...Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center. After receiving my Ph.D., I taught Composition and Public Speaking as a Professor of English at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island for eight years. Before starting graduate school, I worked as an Editorial Assistant at the publishing firm ... (read more)
...In my lessons, I adapt my methodology to student needs, maximizing our time together with creative assessments, exciting content, dynamic discussion and engaging questions. Trained in scaffolded education and simplifying content for mastery, I ask my students pointed questions and, in turn, offer straightforward explanations. Tutoring, for me, is a means of confident education. (read more)
...It's lovely seeing the way someone's eyes light up when they land on the thing they want to write about, and following that urge leads to essays that go beyond checking each box on the rubric. Grammar and syntax and knowing how to cite a source in MLA is important, but writing well requires more... (read more)
...Please know that not only am I an educator, but a parent. I look at my students in two ways, i.e., as an educator as well as a mother. I treat my students the way that I would want a teacher to treat one of my children. (read more)