Lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University. Her work also includes leading teacher training workshops on AI literacy and conducting research on the pedagogical integration of AI at Stony Brook University. Additionally, she contributes to the expanding corpus-informed materials for writing classes with the Crow team, which she joined in Spring 2020.